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Now here’s nifty app worth spending $20 on. If you have an iTunes library like mine, you’ve probably got tons of tracks that are duplicates, or have inconsistent artist names and song or album title. It’s a pain to even begin sorting this mess out but Lairware’s Song Sergeant fixes all this and more – like finding those “orphaned” MP3 files you know are in your library but aren’t showing up in iTunes. I can’t praise this app high enough for bringing order to my playlists.
Apple is in talks with several media companies negotiating content for a new device, according to Gizmodo. Could it be something as sweet as the much rumoured tablet-iPad-MacWotsit? Rumour hotting that something’s afoot come February 2010.
So much for my plans to install Snow Leopard this weekend. It seems like a few of my favourite apps – such as My Private Network (my lifeline to the BBC iPlayer) – aren’t yet fully compatible. MPN told me: “It seems that Apple have broken the PPTP implementation in Snow Leopard, I guess they will fix it, but at the moment it is broken.” Carbonite – my indispensable online backup – will apparently work but will not be not supported under Snow Leopard until October. Knowing my luck, that will be when the house burns down and I need it NOW, so I’m not taking the risk. Issues with key work apps like Adobe CS3 also make me nervous so I think I’m going to put the DVD back in its box until Halloween and everything’s fixed. Halloween? Ooh-er, maybe that’s tempting fate …
As stated in an earlier post, there’s an excellent wikidot guide to known issues here. For those looking for install tips and tricks, Gina Trapani’s excellent Lifehacker blog has an easy to follow how-to guide.
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