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There used to be an option in the Preferences panel to Hide Genre when browsing, which changed the layout of the “browse” (Ctrl+B) panel to just 2 parts - artist and album. Now though, this option has gone, and there seems to be no way to hide the leftmost part - Genre..

If you’re using a Mac, here’s how you fix it.

EDIT: If you’re using Windows, here’s how to do it!

Thanks to the anonymous commenter for letting us know!

The ultimate webserver for iTunes, PulpTunes, has just upgraded to version 1.0 final, with a brand new look!

If you’re an iTunes user, whether on Mac or PC (or even Linux*) you can now stream your library anywhere in the world.

Front-end Features:

• Download songs with right click.
• Supports MP3 and AACs
• Displays cover art if found
• Skips missing or unplayable tracks flawlessly.
• Full integration with Party Shuffle
• Generates links to send songs to your friends
• Manual buffer level.. read below

Back-end Features:

• Automatically detects location of iTunes XML file (or manual path entry).
• Detects firewall presence and network connectivity.
• Hugely reduced memory footprint.
• Ready to use straight away - no configuration necessary for local use.
• Program prompts you how to get going.
• Customise the footer with any text you like.
• Command line mode also availabe for running on a server.
• Logs usage and other info.
• Open Source
• Installers for Windows and Mac, and available for Linux etc.

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EDIT: NOW UPDATED - SEE NEW POST

pulpTunes is a Web server for iTunes, letting you access your music
through the Web. Written in Java, it runs on Windows and Mac, and even
any other platform like Linux, provided you have an iTunes-like XML
library file that points at the path of your music files.

The web interface allows you to:
- Select a playlist
- Browse by genre, artist and album
- Download songs
- Each song has a link, that you can send to a friend to hear it.

Unlike for audio content editing metadatas in iTunes is very limited for video content. You can’t enter a description nor is any of the information actually saved inside the file itself which makes readding it to a pain. Previously mentioned AtomicParsley solves all these problems, but most people don’t like the idea of editing maybe hundreds of files on the command line. On Macs the problem has been solved by the power tool Lostify, but on windows there are only some very limited guis for AtomicParsley.

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With this little script the longdescription field of a selected movie/tv show is set to the description field, so items which have a description will also have the i-button next to it to pop up the description in a new window just like recently bought items have it. This is especially useful if you removed a bought file and readded it or set the description with the previously mentioned metadata-editor atomicparsley using the -desc parameter (Article covering this topic will follow soon).

Let’s face it: Almost nobody bought all their music in the iTunes Store. Whether it’s imported from CDs or bought in another online music store - the non-iTMS-tracks always look a bit different in iTunes: There are no advisory tags and there’s no copyright notice in the “Get Info” window. While the latter isn’t really important to most people advisory tags mixed with non-tagged Tracks might bother the neatly iTunes user.

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Ever since iTunes introduced its coverflow integration album artwork became more and more important. But there are other funny ways to use these images besides browsing your library in coverflow mode. How about a little eyecandy on your desktop?

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iTunes already allows us to download Artwork for all our Albums with only two clicks, but what about Artwork for TV Shows and Movies that have been imported into iTunes? Well, you can of course simply download them from any random site like amazon or google them, but if you want to download the actual iTunes Music Store Artwork you can do so, too.

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If you’re into iTunes, and want to share your wealth of knowledge with the world, then please contact us and become a contributor to the site! [more]

Album Art Screensaver is a screensaver for Windows inspired by the iTunes album art screensaver bundled with Mac OS. If you have been jealous of your Mac-owning friends who can enjoy this nifty thing on their desktop, look no further. This screensaver does everything it’s predecessor does, and then some! [more]