{"id":1152,"date":"2003-04-28T05:23:37","date_gmt":"2003-04-28T19:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/apple-turns-up-the-volume\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T16:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T00:42:55","slug":"apple-turns-up-the-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/apple-turns-up-the-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple turns up the volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, today was the day that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" title=\"Apple Computer\">Apple<\/a> finally made the announcments that rumor sites had been salivating over for the past few months. Lots of cool goodies&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/quicktime\/\" title=\"Apple - QuickTime\">QuickTime<\/a> upgraded to v6.2, which includes support for AAC (more info on AAC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/mpeg4\/aac\/\" title=\"Apple - MPEG-4 - AAC Audio\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\/download\/\" title=\"Apple - iPod - Update\">iPod software update<\/a> to v1.3, adding support for AAC, and longer battery life.<\/li>\n<li>Redesigned and updated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\/\" title=\"Apple - iPod\">iPods<\/a>, now in 10Gb, 15Gb, and 30Gb models, a slimmer design, software updates, and a price drop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/\" title=\"Apple - iLife - iTunes\">iTunes<\/a> goes to v4.0, adding AAC support, Rendevouz local streaming (so you can stream audio from one Mac to others on the same local network), and support for the new&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;the long-rumored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/music\/store\/\" title=\"Apple - Music - iTunes Music Store\">iTunes Music Store<\/a>! Featuring 200,000 songs (and growing) from all the major music lables, previews of songs, one-click downloading, a 99 cent-per-song purchase price, and <em>very<\/em> reasonable DRM (unlimited listening time, unlimited CD burns, unlimited iPod support, purchased tracks can be copied to up to 3 other Macs), Apple looks to be making a good solid attempt to do the online-music experience well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new software just made it to my Mac &#8212; time to install and play!<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:6280,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260308081928\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 23:56:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 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