Killing Time?? [Archive]

the PHDs

05-22-2007, 03:39 PM

Lob

05-22-2007, 03:46 PM

Does anyone know any good ways to kill time??

right now..AT BEST, we are probably looking at june 11th...

thats about 20 days
I CANT WAIT!!!!!
HELP!!!

beileve it or not,
talking about how awseome it'll be will help...

any ideas or methods or cool features...
discuss here!

I have been getting everything organized. My itunes album, bookmarks, contacts, videos have all been updated and ready to go.

the PHDs

05-22-2007, 03:55 PM

that could be a very good idea...i think i will wait like 2 weeks b4 i strt organizing stuff...

but i will def start setting up itunes..
good idea,
any more\?

wjp09

05-22-2007, 03:59 PM

Yeah im sort of prison counting it, Scraping tally marks into the wall as days go by. lol jk dont do this.

iphonenut

05-22-2007, 04:01 PM

as soon as i knew i was getting an iphone (january) i started setting up my itunes and adding all the album covers so that cover flow would look nice and pretty...

other than that...i sit and wait...and read articles...and post on this message board...and comiserate....and wait....

the PHDs

05-22-2007, 04:12 PM

Haha...

Same Pretty Much

the PHDs

05-22-2007, 04:17 PM

By The Way,

How Many Songs Is 4gb, And How Many Is 8gb

topshotta

05-22-2007, 04:23 PM

iphonenut

05-22-2007, 04:23 PM

By The Way,

How Many Songs Is 4gb, And How Many Is 8gb

i think the average is 4gb = 1,000 and 8gb = 2,000

feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.

iphonenut

05-22-2007, 04:26 PM

If my itunes is already setup to synch with my ipod how am I going to use the same itunes to synch with my iPhone? Furthermore - my itunes library is about 50gb - since the iPhone can only handle 8gb at best - how will I be able to use my current itunes library in coordination with my phone? I'm puzzled on this one?

you can start a playlist...label it iPhone (or whatever you want)...and when you get your iPhone you set the phone to download all songs from the "iphone" playlist and not from the entire library. hope this helps.

topshotta

05-22-2007, 04:32 PM

you can start a playlist...label it iPhone (or whatever you want)...and when you get your iPhone you set the phone to download all songs from the "iphone" playlist and not from the entire library. hope this helps.

Ahh - that does help. I'll have to do that.

the PHDs

05-22-2007, 04:39 PM

nobody thinks that if i have a couple hundred songs, that my phone will be slower right??

it should still work the same speed shouldnt it??

jimjoe45

05-22-2007, 04:59 PM

This may be a newb question but how do you get album art onto your itunes. i have 1,000's of songs but I don't think I have much of the album art. Any help would be great. Thanks

iphonenut

05-22-2007, 05:05 PM

This may be a newb question but how do you get album art onto your itunes. i have 1,000's of songs but I don't think I have much of the album art. Any help would be great. Thanks

boy, i feel like a regular Genius Bar employee today.

this one's easy...when in itunes (you have to be online) just right click on any song in the album and the option that is third from the bottom says "get album artwork". it should work 90% of the time...if it doesn't 1 of two things is happening. either itunes doesn't have the album you're looking for, or your album title and artist doesn't match exactly what itunes has (capitalization, spelling, spacing etc.)

it's a bit tedious...but your cover flow will look so much better in the end.

Cantwait4iPhone

05-22-2007, 05:08 PM

I have yet to do much with iTunes, other than doing the "get album artwork" option. I don't know how I am going to do my contacts yet, and I know I don't want all of my iTunes songs on my iPhone but haven't made a playlist yet. When you plug it in does it automatically start syncing or can you manually drag all of the songs in? I hope you can do it manually so I don't have to make a playlist now.

Really to kill time I am focusing on other things, otherwise it is hard to wait. Other than that, just listening to music, going on this forum, watching the keynote, and living out my normal life otherwise.

wjp09

05-22-2007, 05:08 PM

Ah i would love to be a genius bar person. I wonder how much they make.

the PHDs

05-22-2007, 05:38 PM

does anyone think the screen will scratch easily..can i just leave it in my pocket ant it will be okay?

also, does anyone have any rare or less-seen pics of the iphone, id like to c some!

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 05:47 PM

Work, and WoW take up all my time.
But at work I browse this site.... heh..

I like to follow the 1Mb is 1minute of song play rule.
It's not exact, but it's close enough.
Songs vary in length, and sound quality, so if anyone ever tells you that "this thing holds 1,000 songs" they either don't know what they are talking about, or assume you don't.

I'll have to upload a picture of my current phone when I can, and show you what I have to deal with while waiting.

As far as screen scratching easily.. Jobs said that they made the screen out of something more scratch resistant than the iPod screen.
Just don't keep your phone in the same pocket you keep your keys in, or anything else, and you should be fine.

just my 2copper pieces

MadDog31

05-22-2007, 06:03 PM

boy, i feel like a regular Genius Bar employee today.

this one's easy...when in itunes (you have to be online) just right click on any song in the album and the option that is third from the bottom says "get album artwork". it should work 90% of the time...if it doesn't 1 of two things is happening. either itunes doesn't have the album you're looking for, or your album title and artist doesn't match exactly what itunes has (capitalization, spelling, spacing etc.)

it's a bit tedious...but your cover flow will look so much better in the end.

What I wish is you didn't have to necessarily have album info. My entire collection is made up of artist - song name and that's it. :( Wish they just guaged what you put on there and gave you SOME sort of cover that song is on.

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 06:08 PM

What I wish is you didn't have to necessarily have album info. My entire collection is made up of artist - song name and that's it. :( Wish they just guaged what you put on there and gave you SOME sort of cover that song is on.

They expect you to purchase your songs through iTunes or any other online provider. They come with all that info, and more, already set up for you.

Of course for people like us, that's hours of organizational fun to be had.
Luckily I've already done just about all of that over the years. ;D

ColsTiger

05-22-2007, 06:13 PM

I've still got dozens of tracks that I need to track down the album art. Might give me something to do while I'm waiting for the iPhone to go on sale.

MadDog31

05-22-2007, 06:17 PM

I've still got dozens of tracks that I need to track down the album art. Might give me something to do while I'm waiting for the iPhone to go on sale.

Ugh, I don't like the prospects of finding all those albums. I wonder if a program exists that can poll databases to pull that great info down. Hell I'd be happy w/ 90% success.

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 06:20 PM

Ugh, I don't like the prospects of finding all those albums. I wonder if a program exists that can poll databases to pull that great info down. Hell I'd be happy w/ 90% success.

Use amazon.

Not the best way, but sure as hell not the worst. ;D

ColsTiger

05-22-2007, 06:20 PM

Ugh, I don't like the prospects of finding all those albums. I wonder if a program exists that can poll databases to pull that great info down. Hell I'd be happy w/ 90% success.

If I get all the track data correct, then iTunes would probably recognize them. That's the bad thing about downloading songs from Limewire.:embarrassed:

MadDog31

05-22-2007, 06:22 PM

If I get all the track data correct, then iTunes would probably recognize them. That's the bad thing about downloading songs from Limewire.:embarrassed:

Word on that one. :-\ It's kinda why I'm starting to buy more tracks...not many, but some. I've tried on some songs and artists and it's not pulling any via iTunes so I'll have to punch around and see what I can find that might find the best album info as possible.

I just need to get motivated. That's tough.

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 06:26 PM

Word on that one. :-\ It's kinda why I'm starting to buy more tracks...not many, but some. I've tried on some songs and artists and it's not pulling any via iTunes so I'll have to punch around and see what I can find that might find the best album info as possible.

I just need to get motivated. That's tough.

Scroll up to my post. Like three or four up.

MadDog31

05-22-2007, 06:41 PM

Scroll up to my post. Like three or four up.

Is there a program out there that can scan Amazon for me? I'll do some research and report back findings.

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 06:56 PM

Is there a program out there that can scan Amazon for me? I'll do some research and report back findings.

That would be amazing if true.
I just like amazon because they have just about every album on there.
(Every one I've looked for)
And decently sized Album Art for all of them.

iphonenut

05-22-2007, 07:04 PM

ok, now i have a question.

how do you get album artwork from amazon? do you save the picture and put it in a specific folder?

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 07:06 PM

Save the picture to your desktop.
Right click on the music in iTunes and click the... Song Info? I think.
Find the blank square that has a checkbox next to it that says.. Artwork? I think.
Find the picture you saved.
And you are done.
Feel free to delete the one saved to the desktop.

At least that's how I do it.

iphonenut

05-22-2007, 07:19 PM

thanks, box...

MadDog31

05-22-2007, 07:21 PM

This program is rather impressive:

http://tunesleeve.googlepages.com/

I've had decent success w/ it so far...I wish it'd have track info, etc...but having album art is a start. Details soon.

wjp09

05-22-2007, 07:25 PM

I think apple should search by 'keyword' so if for instance they see
Artist album title And the format should be Title Album artist it shhould show suggestions, For instance "Did you mean you wanted 'blah blah bla'?

BoxKrait

05-22-2007, 07:30 PM

This program is rather impressive:

http://tunesleeve.googlepages.com/

I've had decent success w/ it so far...I wish it'd have track info, etc...but having album art is a start. Details soon.

Winner !!

No really, I like it a lot.

MadDog31

05-22-2007, 07:31 PM

Winner !!

No really, I like it a lot.

You can even drag and drop from a browsers into the file. I think I can deal w/ having album artwork and then work on the other info later on.