Tip Stash: Save iTMS Links

Ever needed to bookmark that quick TV Show link or direct your buddy to the newest bargain bin movie before next week’s discounted flick engulfs it? Luckily there is a clear cut way to do all of that within iTunes.

Unbeknownst to some, the iTMS (iTunes Music Store) is nothing more than a very fancy Web page that scales perfectly with the interface which of course means iTunes is running a browser with the sole task of rendering all the underlying HTML and CSS that makes up what you see when you buy a song, download a Podcast or just window shop. Technicalities aside, if all you want to do is let a friend know that NBC finally got their act together and returned to iTunes with season 4 of The Office, but you’re kind and want to save him the trouble of typing that in a search bar. Merely right clicking on a link as shown above will bring up a small pop up prompting to copy the URL. If you paste it on a sticky note or wherever, you’ll notice it comes out as a very odd link, something like phobos.apple.com. Type that into your browser and you’ll be directed to the iTunes Store and be taken back to the linked page. You can send a few links to your buddies with iPhones but sadly some spit out errors, mainly links to content you can’t grab on the mobile version of iTunes.