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# Wednesday, April 28, 2004

iTunes 4.5

iTunes 4.5 is out. Most interesting new features:

  1. Can import WMA files
  2. New format, Apple Lossless

Welcome to the party. I rip all my audio as WMA Lossless cause I don't want no stinkin compression. However, I trancode all my audio to the latest and greatest audio format.

The fact that it can now import WMA is great cause I'll be able to just point it at my WMA collection and suck it in to my iPod.

I really hope they made it so that the iPod batter meter actually does something useful. Right now it's completely worthless. If I charge my iPod all day long and un plug it, the things starts off as half empty. Sheesh, it's almost as bad as the gas gage in my Audi.

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004    Permalink    Comments [3]  View blog reactions

 

Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:28:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Maybe you will find the battery meter a little more usefull if it displays an actual number representing the power level on the iPod? To enable this you add a file named _show_voltage in the folder named ipod_control (it's probably hidden so you need to display hidden files and folders).

If you want your old meter back you just remove the file.
Monday, May 10, 2004 3:59:24 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
which generation of iPod? try turning off the alarms and calendar settings that make it think it's a PIM with a terrible interface.. it's worse in earlier iPods
Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:13:59 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
I have read that you have to "reset" lithium battery gas gauges by fully discharging and fully recharging about once per month
Rich M
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