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Apple Releases iTunes 5.0.1
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Phat_Pat said:
For even more transparent control over iTunes, check out Synergy which gives you key command shortcuts to all the good stuff in iTunes (Play/Pause/Rwd/FFw) as well as control over star ratings (via key shortcuts) and other cool stuff.
It's even growl-aware so you have trigger transluscent overlays (like the volume/brightness controls). I've got mine configured so that every time a new track comes on, a transluscent black bar pops up at the bottom of my screen with album art, artist and track info (like MTV, sorta). Or a key shortcut pops up info about the currently playing track (in case I'm curious!)
This is a sample screenshot of growl - imagine that black bar at the bottom sliding up for a few seconds then sliding back down with all the track info...
Once it's all configured the way you want it, you won't even really need to go to iTunes to control your music - and best of all, this solution uses no screen space at all, so you've got more room to focus on what you're doing.
Possibly they're working on something like smart on-the-go playlists. They'd need to bump the play counts and dates for that.Jetson said:
It would be nice if they would fix the iPod recognition problems that turned up in 5.0, the current business with having to plug in and unplug some iPods is a little bit mysterious and inconsistent.
I got iTunes 5.0.1 two weeks ago!! Check it out (see attachment).
Strange thing. I was trying to update iTunes 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 via Software Update. I had a network issue, and it disconnected, but I don't think that was an issue. I tried again and it was fine...except I had an error trying to verify:
Software Update could not expand Package correctly.
After repairing permissions, I tried again, but the same thing. After googling for a bit, I came up with a number of possibilities, including a missing tar file, false receipts, or a missing link to my tmp folder.
What it actually was, I discovered, in my console log, was that I already had it! i checked in my packages folder, since I normally keep them. In there was an iTunesX.pkg which I used to update from 4.9 to 5.0.0. I remember it saying "version 5.0.1" and it being strange. I removed it from the packages, and tried Software Update again - sure enough, it downloaded and expanded fine.
you can see the info from each of the packages I have that they are both version 5.0.1, but one is from two weeks ago, approximately the time of 5.0.0, and the other one from yesterday (real 5.0.1). Having said that, though, both files are identtical in size, so maybe they're actually the same file, and I somehow broke it during my disconnection, making it have a version and file size of the new one, but keeping the creation and modification date of the old one. I dunno - does anyone have the original 5.0.0 package they can verify with?
I hope this helps anyone else having problems.
Strange thing. I was trying to update iTunes 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 via Software Update. I had a network issue, and it disconnected, but I don't think that was an issue. I tried again and it was fine...except I had an error trying to verify:
Software Update could not expand Package correctly.
After repairing permissions, I tried again, but the same thing. After googling for a bit, I came up with a number of possibilities, including a missing tar file, false receipts, or a missing link to my tmp folder.
What it actually was, I discovered, in my console log, was that I already had it! i checked in my packages folder, since I normally keep them. In there was an iTunesX.pkg which I used to update from 4.9 to 5.0.0. I remember it saying "version 5.0.1" and it being strange. I removed it from the packages, and tried Software Update again - sure enough, it downloaded and expanded fine.
you can see the info from each of the packages I have that they are both version 5.0.1, but one is from two weeks ago, approximately the time of 5.0.0, and the other one from yesterday (real 5.0.1). Having said that, though, both files are identtical in size, so maybe they're actually the same file, and I somehow broke it during my disconnection, making it have a version and file size of the new one, but keeping the creation and modification date of the old one. I dunno - does anyone have the original 5.0.0 package they can verify with?
I hope this helps anyone else having problems.
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barbee said:
I've had no problems with iTunes 5 on my XP system. performance is fine. Of course I uninstalled iTunes and quicktime, rebooted, reinstalled, rebooted. Maybe a bit overkill but it takes 20 seconds to boot so *shrugs*.
Don't think I will upgrade. The issues this resolves I haven't had in the first place. *knock on wood*
Jetson said:
Playcounts have changed so "technically" it is a change that is being applied to your iPod. I noticed this as well. iTunes as good as it is has one crappy way of handling files. I wish the software was smart enough to simply modify the file headers and tags instead of just dumping the file over to the iPod. Seems like a waste of time.
I'm actually really disappointed with these two new latest iTunes versions. Neither 5 or 5.1 actually runs on my windows xp!
I keep getting this message after I accept the liscence agreement...
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How annoying! I've already lost my very scattered iTunes library and my playlists have all disappeared!
Any ideas?
I keep getting this message after I accept the liscence agreement...
How annoying! I've already lost my very scattered iTunes library and my playlists have all disappeared!
Any ideas?
TML said:I'm actually really disappointed with these two new latest iTunes versions. Neither 5 or 5.1 actually runs on my windows xp!
I keep getting this message after I accept the liscence agreement...
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How annoying! I've already lost my very scattered iTunes library and my playlists have all disappeared!
Any ideas?
I did read about someone on XP (in this forum) who un-installed both iTunes and Quicktime before upgrading. Maybe you could try that?
Odd. Worked OK for me on my XP machine. No problemo of course on the iBook.TML said:I'm actually really disappointed with these two new latest iTunes versions. Neither 5 or 5.1 actually runs on my windows xp!
I keep getting this message after I accept the liscence agreement...
![message.JPG]()
How annoying! I've already lost my very scattered iTunes library and my playlists have all disappeared!
Any ideas?
Try un-installing QTime and iTUnes as suggested, and reinstall from scratch. It is Windows after all. Reboot 3 or 4 times, wait on hold for 6hrs with Tech Support, then throw it out the window....
Windows 5.0.1
The Windows version downloaded and installed fine for me (one on Win2K, one on XP). Everything seems to work OK, including streaming from the Win2K box to the XP box, and streaming from radio stations.
One interesting thing that I noticed is that the installer is a bit more pedantic - in a good way. While running, it popped up a box telling me that it needs to replace files that are in-use, naming the applications using the file. I quit from those specific apps and clicked "retry" to continue. The installation then completed normally. (Requiring a reboot on Win2K, but not on XP.)
This is a lot nicer than the more traditional "you must quit all apps" behavior that I've seen.
The Windows version downloaded and installed fine for me (one on Win2K, one on XP). Everything seems to work OK, including streaming from the Win2K box to the XP box, and streaming from radio stations.
One interesting thing that I noticed is that the installer is a bit more pedantic - in a good way. While running, it popped up a box telling me that it needs to replace files that are in-use, naming the applications using the file. I quit from those specific apps and clicked "retry" to continue. The installation then completed normally. (Requiring a reboot on Win2K, but not on XP.)
This is a lot nicer than the more traditional "you must quit all apps" behavior that I've seen.
I used to think this way too, but the library is really a place holder for ALL your files, which promted me to create this smart playlist for music only:Whyren said:
Genre does not contain: Spoken Word
Genre does not contain: Comedy
Genre does not contain: Podcast
Genre does not contain: Book
Type does not contain: Quick
Type does not contain: stream
That should take care of most of your non-music files and give you a nice playlist of music only.
There's nothing wrong with iTunes organizing your music- that is if you never use any other computers/Operating systems to browse your music, or want to share your music with others easily on a disc, let's say. To NON-iTunes users.
Same with iPhoto. It's a nightmare looking in the folders of iPhoto where your photos are held. Pretty scary.
Same with iPhoto. It's a nightmare looking in the folders of iPhoto where your photos are held. Pretty scary.
scottlinux said:
Hahaha! You jest, surely. You mean people use alternatives!
In all seriousness, I see where you're coming from but it's all fine if you do everything through iTunes - including the burning of MP3 disks for friends. I transfer a lot of music between my PC (XP) and my Macs trouble free. Of course, they both have iTunes though.
scottlinux said:
Very true. Once again though, the best option is to Export your photos from the Share menu.
iPhoto is much worse than iTunes in this respect IMO.