Problem: when opening a link which happens to be an mp3, Firefox and QuickTime collaborate to play it in the browser instead of letting you download.

Solution, maybe:

1. install the MIME Edit add-on (you already know you have to restart firefox, and all that)
2. in that add-on, add an audio/mpeg MIME type with an extension of mp3, telling it to save to disk (you'd think this would work, but it doesn't)
3. go to preferences (or options), then the content tab, then the "Manage..." button down near "File Types"
4. there should now be an MP3 file type. tell it to save instead of opening quicktime.

This appears to work, but then the MP3 file type disappeared, so I'm not sure if it'll stick. You'd think Firefox would make it easier (or at least possible) to change file associations for plug-ins....

In May, I wrote about my iTunes/Juice setup. It's evolved a bit since then, so I've been meaning to post an update.

I'm still using iTunes to pull down news podcasts, and Juice for "song of the day" (or week, or whatever) podcasts, exactly as described previously. The playlists, however, have gotten more complicated.

I've been using iTunes for years — originally because (in 2001) the other MacOS X mp3 players sucked, but now that I'm on my third iPod (first, second) I'm more or less locked in.

Most of my iPod listening is in the car, or on airplanes. I also take it with me on walks, and recently got a cassette adapter for the built-in stereo in my kitchen. Over time, my general iTunes/iPod setup has gotten increasingly complicated — with a big leap this morning. In this article I'll attempt to document what I've done, and why, both for your amusement and so I can recreate it in the event of a catastrophic data loss.