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Zune 4.0: Prevent Software From Sending Your Usage Data

Contributed by shamanstears on September 18, 2009 under Zune

By default, the Zune 4.0 software sends the software usage data to Microsoft as part of their Zune Experience Program. If you want to keep your usage private, you can disable this by doing the following.

iPod Nano: Add Additional Clock(s) with Different Time Zone(s)

Contributed by shamanstears on February 16, 2009 under iPod

Keeping track of time zones can be a bit of a pain, especially if you have friends in foreign countries. The iPod Nano gives you a convenient fix for this by allowing you to have additional clocks that can display the time with different time zones.

Zune 30 Gig Deaths on 12/31/08

Contributed by davak on December 31, 2008 under Zune

New Year’s Eve 2008 will forever be linked to the day all the Zunes died. Specifically, today was the day that all the 30G zunes with the latest firmware died. The Zune will attempt to boot up and then just freezes. Trying to let the battery run down and hard reset attempts are unsuccessful.

Zune 3.0 Software – Tagging MP4 videos / Sorting Videos into Proper Categories

Contributed by seamonkey420 on November 5, 2008 under Zune

If your a Zune owner or just a Zune software users (like myself), the new 3.0 updated added a few nice additional features including larger sub-categories for Video ( tv, music, movies, other ) and more metadata options (genre, year, description, etc).

Zune: Enable Clock

Contributed by shamanstears on September 16, 2008 under Zune

If you want to keep tabs on what time it is while you are listening to your favorite songs, enable Zune’s clock.

iTunes 8: How to Hide or Show Genius Bar

Contributed by davak on September 9, 2008 under Music

Version eight of iTunes contains a genius sidebar that will show music in the iTunes store that is similar to whatever tunes you currently have selected. In many ways, the genius bar is a huge advertisement for the Apple Music Store. Here is how to hide (or show) it.

Zune: Add Radio Stations to Presets for Easy Access

Contributed by shamanstears on December 27, 2007 under Zune

Like any other FM radio, Zune’s radio allows you to add radio stations to presets for easy access so that you don’t have to waste valuable time seeking your favorite station. To add a station to your Zune’s presets, follow these steps:

Zune: Configure Your Online Privacy Settings

Contributed by shamanstears on November 28, 2007 under Zune

The Zune software can be set up to be very social by allowing everyone to send you messages, view what you are listening to and take a peek at your friends list. You can also limit some or all of these settings so that only your friends have this ability or block everyone from having any or all of these options.

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