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tommyrot - Jul 21, 2011 7:07:39 pm PDT #17250 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

It will offer to transfer all songs you bought from the iTunes store, but I think it'll erase everything else.


omnis_audis - Jul 22, 2011 12:30:25 am PDT #17251 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Rumors that Apple is considering buying Hulu

A few weeks back I heard news story that Hulu owners had to divest their interest in Hulu, as they were creating competition to their customers (i.e. Cable companies)

As for the apple buying it? Seems to make sense. If the company has long term licenses to content from 3 networks, and subscribers on TiVo and XboxLive, and who knows what else... Seems like an easy way to expand their media distribution empire, and bypass some of the cold shoulders they are getting.

No clue how true it is.


Jesse - Jul 22, 2011 5:21:39 am PDT #17252 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Does anyone have any secret tricks to get iTunes to authorize my new computer? I've googled and done all of the things they suggested -- reinstalled iTunes, turned off account controls, deleted some secret file I don't remember what it was, etc. It still keeps telling me first that the computer's not authorized and then that it is.


le nubian - Jul 22, 2011 5:25:58 am PDT #17253 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

do you have it authorized on more than 5 computers?

can you deauth one computer and try it on that one?


Jesse - Jul 22, 2011 5:28:15 am PDT #17254 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm 99% sure it's not authorized on more than 5 computers, and in fact, iTunes tells me this is #4 of 5. Until I try to sync my iPod, when it says I'm not authorized at all. Awesome. It's apparently a common issue (at least, there are a lot of google results), but none of the suggested fixes have worked for me. I actually haven't tried deauthorizing my old computer, so I'll try that, but I don't think it's the actual problem.


le nubian - Jul 22, 2011 5:50:52 am PDT #17255 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

and you are sure that the same apple id is on your ipod and itunes?


Jessica - Jul 22, 2011 6:08:10 am PDT #17256 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I was just forcibly upgraded to Firefox 5 at work. FF5 is the reason I switched to Chrome on my home computer.

That said, is there a way to make the tabs appear right above the browser content instead of way up at the top? It's a minor thing, but it's driving me bonkers.


Ailleann - Jul 22, 2011 6:13:48 am PDT #17257 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Right-click on the menu bar, and deselect "Tabs on Top."


Jessica - Jul 22, 2011 6:17:09 am PDT #17258 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

THANK YOU!

Already, my day is looking up.


megan walker - Jul 22, 2011 8:01:46 am PDT #17259 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm 99% sure it's not authorized on more than 5 computers, and in fact, iTunes tells me this is #4 of 5. Until I try to sync my iPod, when it says I'm not authorized at all. Awesome. It's apparently a common issue (at least, there are a lot of google results), but none of the suggested fixes have worked for me. I actually haven't tried deauthorizing my old computer, so I'll try that, but I don't think it's the actual problem.

I have this problem to, but it's only about a few songs that are affected so I live with it. It started around the 4th of July. Sadly, one can only deauthorize all computers once a year and I did it in January.

I'm wondering if it's related to the cookies problem i'm having with with Blogger, for which the only solution seems to be having to sign in to every other site every time.