Tutorials
Article | 3/03/2011
Digitize your movies
Analog movies can be the easiest--or the hardest--medium to digitize, depending on the format you're working with. While older camcorder and video for...
Article | 3/03/2011
Digitize your music
In my lifetime, music has been delivered on vinyl, cassettes, eight-track tapes, CDs, and audio DVDs. How do I listen to it now? Usually with a PC or ...
Article | 3/09/2010
How to find lost iTunes files
Question: When I got my PC back after being repaired, everything that was on it before was still there, except iTunes. I'm worried I'll lose the playl...
Article | 25/08/2010
iTunes scam: How to protect yourself
In recent weeks, more and more iTunes users have been reporting fraudulent activity on their Apple accounts, reporting hundreds or even thousands of d...
Article | 10/08/2010
How to: convert your vinyl to digital
A reader asked about re-recording his phonograph collection in digital form
Article | 19/06/2010
Use a smartphone to control your PC or media center
So I'm testing this super-cool Lenovo system that would make a perfect media center for the den. It's an all-in-one, meaning there's no bulky tower--j...
Article | 18/06/2010
World Cup tech: Tired of the vuvuzelas? Filter them out!
If you're like me and the rest of the world, you're probably watching the World Cup. And you've probably also noticed while watching that it sounds th...
Article | 1/06/2010
How to watch Blu-ray movies on your PC
Reader Anibal is looking to outfit his PC with a Blu-ray drive and wants to know if there's any good, low-cost (or free) software for watching Blu-ray...
Article | 4/05/2010
How to: Automate your PC's media library
Using your PC to store your photos, videos, and music might save you the trouble of having to dust off photo albums and alphabetize your CD collection...
Article | 20/04/2010
How to stop iTunes links from automatically launching iTunes
A couple months ago, Apple started migrating the App Store to the Web, meaning you could read all about an app without having to actually load iTunes...
Article | 16/04/2010
Audio/video cable guide
HDMI, RCA, S-Video--sorting through the alphabet soup of audio/video cables can be difficult.
Article | 6/04/2010
Fix Windows Media Center's 'low bit rate' error
I've made no secret of my love for Windows Media Center, but for months I've been living with a glitch that almost drove me to TiVo.
Article | 15/03/2010
Start your own Internet radio station for free
If you're the kind of person who insists on handpicking a road-trip playlist rather than just setting your music player to shuffle, you were born for ...
Article | 12/03/2010
Create the world's fastest, easiest, cheapest, and best iPhone stand
So you're on the airplane, ready to watch Zombieland on your iPhone, when suddenly you realize you have no stand, no way to prop it up at a comfortabl...
Article | 5/02/2010
Turn off Windows 7 'compatibility mode' for iTunes
Back in December I told you about Windows 7's little-known application-compatibility troubleshooter, which I'd used to try to resolve a problem with i...
Article | 22/01/2010
The data with the music
When you pop an audio CD into your PC's drive, your media player software (iTunes, Windows Media Player, or whatever) downloads this information from ...
Article | 2/11/2009
How to: Make your own iPhone ringtones
Apple lets you create customised ringtones for your iPhone; just right-click on any song you've purchased through the iTunes Store and select "Create ...
Article | 9/10/2009
Create a music playlist in Windows Media Center
One of my longstanding complaints with Windows Media Center (which for the most part I love) is its lack of support for playlists.
Article | 18/09/2009
Play music from an external hard drive
Daniel Shaughnessy wants iTunes and Windows Media Player to see the music on his external USB hard drive.
