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Using the iOS Music App in Landscape Mode | Kirkville

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Using the iOS Music App in Landscape Mode. I’ve always hated Cover Flow. In the Finder, in iTunes, and in the iOS Music app. Apple removed it from iTunes, but apparently not in the Finder in OS X 10.9 (you can still see the Cover Flow icon in the Finder toolbar in the screenshot on Apple’s Mavericks page. Fortunately, they did remove it from the iOS Music app. Now, if you turn your iOS device to landscape mode, you see a mosaic of album covers, like this:. To play an album or song, tap its cover:. When y...

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The Composers of Quiet – The New Yorker. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Aug 29, 2016. Was Shostakovich a Martyr? Or Is That Just Fiction? 8211; The New York Times. Musicologist Richard Taruskin on Julian Barnes’ new novel about Shostakovitch. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window).

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iTunes 11 and Classical Music | Kirkville

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ITunes 11 and Classical Music. With the arrival of iTunes 11, classical music fans – and anyone with a large music library – have lamented the removal of certain features and views that help organize large amounts of music. I touched on some of these in my extensive review of iTunes 11 for Macworld. And in my discussion of iTunes 11 on the Macworld podcast. But I would like to summarize here the problems that iTunes 11 has brought specifically to classical music listeners. ITunes 12.2: New Playlist V...

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Theater Review: Hamlet, by the Royal Shakespeare Company (Newcastle) | Kirkville

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Theater Review: Hamlet, by the Royal Shakespeare Company (Newcastle). As part of my Shaksespeare Week. I won’t give a full review of the play; you can read the review I wrote in September. But I will discuss some elements of the play that were different, or that seemed different. And I hope all of these plays will also be released on DVD (or sold on the iTunes Store), so I can see them again whenever I want to. Summing Up My Shakespeare Week. Thoughts on a Week of Shakespeare. Oct 25, 2013. Loved all of ...

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DVD/Blu-Ray Review: Richard II, by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre | Kirkville

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DVD/Blu-Ray Review: Richard II, by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The Royal Shakespeare Company. Has released the first disc in its Live from Stratford-Upon-Avon series. Which features live broadcasts to cinemas of plays from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and subsequent releases on DVD and Blu-Ray. This release is Richard II, staring David Tennant. ( Amazon.com. I attended a production of this play shortly before it was filmed, and you can read my review. The disc contains a number of bonus features&#46...

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The Missing Link Between Your iTunes Library and the iTunes Store | Kirkville

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The Missing Link Between Your iTunes Library and the iTunes Store. With iTunes Match, iTunes scans your music collection, matches your tracks, and lets you then access this music from the “cloud.” iTunes therefore knows what you have in your iTunes library. Part of this library includes your previous purchases; when you visit the iTunes Store, you can check in your Purchased list to find music that you have bought, and re-download it to your computer or your iOS device. With iTunes Match, this should be ...

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Filming Shakespeare: Interview with John Wyver, Part 2 | Kirkville

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Filming Shakespeare: Interview with John Wyver, Part 2. This is the second part of a two-part series, the first of which was Shakespeare, from Theater to Cinema: Interview with John Wyver, Producer of the RSC’s Live from Stratford-Upon-Avon Productions. On Wednesday, I attended a production of Henry IV Part 2 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. This was the second time I saw the production (read my review here. Does it extend things too long? 8220;I think it’s important to give...

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How to fix the four most annoying quirks of Yosemite | Macworld

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Learn more about Macworld's Digital Edition. How to fix the four most annoying quirks of Yosemite. Senior Contributor, Macworld. Oct 22, 2014 3:24 AM. OS X 10.10 Yosemite is out. And, while there aren’t many surprises in the interface which Apple has been showing off since June. I don’t get the whole thing about translucency. It certainly looks cool, and the technology required to render both a translucent menu and what’s behind it is probably quite complex. But what’s the point of translucency? There ar...

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10 essential iTunes keyboard shortcuts | Macworld

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Learn more about Macworld's Digital Edition. The latest dispatches from the world of the iPod. 10 essential iTunes keyboard shortcuts. Senior Contributor, Macworld. Jan 14, 2011 5:15 AM. 1 The space bar. This is probably the most practical iTunes keyboard shortcut. If you have an item selected (song, video, audiobook, podcast, and so on), press the space bar to start playing it; press the space bar again to pause. For more on specific playback controls, see Control iTunes with your keyboard. The iTunes M...

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Apple Music Doesn’t Display Your Listening History and This Is a Big Mistake | Kirkville

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Apple Music Doesn’t Display Your Listening History and This Is a Big Mistake. Back in 2014, I outlined what I thought an Apple streaming music service might look like. My prediction was pretty close to Apple Music, but there’s a major feature missing. I said:. You should be able to access a full history of what you have listened to. […] This Recently Played playlist should contain everything I’ve listened to with my account, from every device, and should be available on every device as well. ITunes Radio...