ITunes 8 to Vista: Give me a B, an S, an OD
But recent glitches in the new iTunes 8 bring an unwelcome blast from the past to Microsoft's latest operating system. Connect an iPhone or iPod, and some Vista PCs either crash with the dreaded Blue Screen of Death or spontaneously restart.
Revisiting iPod mounting issues
A colleague called this morning to pick my brain about his mother's 2G iPod nano. The gist of that pick was that this particular generation of iPod nano refused to mount on her Mac--every other generation of iPod thrown at the machine worked perfectly well. And that nano mounted on the colleague's computer as it should. He reinstalled iTunes on his monther's computer with no positive results. What to do? My suggestions went like this:
The mysterious "Mac": A computer from the people who brought you the iPhone
Remember back when Apple rumors were Mac rumors? Good times!
"Funnest" is an awfully strong word for a couple of iPods
Pretty iPod nanos, spiffy iPod Touches -- so why doesn't it perk me up? At least there are Genius Playlists to console me -- if only I could download the update.
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