- iTMS Estimator has been discontinued
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Developer
JNSoftware LLC
This is a little application that shows the current estimated total tracks sold on the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) as well as an estimate of the time of the next milestone sale (every 100,000th track). This is important because Apple is giving away iPods and iTMS gift cards to the purchasers of the milestone tracks until total sales reach 1,000,000,000.
The application will automatically update its estimate every 5 minutes and, when there are 10 seconds or less until the next estimated milestone sale, the application will beep each second. This application was inspired by the counter on the
The application will automatically update its estimate every 5 minutes and, when there are 10 seconds or less until the next estimated milestone sale, the application will beep each second. This application was inspired by the counter on the
Requirements
PPC, Mac OS X 10.2 or later, (Mac OS X 10.4 or later for Widget).
*Previously available here
PPC, Mac OS X 10.2 or later, (Mac OS X 10.4 or later for Widget).
*Previously available here
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This is a little application that shows the current estimated total tracks sold on the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) as well as an estimate of the time of the next milestone sale (every 100,000th track). This is important because Apple is giving away iPods and iTMS gift cards to the purchasers of the milestone tracks until total sales reach 1,000,000,000.
The application will automatically update its estimate every 5 minutes and, when there are 10 seconds or less until the next estimated milestone sale, the application will beep each second. This application was inspired by the counter on the iTunes Web page and uses the same source data as the Apple counter. If Apple changes the source data format or location, this application may break...
By popular demand, the package now includes a Dashboard Widget as well as the original aplication (for those of you who haven't upgraded to Mac OS X 10.4). My JavaScript skills are fairly rusty so please be kind.
Some people have noted that there are discrepencies between the counter on the Apple page and the application or Widget. This is because Apple has adjusted their estimate rate to 80% of the raw data calculation. In the preferences for the application and Widget, you may now adjust the rate to get a counter that is closer to the one Apple has posted online (which may or may not accurately reflect actual sales on the iTMS).
The application will automatically update its estimate every 5 minutes and, when there are 10 seconds or less until the next estimated milestone sale, the application will beep each second. This application was inspired by the counter on the iTunes Web page and uses the same source data as the Apple counter. If Apple changes the source data format or location, this application may break...
By popular demand, the package now includes a Dashboard Widget as well as the original aplication (for those of you who haven't upgraded to Mac OS X 10.4). My JavaScript skills are fairly rusty so please be kind.
Some people have noted that there are discrepencies between the counter on the Apple page and the application or Widget. This is because Apple has adjusted their estimate rate to 80% of the raw data calculation. In the preferences for the application and Widget, you may now adjust the rate to get a counter that is closer to the one Apple has posted online (which may or may not accurately reflect actual sales on the iTMS).
Anonymous reviewed on 08 Jul 2005
It's based on the actual clock for your system. Seriously. Set the date of your computer past July 15th, and then reload the page -- it'll show you "500,000+" and will have stopped counting.
Once you have that rate, you take the current time, subtract the last date observed and you have the time since that sale and you multiply it by the rate. This gives you an estimate of the current sale.
If you set the time to the future, then the counter is just going to assume that more time has passed so that time will be multiplied by the rate and if you set the date far enough to the future, you'll hit the 500,000,000 target. What's not real about that?
How do you not see that??
If you run the counter and watch it, you'll see that it slows down overnight as the actual rate sloughs off. It increases again during the day. If you artificially change your clock ahead a few hours (to, say, 4 AM), the rate won't change because it is still using the rate as determined from the XML file of about five minutes before the actual time -- not the adjusted time. Watch again when it is actually 4 AM and it will be reduced.
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