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My Shuffle has started turning itself off occasionally. It's playing, and then the music stops, and I have to turn it off and on and press play, and it's fine. But it did that twice on Wednesday.
And when I plug it into my computer, a (blank) Explorer window pops up temporarily, and that window also pops up every time I delete a song or add a song to it. I restored it back to factory settings, and it was still doing it. Anyone know what's going on? It's over two years old; is it just That Time?
I would certainly hope it would last more than 2 years.
So wait. This CCCleaner and Smart Defrag could make my parents' old XP computer not suck? I don't understand what the problem is, because I don't think they are running new programs, so shouldn't it be OK? I was planning on getting them a new one for Christmas, but will give these programs a shot first!
They will make it suck less. You can decide if improvement is enough after you install and run. Again don't be tricked into toolbars. Don't let ccleaner clean office or word cause will lose all your settings.
I doubt they have any non-standard settings, but thanks for the warning.
I've also found that security software can really slog down a computer. I tend to just run with Microsoft Security Essentials which seems very good at being unobtrusive.
I think that is part of the problem, but I think my father is prone to clicking on bad stuff, so I don't want to strip it down too much.
Gosh darnit, there's still no 128GB iPod touch....
On the bright side - new iTunes icon!
iTunes 10. With iTunes set to surpass physical CD sales next year, so new icon with no CD.
And I'll have to experiment with this stuff:
Social features: New feature called Ping. Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes...social network for music. Follow favorite artists and friends, find out what they're listening to and talking about. Customized top-ten songs and albums lists based on the people you follow. Showing off artist page for Lady Gaga with posts, favorite songs, concerts, etc.
Steve Jobs just put the final nail in Myspace's coffin.
Aw, the new Apple TV is adorable!
Ditto the new Nano.