Dupin at Klakinoumi

Thanks to Eric at the French blog Klakinoumi for posting this article and screencast of Dupin. There's a point in his vid-demo where the tracks are being deleted and he provides some rapid-fire sound effects, which I thought was tres drole. Also, it's worth the look just to hear "Dupin" pronounced in French. »

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UPDATED: Dupin v1.3.3

Dupin v1.3.3 is now available. Dupin allows you to quickly find all sets of duplicate tracks in iTunes based on the criteria you choose. It can then automatically select the "Keeper" tracks from among a number of duplicates using your choice of a variety of versatile filter options. Tracks you decide not to keep can be purged from iTunes and their files optionally moved to the Trash. Dupin is flexible, fast, and easy to use.

Updated in version 1.3.3:

• Fixed error with file sizes filtering
• Minor performance enhancements

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UPDATED: Quick Convert v2.7

Quick Convert converts the iTunes track selection using your choice of encoder, restoring your Preferences-set encoder afterwards. Latest version is universal binary, ensures that files converted to AAC with the bookmarkable option are re-added to "Audiobooks" Master Library correctly. »

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UPDATED: Make Bookmarkable v2.3

Make Bookmarkable changes the file type of the selected AAC tracks to "M4B " and file extension to ".m4b", thus making them "natively" bookmarkable. Additionally, deletes and re-adds each converted track so each will appear in the Audiobooks Library. Ratings, play count, last played date, skip count, and skipped date are preserved. Latest version is universal binary. »

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UPDATED: Make UN-Bookmarkable v3.2

Make UN-Bookmarkable converts the iTunes tracks selection which have been converted to "M4B" with Make Bookmarkable back to "M4A". Latest version is now a universal binary. »

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iTunes 7.6.2 Released

iTunes 7.6.2 is now available via Software Update. Apple also posted updates to Quicktime and Front Row. »

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NEW: Now Where Was I

Use Now Where Was I? to start and quit iTunes: when run while iTunes is playing, it will remember the currently playing track and quit iTunes; when run next it will start iTunes and play the remembered track. »

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UPDATED: BlockParty! v2.0

I have updated Block Party! to version 2.0. I actually did this a couple of days ago but with the site problems mentioned below I hadn't gotten around to mentioning it. »

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Site Fixes

Looks like my host's MySQL servers are back up to snuff. Things actually do seem to be a bit snappier.

In about a week I will be making some adjustments to the site which may cause a few bumps but I don't expect any down time. However, if the situation changes I will make a note of it here. »

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Site Access

It's been a worrisome few days.

My hosting company has been having some serious issues with their MySQL servers and as a result this site has been inaccessible. I'm told access will be much better after the current issues are resolved. I've managed to workaround their problem to a small extent, but it's still not perfect, so expect things to be a bit slow-loading for a bit. »

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UPDATED: Join Together v5.2

Join Together has been updated to version 5.2.

This AppleScript Studio application automates the process of joining the files of selected iTunes tracks together with QuickTime and exporting them as a single AAC Music or Audiobook file/track. Optionally, with Apple's ChapterTool application installed, you can create a "chapterized" audio file of the exported AAC file with pointers to the individually joined tracks.

As of version 5.2, Join Together comes in two flavors:

The basic version of Join Together is free and always will be. It has the same or better features--and performs as well or better--as it ever has without restrictions. Most users will find the free basic version of Join Together satisfactory for their track-joining needs.

Join Together Plus is an optional shareware upgrade that provides additional pre-flight and post-op features that have been requested by power-users. You can upgrade to Join Together Plus from the free basic version for US$7. This is to cover development and support expenses, which, in turn, helps make Join Together work better for everybody. See Join Together's Help pages for more information on its Plus features.

Updated in v5.2

• Added "enabled" checkbox for the final track
• Added "Rating" options for the final track
• Added "Part of a gapless album" and "Skip when shuffling" options for the final track
• Can cancel operation from QuickTime
• Updated the interface
• Updated Help pages
• Fixed unusual issue with filename replacing track name
• Addressed QuickTime invalid track error while using pass through
• Performance enhancements
• Combine contiguous tracks as chapters [Plus version]
• Chapter name editing; auto-increment chapter numbers [Plus version]
• Use grouping tags as chapter names [Plus version]
• Contextual info windows for tracks/chapters [Plus version]
• Save options for saving final file to playlist, as a Podcast, and copy to iPod [Plus version]
• Preferences for various options [Plus version]
• Dock menu reduces application switching [Plus version]

More information and download. »

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Apple Updates the AppleScript Language Guide

After nearly ten years, Apple has finally updated the Introduction to AppleScript Language Guide. Its layout and organization is more consistent with other Apple Developer Connection documentation and is much easier to grok (and much less 1999-internet-looking). It is specifically geared towards AppleScript 2.0 and Mac OS 10.5 or later. »

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