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Tuneup Media Review
The problem was that I had used another program before called Rinse My Music (rinsemymusic.com) and enjoyed the results that it gave me from top to bottom. When you get used to a certain program, then you tend to have a bit of a bias. Putting that aside, I got down to the brass tacks of this assignment. Initial Impressions As most people know, first impressions are important and when I first started working with Tuneup Media, I was pleasantly surprised. It was relatively simple to use, which is always important, especially when you’re working on something as important as your iTunes library. Hey, when you have almost ten thousand songs on your computer, you don’t want some program coming in and messing it all up. The color combinations were pleasing to the eye and nothing was over the top. I ran the initial scan to find duplicates and it was fairly efficient. I didn’t like the fact that this program came back with more then a few false hits (songs that were labeled the same but weren’t actually duplicates). It also missed some duplicates that were incomplete songs or had some glitches in them. All in all, though, Tuneup Media did the job I paid for. Extra Features Of course, any program that sets out to organize your iTunes media library had better have some other features beyond just getting rid of duplicates and this one does. It searched through the entire library and added some information onto the song files that was missing, such as which genre some songs belonged to (can you believe some hip hop songs were listed as country?). It also made an effort to grab album art work from online and attach them to the appropriate songs. Not bad, I thought. About what one would expect from a program like this. The End Result So I was actually pleasantly surprised and impressed by Tuneup Media. Except for one important factor and that had to do with price. Compared to something like Rinse My Media, Tuneup Media is a little cheaper, but there’s some fine print that the buyer needs to be aware of. First, while the price may seem cheaper, you don’t get a hard copy of this program. You get a membership. An annual membership. So, if you continue to download songs onto your iTunes, then you will be required to update your membership next year if you want to organize your library again and make sure that everything is up to date. Call me old fashioned, but when it comes to programs like this, shouldn’t they be yours once you buy them? So, that’s my Tuneup review. I hope that helps you make the right decision for yourself. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com While doing some research on the program I happened to stumble upon a 20% off promo code for Tuneup Media that you might be interested in checking out. Just visit the link to find out more about collecting the deal. Good Luck! |
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