Gobal iTunes Hotkeys

As I've been using iTunes more lately (See last blog post) I've found an annoying problem with my Z-Board at home that I cannot seem to get the media keys to act globally.

My Microsoft keyboard at work seems to works perfectly with iTunes (Funnily enough?) but not my Z-Board.

I tried a few global iTunes hotkey programs but the one that ended up working the best/easiest and that I settled with was iTunesControl (http://itunescontrol.com/).

Setup was simple:
Download and install the free program.
Find the blue music note icon in your 'Notification area'.
I like to disable the shit that pops up with the song name so that can be done under the 'Display' tab by selecting the option 'Disable display always'.
Then all you have to do is setup the hotkeys to use the media keys on your keyboard. This is done under the 'Hotkeys' tab.

Now enjoy global song changing!

Play songs from iPhone through computer.

A major annoying problem I've had with my iPhone has been playing music at home, on the train and while at work. I've always felt hatred towards the device for it not letting me just drag and drop my music where I want to. For quite some time now I've had a music library at home, which was synced to my iPhone and then another library at work. This sucked as they where never in sync and I always wanted a song which was at home while I was at work or vice versa.

Today my life was changed.
I no longer have two music libraries, just the one and I now play the songs directly from my iPhone through my computer via iTunes.

Plug iPhone into any computer with iTunes.
Select your iPhone under Devices.
Select Music under your device.
Play songs as you normally would.

Up until today I never knew this was possible but it was a massive oversight on my behalf and is a great solution to a problem I was having. It also has a plus side as it syncs your ratings, play counts, etc.

But it really was quite simple -.-