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Apple Announces iSync 1.1 and QuickTime 6.3

Posted by pudge on from the drat-they-do-not-support-my-kyocera-phone dept.

chrisbw writes "According to this press release, Apple has announced iSync 1.1 and Quicktime 6.3. iSync adds support for more phones (including USB), as well as syncing Safari bookmarks!" Software Update has QuickTime 6.3 now, and iSync 1.1 is available via the web site.

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  1. Safari Bookmarks by GreenKiwi · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does anyone know whether this will be bi-directional? i.e. Can I use bookmarks on one machine... and on another and add to each of them in between syncs? That would be awesome!

    By the way, is there any easy way to do this with Mozilla? Especially, with mozilla on different OSs?

  2. does it fix the muxed audio bug? by davesag · · Score: 2, Interesting

    does the new quicktimee fix the bug with muxed audio tracks in the movies that sony cybershot cameras make, whereby the movies play fine but if you try to save them as any other format they lose their audio and you have to mess about with a bunch of 3rd party hacks to get the audio out okay?

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  3. Another thing not mentioned.... by ihatewinXP · · Score: 4, Interesting

    (from the AP press release)

    [The new Quicktime is] the industry's first mainstream solution to support the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard and to deliver a foundation for the creation, delivery and playback of rich multimedia content over wireless networks.

    More coming from Apple and that DoCoMo partnership I guess? I would love to have QT capabilities on my cel.....

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  4. New iSync only for new iPods? by Van+Halen · · Score: 5, Interesting
    According to this post apparently iSync 1.1 only works with iPods that have firmware 2.0 and up. I can't verify it yet since I'm at work and my iPod is a 30 GB with the 2.0 firmware anyway. Anyone with an older iPod want to give it a try and see?

    If true, perhaps this means a new iPod firmware ought to be coming out very soon? I know Apple promised an update for USB 2.0 under Windows in June. But my primary concern is that we get an update that fixes the bugs in the 2.0 firmware (most notably the clicking between tracks).

    But then I'm straying a bit off topic here... Hopefully the AAC encoder in QuickTime 6.3 works as well as or better than QT 6.2 for encoding from iTunes. I did a quick comparison before leaving this morning, and while there are byte differences between a 6.2-encoded AAC and a 6.3-encoded file, they are both the same size and I couldn't tell any audible difference (improvement or otherwise) at 160 kbps. The blurb on the website about 6.3 has plenty of marketing-speak about AAC but no real technical details telling whether anything of substance changed.

    Just some random thoughts, back to work!

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  5. Sony pda syncs now by Minter92 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My WOOHOOO about my clie finally syncing with my mac was cut short when I realized it was only syncing the memo nothing else. No calender no address book. odd.

    Still playing with it though.