Gapless Playback with Google Music on OS X

Reading Time: < 1 minute Problem The one galling failure of Google Play Music’s web app is the lack of support for gapless playback.  Other than that, it just about puts the final nail in iTunes’ coffin. Discussion iTunes is a mature product that has gone to great lengths to implement gapless playback perfectly. Solution G-Ear Player for OS X. […]

OneNote Web App and Password-Protected Files

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I discovered that in May, Microsoft quietly upgraded their free OneNote Web App to support password protected OneNote files. Based on the highlighted section below, private-key AES encryption might have finally made its way to SkyDrive: Of course, the bad news is that thanks to Snowden, we now know it’s likely that while Microsoft […]

A Year With iTunes Match

Reading Time: 3 minutes iTunes Match is an exciting prospect, but after nearly a year of real-world use, it just doesn’t match up. Freedom from having to manage a big music collection sounds wonderful.  Backing up, restoring, transferring, organizing, updating and otherwise messing around with digital music can be a frustrating waste of time. At $24.99/year, iTunes Match appears […]