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Will Phil Schiller bring order and intelligibility to Apple’s app jungle?
Tim Cook just handed the keys to the Apple App Store to Senior VP Phill Schiller…
Leaving an iTunes Store page open in iTunes can kill your laptop battery
If you use a laptop, and your battery dies quickly, check and see if you accidentally…
Yet another example of how Apple Music is messed up
I don’t use Apple Music for my main music library, but do use it on a test library on my MacBook…
Apple waited too long to get into music streaming or something
Apple Music’s biggest problem is and will continue to be that millions and millions of people…
How to use Apple Music
About a week ago, a friend of mine offhandedly mentioned recently buying an album through iTunes…
Alternatives to Apple’s bloated iTunes
For a Mac user seeking a fully operational iTunes-like app that will manage files with the same ease
Is Apple Music a total failure?
The news that Apple’s new streaming service, Apple Music, has only acquired 6.5 million paying subscribers since its summer launch strikes me as a pretty inauspicious start…
Should iTunes be split into 16 different apps?
The bloated Swiss army knife app for managing everything from your music library to the apps on your iPhone has been begging for help for years…
Why Apple wants to kill free music
Artists have long hated ad-supported free services…
Jimmy Iovine: Apple Music ‘going really well,’ no ad-suported free tier ‘shell game’
Apple doesn’t want to be a source of free tunes, according to Jimmy Iovine…
Carly Fiorina’s Hewlett-Packard tenure: A disputed legacy
Carly Fiorina took the stage with Gwen Stefani at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce…
Apple Music: Gone and forgotten
Within 30 days after Apple Music debuted, Apple touted 11 million signups. But…
So far, Apple Music has failed; it’s very difficult to justify the monthly subscription
One thing, among many, that Apple needs to fix in Apple Music:…
How to fix persistent iOS 9 Slide to Upgrade screen
Apple explains what to do if the Slide to Upgrade screen won’t go away after you update to iOS 9…
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has a long history of talking about Steve Jobs
During Wednesday’s debate, hosted by CNN, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said that Steve Jobs had called her…
Apple admits it has ‘homework to do’ to improve Apple Music
There’s a lot of work going into making the product better…
Here’s what Apple Music needs to win over power users
I wanted Apple Music to be the messiah. It isn’t, but it could be…
Why Apple can’t and won’t fix iTunes
There is no easy way to say this. iTunes is a dinosaur…
To fix iTunes, Apple should revisit iSync, an app that actually worked
Apple’s iSync first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2, and its job was to allow…
Dr. Dre’s Apple-exclusive ‘Compton’ album streamed 25 million times in its first week
When Apple introduced its new streaming service, Apple Music, at the end of June…
Apple releases iTunes 12.2.2 with Apple Music, Beats 1 fixes and improvements
Apple today released iTunes 12.2.2 which includes…
Apple Music one month later: Not loving it, but I’ll be subscribing to it
One thing I’ve always loved about Apple products is that there was a certain elegance about them…
Are 11 million Apple Music subscribers – during a free trial in over 100 countries – worth bragging about?
Apple’s muddled, confusing, and poorly marketed Apple Music made a pretty slow start…
Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine: ‘No one is going to be able to catch us or do it better’
Apple Music is more than the sum of its parts…
Ripping CDs in iTunes, backing up your computer now illegal in the UK
The High Court recently overturned private copying exceptions introduced last year by the UK Government…
Here’s why I won’t pay for Apple Music after the free trial ends
When the free trial ends, I can’t imagine paying for Apple Music…
Apple Music has 11 million trial members, App Store has July record $1.7 billion
One month after unveiling its new streaming music service…
What to do if iCloud Music Library kills iTunes music
Apple has engaged in several key transitions…
Designer mocks up standalone Apple Music app for Mac (and Windows)
What makes Apple Music so un-Apple is the total disregard for user experience in many areas…
Apple Music in iOS 9 gets a much-needed redesign
When Apple Music first launched in iOS 8.4 on June 30th…
The tragedy of iTunes: Nothing ‘just works’
The new version of Apple’s signature media software is a mess. What are people with large MP3 libraries to do?
Dear Apple, please go thermonuclear on iTunes
iTunes is a total mess…
Apple reinstates Home Sharing for music in latest iOS 9 beta
Apple made good on a promise to return music Home Sharing to iOS…
Apple Music, Beats 1, App Store service restored after four-hour outage for some users
Apple Inc.’s iTunes and new Music service were restored…
Apple seeing multiple service outages in App Store, Apple Music, more; MTV VMA announcement traffic blamed
Some Apple users experienced service issues with a broad range of functions…
Apple’s iTunes: Whatever happened to ‘It Just Works?
We’ve had iTunes for nearly 15 years…
AP reviews Apple Music: Innovative but cluttered
Apple Music feels like an attempt to take on every competitive…
Apple Music, both on iOS and OS X, is an embarrassing and confusing mess
Apple Music gets a lot of things right, but…
Judge voids $533 million verdict against Apple
The judge ruled Tuesday that the earlier damages were set aside and vacated…
How to fix corrupted iTunes libraries after enabling Apple Music
Apple’s new Apple Music service offers new and exciting ways…
Apple’s iOS 8.4 killed Home Sharing support for music
Apple removed a feature still used by many…