IPod Touch / iPhone app "Remote"

Does anyone else attempt to use this to remote control your AppleTV ?
I was full of expectation when I went through the hassles of setting up an iTunes account on my junk email address (and without having to submit my credit card details - sorry, call me luddite, but I like to buy my music albums and movies and tv series on optical media, usually for less than iTunes is charging).
Then I find that the iPod Touch remote will only show iTunes purchased movies and tv shows, and not the "shared", personal movies / tv shows. Anyone with children of their own will understand, I have hundreds of home movie clips I want available.
I guess the "networking" between the iMovie and iDVD departments and the AppleTV department is broken, and has been since Take 2 was planned.

This must be where I'm going wrong.
I have nothing synced - all turned off when I setup after the "update" to Take 2. I previously had all my TV shows (including all my home movies) sync'd but the wireless speed is so fast and reliable I've gone back to stream everything.
I have only the one library ("Mac Pro Library") connected at the Apple TV. To play anything not purchased from iTunes, I have to select "Shared Movies" (or Shared TV Shows, etc), the "My Movies" shows nothing, presumably because I don't sync anything.
Are you saying that I could change some setting to get the whole streamed library content through the "My Movies" (or My TV Shows, etc) menu, and therefore possibly through the iPod Touch "Remote" app ?
I'm also a little miffed that the "Shared Movies" are not sorted by the "Sort Name" in iTunes in Take 2 v2.1. Apple TV v1.0 didn't sort by sort name either, but v1.1 did.
I factory restored to v1.0. Do I miss Take 2 ? LOL. I might use it if there was one good thing about it. Or it offered me some flexible access to my own content. Is there anything WOW I'm missing ?

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This is a general question but I'm going to ask it in this thread since I have an iPod Touch.
I bought an iPod Touch primarily for music. Now that it has games and apps that I'm actually starting to use, I'm running into a problem.
I use my iPod Touch in transit and often want to listen to music while playing games. As far as I can tell, there is no general setting for applications to not hijack my regular music. Am I correct? Some games don't do this, but many do. It's really annoying to be listening to a great song and then the iPod touch app decides to take over my music and stop it from playing.
To rephrase, is there a way to universally mute all application games/sounds on the iPod Touch or the iPhone and prioritize the actual ... erm, music?

I left this issue alone for awhile, but I'm downloading more applications with this problem.
My question: is this against Apple's SDK rules? Shouldn't the application not interfere with music play? This is especially obvious with applications like Crash Bandicoot which not only runs an application -- it also imposes a video before the application's run.
I've contacted several developers and all of these developers have been unresponsive thus far. I emailed VGmobile.com, for example (makers of Crash Bandcoot), 4 times in the last month, and they have not yet acknowledged the problem or promise to resolve it.
At this point, perhaps my recourse is to contact Apple to get these apps pulled if this is indeed against Apple's SDK rules. I'd love to know if there's any wording in the development kit that says that these games should not affect other functions of the iPod, or whatever.
I'm sorry to resort to these methods, but nobody seems to be listening to this concern. Do you know how annoying it was for me this past week on two 5-hour plane flights to listen to the same redundant music of a game when I could have listened to the variety of music I had stored on my, erm, music player?! I can't get the lame music of Diner Dash out of my head.
I don't understand why this isn't self-explanatory. Above all else, the iPod Touch is a music player. Music should be prioritized. I'm really surprised that common sense isn't prevailing here.

How can I use my iPod Touch as a remote for iTunes, while connected via USB?

I was wondering if I could use my iPod touch as a remote/iTunes extension while it is connected to my computer via usb.
It would be highly practical to control my music from there, since it is charging right by my side while I'm at my computer.
Remote is not really an option, my computer doesn't have bluetooth or any connectivity. Something over wifi would work, but there's a usb connection right there that's begging to be used.
Thanks

You can't do it via USB. Go to the App store and download/install the Apple Remote app. It can control iTunes on your computer via wifi.

Internet: PC/Mac to Ipod touch/iPhone sync

New Operating system update request: To be able to connect to the internet through my PC or Mac without buying a wireless modem
My computer is in my basement and, most of my friends' are too, I really like playing my apps online in the comfort of my basement because it's steaming hot upstairs (where I can get internet) and I got want to get a wireless modem at this time. If there's going to be an iOS 4.1.2 i really want a Computer (PC/Mac) to iPod touch/iPhone internet sync.

You can only sync all media from one syncing computer. First you have to connect the iPod to the new Mac and via USB and make the Mac the new syncing computer. See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Then you can set up wifi syncing.
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
If problem:
iTunes 10.5 and later: Troubleshooting iTunes Wi-Fi Syncing

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Hi everyone, just picked up my 16gb iPod Touch yesterday. Surfed around a couple of iPod Touch / iPhone forums to find that alot of applications are available for installation onto our devices.
I've also been reading about how apple is disabling the use or removing installer.app if it's installed on the iPod Touch / iPhone.
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https://iforgot.apple.com/appleid
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Hmm.. Thank you for the response.
Have you tried using the iPod with another user account or computer, to help narrow down whether the problem lies with the computer, account, or the iPod itself?
Maybe try reformatting it, using the tools provided by Windows. Instructions on how to reformat your iPod can be found in this article.
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/erase/index.shtml
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Dear all,
the following problem is very persistent and it happened to me and a friend of mine (iPod touch / iPhone), in both cases, smart playlists created in iTunes (Mac), latest version, are home to several tracks. These tracks are being transferred to the iPod/iPhone - but the playlist doesn't show up or is shown as empty (both cases happened). The tracks are on the iPod/iPhone if you select them manually.
Re-Creating the playlists helped, but this is not the solution as the problem pops up with other playlists after having done that (however, the re-created playlists work).
The iPods/iPhones have been reset, freshly installed etc., music has been taken off completely from them - the problem remains / comes back.
It seems as if 3.1.3 has a problem with smart playlists and dubious one at that. Annoying at the very same time.
I'm a bit disappointed about having wasted several hours of my life on this problem, that is not what I expect from Apple. :/
Any permanent solutions out there?
Alex.

"Some sort" of solution.
So after having dabbled with Apple's attempt for a solution, I seem to have found one that seems(...) to work for me when it comes to audio books:
- create a new smart playlist
- filter the current cd "Terry Pratchett (Disc 2))
- counter is 0
and(!)
add:
maximum of X hours, sorted by NAME... that actually did the trick.
Of course, you need one more thing: you have to add the track's name to the name of the audio track... (see Doug's apple scripts for that script).
Honestly... I'm a bit disappointed that I had to become smarter than Apple. Don't you want to give me a job, guys?

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bought games and music on my ipod touch and then bought a new mac, but i updated my ipod on the new mac and lost all of my games and music and they arent on my computer or my ipod touch:( The apps i bought are not on my old computer either!! please help!!! I don't want to buy them all again!!

- You can redownload yur apps at no additional cost. See:
How to redownload purchased apps from the App Store
- You only get one download of music and it is up to you to make a backup. However, sometimes if you explain what happens the iTunes store may allow a redownload of music. You can contact them by starting here and selecting the appropriate topic:
Apple - Support - iTunes

Can I set up an iCloud account without owning a Mac, iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad?

I would like to know if I can set up an iCloud account without owning a Mac, iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. I own a laptop that runs Windows 7 and I would like to be able to access my past purchases for all the computers in my family.

There is no way to setup iCloud on a PC, it must be setup first on a compatible Mac, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

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Anyone downloaded a game application called Tap Tap Revenge? It's for iPod Touch/iPhone with the 2.0 software upgrade. I browsed through the iTune's Application Store today and found this game. It looks awesome, but when I tried to purchase it for free, it said it was no longer available. I even tried closing/reopening iTuns and tried to download the application, but it was still no good. Anyone who downloaded this game before it's availability was gone, mind uploading it for me and for other people who are in need of this awesome application? I don't want to wait until Apple fixes it. I want to play now. D:
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I just got my new iMac recently, please advise me how to transfer my iPod touch's app. softwares, music, video and other files from my previous Windows OS to Mac OS.
Thanks in advance

auronthas wrote:
Thanks Duddo.
Yeah, i found the file 'iPod touch app pack 4a93.ipa' in mobile application directory, which directory in Mac should i copy to? Is it \user\<name>\music\iTunes ?
Hi,
I think that is the old "January update", I'm not so sure it is necessary to transfer that one but it would go here -
~/Library/iTunes/Mobile Applications
Look here for the latest 2.0 etc. updates -
C:\Documents and Settings\"name"\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates
Even then I'm not sure even these are required but best back them up to be safe.
I'm not sure where the go in Mac OS X though.
I'm sure someone will let us know soon.
Dud.

I have purchased a game from the itunes on my computer and when I connect it to my ipod touch the apps does'nt get sync to it???..how do I reslove it

I have purchased a game from the itunes on my computer and when I connect it to my ipod touch the apps does'nt get sync to it???..how do I reslove it

You will not be charged again. See the following Apple article:
How to redownload purchased apps from the App Store

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Where has the button gone to buy the iPod Touch software app. update/upgrade in iTunes? Thank you

ITMS gives me a choice between "Remind Me Later" and "No Thanks"
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Up until yesterday everything was working fine. But now when I connect my ipod touch, iphons (1st), or ipod nano to iTunes, my PC recognizes them (show up in Windows Explorer), but iTunes does not recognize them anymore.
I don't know what changed.
I have reset all devices.
I have completely removed and reinstalled iTunes. (I've tried iTunes 10.5.1 and 10.5.2)
I have shut down and rebooted the PC (several times).
I have tried different USB ports and different cables.
My Windows 7x64 is fully updated.
Does anyone know how to help?

Sorry, I followed both guides and uninstalled everything - rebooted, reinstalled iTunes like your second link instructions said.
PC sees all devices fine in Windows Explorer (and makes the pling sound when I connect them, they just do not show up in iTunes.
(ipod nano, ipod touch 32GB, iphone 1st gen, ipad 1st gen)
Manually starting or restarting all itunes/ipod related services doesn't do a thing either, nothing will sync.
I'm at a loss.

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