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Modify the iTunes 4.5 link arrows' behavior
Authored by: chabig on Apr 29, '04 01:26:22PM

I've always wondered how people figure out that this is possible. In my default iTunes plist I don't have that element. So how do you know it exists?



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Modify the iTunes 4.5 link arrows' behavior
Authored by: gschueler on Apr 29, '04 02:48:45PM

if you go to terminal and type this:
strings /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes | more

you will see all of the text strings embedded in the compiled application. it also shows a lot of random junk which is just chunks of the binary data which look like possible strings to the 'strings' program. I guess people must just hunt for strings that look like possible preference settings names?



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Modify the iTunes 4.5 link arrows' behavior
Authored by: StarManta on Apr 30, '04 08:55:23AM

A few of the more interesting lines I got when I did this:

boing
copyright (c) Apple Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Nomad MuVo [I've used my Muvo on this computer.... I wasn't expecting it to by stored in the program's package however.]
A few long strings that look like serial numbers, possibly a DRM key or something?
WOAFWOAFWAF
WOARWOARWAR
WOASWOASWAS
`myTestString
Encoder too old! Aborting...
iTunesStoreDemoMode [...eh?]
a loooooong series of 0's and 1's

....and then I got bored and went to do something else.



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Modify the iTunes 4.5 link arrows' behavior
Authored by: derrickbass on Apr 29, '04 03:02:13PM

The link to the original discoverer discusses it without much detail. Basically you type
strings /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
and look for interesting things. You need to guess which strings are preferences and what values they can take (sometimes the values appear near the strings).



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Modify the iTunes 4.5 link arrows' behavior
Authored by: allanmarcus on May 03, '04 01:50:48PM

Usually you can enter in the terminal:

defaults read com.apple.itunes

but since iTunes it a port of an old Mac OS 9 app, the strings are all binary in there (probably old resources). You can try it with safari:

defaults read con.apple.safari

and see what I mean.



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