Hi all,
In response to Scott's questions about DRM Free music on iTunes
Josh wrote:
Scott,
iTunes+, the DRM free tracks on iTunes, used to be thirty cents more,
but are now priced the same as the DRM'd tracks. If it is available
DRM free, you'll get it that way for $0.99 per song, and at twice the
KbPS as DRM tracks.
and David wrote:
and the store has an ITunes+ section.
Yes, a link to the iTunes Plus (DRM-free) content can be found under
the "Quick Links" entries at the iTunes Store Home page along with the
Power Search link. The direct link to the iTunes Plus section of the
store is:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/iTunesPlusPage
P.S. And for David, and other afficianados of iTunes U, you can
create a bookmark to it's power search page:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?institutionTerm=&media=iTunesU
(iTunes U Power Search page at the iTunes Store)
and replace the general Power Search URL link with the above URL that
in my earlier instructions to Scott on how to get fast access to the
iTunes power search.
If you don't want to create a Safari bookmark, just copy the links
somewhere (e.g. a TextEdit file of your notes). And when you want to
go the power search page, copy the link (Command-C), and in Safari
bring up the location URL with Command-L. Then paste the address
(Command-V) and press return.
This doesn't change any setting you make to keep the bookmarks bar and
toolbar of Safari hidden (as most VoiceOver users choose to do to
avoid navigating the extra buttons, bookmarks, etc. or having them
show up as additional items in the item chooser and link chooser
menus). The same goes for using the Command-1, etc. shortcuts to
bookmarks on your bookmarks bar -- the shortcuts work even when the
bookmark bar is hidden. And because the iTunes URLs listed above
redirect you from Safari to the iTunes Store web pages inside the
iTunes app, you will still have whatever web page was in Safari
showing there after these URLs have been used to change the "page"
displayed in your iTunes app.
Final comment: I should note that navigating to iTunes pages from
Safari works really well, and can also be done under Tiger, but that
these tips are probably NOT good hints for anyone who is running a Mac
that is low on memory, gets lots of "Safari busy" messages under
normal operations, or is an older system that barely makes the
requirements for running Tiger or Leopard. There are ways to improve
performance, by regularly clearing out caches and limiting the history
files, as well as downloading PDFs and mp3 files instead of having
them play/display in the Safari browser (which takes up more memory
and cache resources). However, if your system is struggling with
Safari don't try these shortcuts which rely on Safari to speed up
navigation to the iTunes web pages by using Safari.
Cheers,
Esther
