Apple Music Not Showing Up In iTunes - How To Fix

If you can't find the Apple Music options (missing "For You" and "New" in the top menu) in iTunes after updating to iTunes 12 here's how to turn it on on Windows. (Mac should be similar.)

• If you don't see a menu bar (with "File Edit…" Etc.) hold Control and press "B" to show the menu bar. ("Show Menu Bar" is also available from the small half black/half white icon in the very top left of the window.)
• In the menu bar click "Edit" then click "Preferences"
• In the "General" tab of the preferences click the check box labeled "Show Apple Music".
• Click "Okay" to save the changes.
• You should now see the "For You" and "New" Apple Music options in the top bar. 
• Enjoy Apple Music

Why was it turned off? I chose to answer "Not Now" to the "Use iCloud Music Library" thing it asked about and I think that may have been why it was turned off. 

In pictures:

Shufflephones 2.0 - New Hotness Edition

This photo album and instructions for my second project for making an iPod Shuffle fit inside a pair of headphones was originally posted on my now defunct mac.com site back in 2005. Thanks to Archive.org I am now able to resurrect it. You can find the page as it originally looked (more or less) here. 

I've also tried to leave the original typography/layout intact as much as possible. Unfortunately is seems the higher resolution images didn't seem to survive and I had to cludge the HTML tables a bit to fit. You can find the flickr set for these images here. (Appears my Flickr Pro ran out.) I uploaded higher resolution images to an imgut album here. Head past the jump for a blast from the past.

NOTE: The images below look like the have links to something but in fact they simply link back to this post. Apologies. Resurrecting the dead isn't perfect. I uploaded higher resolution images to the imgur album Jim Younkin's Shufflephones Ver. 2.0.

Shufflephones 1.0 - Old Skool Edition

This photo album and instructions for making an iPod Shuffle fit inside a pair of retro headphones was originally posted on my now defunct mac.com site in 2005. Thanks to Archive.org I am now able to resurrect it. You can find the page as it originally looked (more or less) here. 

I've also tried to leave the original typography/layout intact as much as possible. Unfortunately is seems the higher resolution images didn't seem to survive and I had to cludge the HTML tables a bit to fit. You can find the flickr set for these images here. (Appears my Flickr Pro ran out.) I uploaded higher resolution version to an imgur album here. (Phillip Torrone from Make Magazine even commented on this photo.) Head past the jump for a blast from the past.

NOTE: The images below look like the have links to something but in fact they simply link back to this post. Apologies. Resurrecting the dead isn't perfect. I uploaded higher resolution versions of the images to the imgur album Jim Younkin's Shufflephones Ver. 1.0.

Bringing Back the Rainbow Apple Logo 12 Inch Powerbook Style!

This photo album and instructions for changing your logo on the 12" PowerBook from white to original Apple logo rainbow colors was originally posted on my now defunct mac.com site in 2004(?). Thanks to Archive.org I am now able to resurrect it. You can find the page as it originally looked (more or less) here. I've also tried to leave the original typography/layout intact as much as possible. Unfortunately is seems the higher resolution images didn't seem to survive. Head past the jump for a blast to the past.

How I Use Archive.org To Podcast For Free - Quick & Dirty Edition

I produce a podcast for my Power Word: Gold blog called (unsurprisingly) The Power Word: Gold Podcast.

I was asked by another blogger wanting to start a podcast for any advice. I've decided to share my response to them with all of you in hope that it might help point you in the right direction if you are thinking about getting into podcasting and are looking for a completely free podcast hosting solution.

Read on past the jump for more.

Turn On iTunes 11's Missing "File Edit View..." Menu Bar

TL:DR - Hold Alt > View > Show Menu Bar (Or press Ctrl + B)

If you've updated to the new iTunes 11 and have noticed some of the useful items missing then you're not alone.

After updating I wanted to simply select "File > Add Folder to Library..." which is how I normally add albums to iTunes. The only problem was that there seemingly was no "File" menu to speak of. It just wasn't there.

After hitting a few modifier keys to try to find the menu I stumbled upon holding down "Alt" (I'm on a Windows 7 PC) which temporarily showed the "File" "Edit" "View" etc. Menu Bar.

Holding "Alt" Brings Up The iTunes 11 Menu Bar 

This was helpful but the fact that something as useful as a "File" menu is hidden by default is very bad design in my opinion. We're all used to "File" and "Edit" menus and we can often get lost when we can't find them or even worse think features (like "Add Folder to Library...") have been removed.

If you like the iTunes Menu Bar to only appear when holding "Alt" then simply press ALT when you need to use it.

If, however, you are like me and want the Menu Bar to show up all the time you can select that option by:

• Holding down Alt to bring up the Menu Bar
• Selecting "View" from the Menu Bar
• Selecting "Show Menu Bar" (or press Ctrl + B)

The menu bar should now be visible without having to hold Alt.

Turning Menu Bar On: View > Show Menu Bar

Having to hold a somewhat obscure (or any) modifier key to access something as fundamental as the Menu Bar is really a UI fail in my book. If I hadn't stumbled upon it I would have simply assumed iTunes 11 didn't have a menu bar and therefore was less useful.

Having just started using it I can't say for sure whether iTunes 11 is a step in the right direction but I think hiding much-used and familiar features is not a good route to go.

OtterBox Commuter Case For The iPhone 4S Video Review

In this 20 minute video I give my review of the OtterBox Commuter Series case for the iPhone 4S. I also go over some history of my love for OtterBox Commuter cases.

I discuss what I loved about the OtterBox Commuter Series case for my iPhone 3GS. I also go over some of the major failings I found in the OtterBox Commuter Series case for the iPhone 4 which I had been using for my iPhone 4S.

If you have any questions or are a company that makes iPhone cases that you would like me to review feel free to contact me at jimyounkin@gmail.com.

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 - My Example Of Excellence For Over 13 Years.

> We all lost a shining example of excellence today.

On the Apple website announcing Steve Job's passing was the following: If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

Below is what I wrote to Steve.

Steve, 

I came to really know and love Apple right after you had come back to the company. The iMac was so much more than any other computer I'd seen in my life. It was just "right". Since then you continued to build product after product that inspired my and changed my life. 

More than anything you showed that excellence is possible if only you believe and are dedicated to making the absolute best product you can. 

My life will forever be changed by your example and I hope to live up to that example. 

You will be missed but not forgotten Steve. 

With gratitude,
-Jim Younkin 

While the ache I feel in my heart for the loss of Steve will take a while to pass the fact that even right up until the end he was leading by example will be something I will remember for the rest of my life.