iTunes Match & iTunes in the Cloud

May 1st, 2012

iTunes Match

Endlich ist heute iTunes Match auch in Österreich und einigen anderen Ländern angekommen.

Der Startschuss fiel gestern mit der Akzeptierung der neuen AGBs, welche die Vorraussetzung für den neuen Dienst darstellen. Zur Zeit läuft auf meinem MBP gerade der Abgleich meiner iTunes Bibliothek mit Apples DB… bin schon gespannt wie lange es dauern wird :-)


Apple, iTunes, Music

Stars in the sky

April 1st, 2012

aTV2 – Jailbreak available, fireCore aTV Flash(black) updated…

March 31st, 2012

Seas0nPass for iOS 5.1

Finally you now can update your aTV2 device to the new iOS 5 version 5.1 – Seas0nPass is available to jailbreak the device (tethered).

In addition fireCore has updated it’s aTV flash(black) software to get the well known software also on these updated devices now.

Seas0nPass for Mac [10.6 or later]
Seas0nPass for Windows [XP or later]

For the new aTV flash(black) version visit fireCore directly.

Update:
upgrading was not that easy at all – but worked.
I had to test it several times and it worked in the end by doing a normal upgrade to iOS 5.1 first and then the jailbreak with Seas0nPass. Timing after the jailbreak was also very important –> don’t forget to connect the device to the power cord BEFORE you remove the USB-cable and adding the HDMI-cable.

Short hint at the end: don’t expect the fireCore Logo after the jailbreak – it wasn’t there when I did it…


Apple, aTV2

iOS updates don’t work?

March 11th, 2012

Have you checked your DNS already?

When iOS 5.1 came out I tried to update my iOS devices to the new version and realized that it’s not working for me. Update on 3G is not possible and when I tried to update via my cable based LAN it gave me a dialog telling that iTunes is trying to contact the apple server for verifying the update – it never ends here.

Trying around several workarounds it came out that the problems are related with my cable based internet connection. Further investigations then showed me that the DNS service I use has to be blamed: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4

It’s the free google DNS service – and they are blocking the Apple Update servers… damn

After switching to the DNS of my hosting provider now everything worked as expected and the updates went through really fast.


Apple, Updates

Skitag in Westendorf

January 15th, 2012

Skiwelt Westendorf

Today Marco and myself had a perfect skiing day in Westendorf – great weather, great powder!!

 


fun

Merry Christmas!

December 23rd, 2011

I want to wish you and all my friends

Merry Christmas!

Toni


Others

iBooks now in Austria not limited to Project Gutenberg anymore…

October 22nd, 2011

Good news! The Apple Bookstore isn’t limited anymore to the Project Gutenberg.

So you now don’t need a german account to get current books:

iBooks Bookstore

 


AppStore, iTunes

8GB not enough? Want 50GB?

October 15th, 2011

Dropbox is one of my favorite tools to manage shared stuff – and I was happy with 8GB for free… 2GB with the Basic Account type and 6GB when promoting dropbox to friends. Currently I own 5.25GB there.

But these days there came BOX.NET to my recognition – they through 50GB to you for free!

How to get it? Really easy going – just download and install the iOS App here and create a free account within the next 48 days.


Apps, AppStore, Storage

Update sessions finished

October 9th, 2011

Today I’ve updated all my wordpress blogs – this one and the www.taekwondo-kufstein.com. Worked as designed… :-)


Updates

Simply stunning

October 7th, 2011

Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Full Screen’ button in the bottom right corner…!


Video