Author: Jesse Hollington

If you backup your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes, you may find it useful to be able to check the status of these backups and when the last one was made for each of your devices. You can easily find this out by going into your iTunes Prefere…

Q: I have an iPad 2 and am looking for more hard drive space. I see Macally, Hyperdrive, Kingston, and others all offer Wi-Fi hard drive storage devices, but can they all store pictures, music, movies, and apps? I am in need of an external hard drive …

Sometimes you may find yourself needing to copy a set of music tracks or other media files out of iTunes into a folder on your computer, such as if you’re using a non-Apple media player or simply want to transfer some content to another computer. Wh…

Q: I read your article last week about iCloud backups, but I’m confused as to exactly when they happen. You said that it’s once every 24 hours as long as the device is plugged in and on Wi-Fi, but what happens if the device isn’t plugged it at t…

If you’re not a fan of the default “Marker Felt” font in the Notes app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you’ll be happy to know that you can easily choose from two alternate fonts. While Marker Felt was the only font available for the firs…

If you’ve ever held off on purchasing a movie or TV show directly on your iOS device because you’d rather download it directly in iTunes, then you’ll be happy to know that Apple has recently added a “Download Later” feature for iOS 6 users. …

Q: I recently started cleaning up and organizing my iTunes library and am now trying to get my artwork in order. I have a bunch of obscure tracks that aren’t on iTunes, but have album covers of my own from old LPs and CDs. I’m planning to scan the…

Although iOS doesn’t specifically provide an “Owner Information” feature, if you’re concerned about losing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch you can easily create your own version simply by using a custom lock screen wallpaper. Simply take your…

Q: I have thousands of photos and videos on my Windows 7 PC that I stream to my third-generation Apple TV. The problem is, the Apple TV puts ALL of my photos and videos into very large “buckets” in the browsing interface, making it very difficult …

Spark Digital comes bundled with two separate nine-foot cables, one for Dock Connector devices and one with a standard USB connection. Both cables include a mini-USB connector on the microphone end, plus a three-foot female headphone jack cable split …

iOS supports a handy feature known as the Bluetooth Phone Book Access Profile for transferring your contacts from your iPhone to a compatible Bluetooth device such as an in-car system, allowing for direct access to your contacts from you car’s dashb…

Apple has released iTunes 11.0.2, a minor update adding a new Composers view for browsing music along with several stability and performance improvements. The update specifically promises to improve responsiveness when syncing large playlists and fixe…

Q: My son and I share an iTunes account. I would like to separate his iPod and iPhone to his own account and e-mail while maintaining the existing account and e-mail as mine for my iPad and iPod touch. I’m not sure how to do that without losing all …

With the introduction of 1080p HD video support in iTunes last spring, in many cases users now have the choice of two different HD resolutions when purchasing and viewing content from the iTunes Store. While not everything is yet available in the high…

Q: I believe that Apple used to sell both the USB and SD card iPad Camera Connectors in a single package, but it appears that now for the newer iPads, they’re selling them separately. Is there any reason for this beyond an obvious cash grab? More im…

A new report from the Wall Street Journal highlights how Apple has been adjusting its PR efforts recently, citing the company’s press release announcing the relatively minor iOS 6.1 update last week, as well as an uptick in favorable third-party rep…