While transferring my iTunes music library from the laptop (on OS X) across to the server (Win2K3) I managed to screw up a whole load of the song ratings which is a real pain because most of my playlists are based on them. So I’ve dusted off a really cracking utility (one for the Mac crowd I’m afraid) called Sizzling Keys which through a whole pile of keyboard shortcuts allows you to rate songs as they are playing in the background without having to swtich back to iTunes. So only another 2,500 songs to go!
Also on the music theme, a site that you owe it to yourself to check out is allofmp3.com. Forget ITMS where songs cost a massive 79p (here in the UK at least), depending on a songs length it will costs anywhere from 5 cents to 12 cents (that’s only 7p a track!) and to make the site even more compelling you are not getting a crappy 128kbps sampling rate but you can choose any rate you want right up to full CD lossless quality. Perhaps most surprising of all it appears to be completely Ben Rose will find it a good site.
Can you sort out that last sentence and fix the borked link?
Then I might know what you meant
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Incidentally, if you do want full CD quality without hassle, there isn’t much of a saving to be had on here.
A quick trip to play.com and a rip in Apple Lossless couldn’t be much easier.
Allofmp3 don’t allow downloads in Apple lossless codec which leaves me with WAV, which is uncompressed and costs more, or FLAC, which needs to be converted afterwards so I can use it on my iPod.
Overall a discounted CD is by far the best value.