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How can I restore iPhone to factory settings with iTunes?

December 27th, 2011

If you need to restore the iPhone to its original state the process requires iTunes. This can be useful for troubleshooting to see if a problem is hardware or software related. The process can also reset an iPhone for resale, wiping all personal data from the device.

Should you suspect a hardware issue with your iOS device, Apple will normally recommend a complete restore to see if this clears up the problem. You can save time when you go to the Apple store by trying a complete restore first. Restoring will update your iPhone firmware to the latest version.

If your iPhone is booting to a black screen you need to follow additional steps before restoring your iPhone. See these additional instructions by clicking here.

1. Connect your iPhone to the computer and open iTunes.
2. Make sure your iPhone is selected from the left menu in iTunes.
3. Click the Restore button in the center of the iTunes Summary tab.
4. You can choose to Back Up the contents of your iPhone to the computer.
5. iTunes will ask if you’re ready to Restore the iPhone, this will wipe all of your data and settings from the device. Click Restore.
6. iTunes will download, prepare and restore the software on your iPhone. Do not unplug the iPhone from the computer during this process!
7. When finished, iTunes will ask if you want to restore from backup. Choose “Set up as a new iPhone” to start fresh with factory settings.
8. Enter a name for your iPhone and the process is complete.

Source:http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/971706

iTunes Genius sidebar re-appears out of nowhere, without update

October 30th, 2010

Usually there’s a software update available when Apple wants to add functionality or patch a bug in an application, but it seems like the lines are being blurred these days. Apple managed to sneak an update into iTunes without an update.
It’s got me wondering just how that happened. Genius recommendations have been re-added to the iTunes side, but this time it’s available alongside the Ping functionality. It’s much appreciated that Apple returned the Genius sidebar to iTunes. I don’t use Genius playlists very often, but the music recommendations have been handy over the years. While Ping may be the future of music recommendations in iTunes, it’s just not cutting it yet. Not very many of my close friends have joined the service yet.

Source:-http://www.macgasm.net/2010/10/30/itunes-genius-sidebar-reappears-update/

Orb Music Player Streams iTunes, Pandora To Anywhere In The Home

October 4th, 2010

If you’ve known about Orb in the past, you probably knew it best as a software company. Orb Networks’ claim to fame came from a software built that allowed iTunes content to be streamed to any device for free, but now they’re taking things to the next level: hardware. It’s a tough and competitive landscape for hardware makers in the audio/streaming space, but Orb may just have a winner on their hands here.

The new smartphone-controlled and Internet-connected music system is called the Orb Music Player (easy enough!), and it’s designed to work as a standalone device to stream iTunes, Internet music/radio, Pandora, etc. to any place in the home. This really removes the technical barrier from before, as the standalone Orb handles the duties that were once assigned to a computer. The company claims that this device “is the only music system that lets consumers listen to their consolidated collections of music, including iTunes, Pandora, Sirius Radio and a wide variety of Internet music services, in multiple rooms around the home.”

It’s also cheap. At just $69, it undercuts most of the competition, and it uses an interface that will be familiar to heavy iTunes users. With the smartphone music remote control, users can easily pause, playback, change the volume, or skip around their playlist. The only problem we see is that only iOS is supported; Android, webOS and Windows Phone 7 users will either have to hope an app comes to their platform or grab an iPod touch to use this.

Source:http://hothardware.com/News/Orb-Music-Player-Streams-iTunes-Pandora-To-Anywhere-In-The-Home/

Olympic developments sues Apple for selling goods via iTunes

October 1st, 2010

A private Delaware company by the name of Olympic Developments AG, LLC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the California Central District Court Los Angeles Division against several major technology companies including Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Inc., DirecTV, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Nintendo of America, Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment of America, LLC, Sony Electronics, Inc. and Valve Corporation,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.

“The lawsuit, in context with Apple specifically, appears to be concerning the sale of goods through Apple’s iTunes and App Stores via an iPad or iPhone in a manner claimed in the patents-in-suit,” Purcher reports. “According to court documents, ‘plaintiff [Olympic Developments AG, LLC] is informed and believes that Apple owns, operates, advertises, controls, sells and otherwise provides hardware, software and websites for ‘online music, application and bookstore services’ including via the iPad and iPhone (‘the Apple devices’) and iTunes Store and App Store (‘the Apple websites’), both accessible through the Apple devices and via the iTunes software client. Upon information and belief, Apple has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ‘585 patent by making, using, providing, offering to sell, and selling (directly or through intermediaries), in this district and elsewhere in the United States, systems and methods for purchasing products and services and processing corresponding financial transactions, including via the Apple websites and Apple devices.”

Source:-http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/26925/

iTunes 10.0.1 improves Ping, target selling iPad – Apple News

September 26th, 2010

Apple has been all over the news due to the new iPods, Ping among many other topics including the iPhone and iPad as well. Today, we’re covering the iTunes 10.0.1 Update which brings some changes to the way the software interacts with Apple’s social network Ping along with TriplePoint Client Target officially announcing that they are going to be selling the iPad very soon.

iTunes 10.0.1 Update Improves Ping
Just yesterday, Apple dropped a new update for iTunes, version 10.0.1 for both PC and Mac. This new version brings mostly behind-the-scenes bug fixes, but also changes how your music is shared with Ping, which launched just a few weeks ago with the new iPods.

Now you may Like or Post about songs directly from your iTunes Library, instead of having to go directly to Ping first and doing all the leg work from there. Before, you could only post about songs that you had directly purchased from Apple but now you can post about any song in your library as long as its labeled correctly.

Also when playing a song, the Genius Sidebar has been replaced by a new Ping Sidebar that shows Ping updates from the artist and friends. You still have the option of closing this Sidebar if you wish.
Let’s hope Ping can just keep improving from here, and continue improving upon what could be a great service.
Target To Sell iPad in October

Target has announced that the iPad will go on sale in its stores beginning Sunday, October 3rd.
At the moment, you may only purchase an iPad from Best Buy or Apple but starting one week from today, Target announced it will carry all eight models of the iPad. That means you can pick up whichever model you wish directly at your local Target store.

Source:http://friskymongoose.com/itunes-10-0-1-improves-ping-target-selling-ipad-apple-news/

More iTunes 10 problems surface

September 8th, 2010

As with any new software, there are bound to be some initial problems people experience, either with the software itself or with compatibility with other software and hardware. A few of these are surfacing, which include problems with media servers, music not syncing with iPhones, and music not importing from various sources.

Many people have massive iTunes libraries that they store on media server devices such as an external RAID array attached to a computer running media server software like FireFly. While these servers are technically supposed to work with iTunes, there may be some small changes in how the protocols are handled which are preventing them from working with iTunes 10, at least until an update fixes the issues. This could be because of problems in either the server or iTunes, and updates to both may be required for full functionality to be restored.
Some people who have tried syncing their iPhones after upgrading to iTunes 10 have found the program will change its status to “Synching iPhone” or “Preparing to Sync” and then just sit there or go back to the normal iTunes window without doing anything. The phone ends up with no music or other items on it.

If this happens, you can try resetting the iPhone and optionally resetting the sync services on your Mac. To reset the iPhone, go to the settings and select “General.” Then go to the “Reset” section and choose the “Reset All Settings” option. When this is done, connect the phone to your system and try to sync the music and other data again.
To reset the sync services in OS X, follow the instructions outlined in this Apple Knowledgebase Document.
Some people are having issues importing CDs to iTunes, where the program will act erratic and switch views between the CD and the iTunes library. This is clearly not a desired behavior. Additionally, others have complained that iTunes will not add items to the iTunes library when thye are dragged to the iTunes window.
This could be an issue with the location of the iTunes library, so be sure to check the “Advanced” section of the iTunes preferences and ensure the library being referenced is available to the system.
Some of these and other problems may be caused by conflicts with configuration files and other resources in the current user’s account, or could be from bugs in the program. To test for account-based problems, create a new user account and try importing, syncing, or connecting to media servers from that account.
If the problem is somewhere in the user’s account, some approaches that may work are to try removing the iTunes preferences and relevant settings files. For iTunes, these are the “com.apple.iTunes.plist”, “com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist”, and “com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist” files located in the /username/Library/Preferences/ folder. Additionally, you can try removing the CDDB settings files (“CD Info.cidb” and “CDDB Preferences”) from the same preferences folder, which may help if you are having troubles with audio CDs. In addition to the standard preference files for iTunes, there is an additional one in the /username/Library/Preferences/ByHost folder which can be deleted.
As mentioned before, resetting sync services may also help some problems, especially if you have issues with devices like iPods and iPhones. In addition to resetting the sync services, you can try using a maintenance utility like OnyX, MacCleanse, or MacKeeper to remove user caches and other temporary files.
If iTunes is still unsuccessful when testing in a new account, then you can look at more global options like iTunes-related plugins, utilities, or other add-ons. Try removing any third-party add-ons, and booting to Safe Mode to try some of the iTunes functions without third-party extensions loaded. You can also try reapplying the latest Combo updater for your version of OS X, to see if that replaces any corrupt system files that could be contributing to the problem.

Source:-http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20015756-263.html

Sony Qriocity announced to rival iTunes

September 1st, 2010

Sony has announced a new movies and music platform called Qriocity which, apart from being a pain to spell, is positioned as a rival to the dominance of services such as iTunes.

Qriocity (which was previously known as Sony Online Services) will initially offer on-demand movies in Europe across Sony hardware encompassing the PS3, net-enabled Bravia TV sets, and Sony computers.

The “premium video streaming service” will include box office smashes from the likes of MGM, Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Bros and of course Sony Pictures, with content available in standard definition and HD.

And before the end of 2010, Qriocity is also slated to be graced with Music Unlimited, a cloud based digital music service offering millions of songs which will include features such as personalised channels, and will work across multiple devices.

So the likes of Spotify is in Sony’s sights, too. Games and e-books are also planned on the platform at some stage in the future.

Kazuo Hirai, President of Networked Products & Services Group at Sony, commented: “We are excited to offer our customers high quality, cloud-based entertainment experiences across many of Sony’s network-enabled devices. Services ‘powered by Qriocity’ will revolutionize the way that users play, listen, watch, share, communicate, learn, discover and create their digital entertainment content.”

Source:-http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/09/01/sony-qriocity-announced-to-rival-itunes/

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