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Apple Releases iTunes 4.6

Posted by timothy on from the what's-this-itunes-thing dept.

sinclair44 writes "Apple has released iTunes 4.6. The new version 'includes support for playing your music wirelessly using AirPort Express with AirTunes. It also includes a number of other minor enhancements.' The update is also available in Mac OS X's Software Update."

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  1. Disables Hymn-ed songs? by bubba451 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    These iTunes versions lately seem to be sneaking in unadvertised anti-piracy "features."

    One poster in the macrumors forums claims that songs de-DRMed through Hymn no longer play.

    Can anyone verify?

  2. AirTunes by wedding · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm curious to see how AirTunes works with multiple speaker sets. If I can pump the same playlist to the stereo in my front room, my bedroom, my living room and the one outside, then Apple has just sold 4 Airport Express boxes. The cost of four will be much less than the cost (dollars+personal time) of running all that wiring and getting the speaker sets to all work well.

    Can't wait to get my hands on this tonight!

  3. iTunes sharing / DAAP / TunesBrowser / GetTunes. by crazney · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So I've just checked iTunes 4.6 and it appears to NOT break iTunes sharing, unlike last time.

    I've updated my iTunes webpage to mention this.

    Anyhow, one really cool feature that it seems to add for that AirTunes stuff is the ability to 'push' music upwards, rather than just pull down. This will allow one to control remote devices (what music is playing). Now I just can't wait to get my hands on an (Australian) AirPort Express device to reverse it. I can already think of a tonne of applications for this.

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