Any ideas for iTunes 10?

[ipedro]

Why would 64-bit matter for iTunes? It's not crunching heavy numbers or required.

You could run your OS exclusively in 64bit mode. While there are apps that you use that only run in 32bit, you have to leave that option open in the OS.

 

[ipedro]

-Spin syncing off into a separate app. Device syncing began simply to put music on an iPod. Now it puts music, videos, photos, books, calendars, contacts, notes, Safari bookmarks, email accounts and software onto iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. It is simply far too much crap to do built in now. This also solves all possible issues with iTunes during sync. For example, the "updating iPhone OS" dialogue is modal. Understandable, and not THAT big of a deal in a dedicated syncing app. In an app that is also my music player? Unacceptable. I should be able to browse my library while my iPod Touch updates. And the new "Apple Device Sync" should still stay responsive while waiting on my iPod during a regular sync. I'd also like the ability to modify things like which playlists sync without having to have the iPod plugged in.

Absolutely.

I understand that strategically, it's in Apple's interest to tie iPhone/iPad/iPod sycning into iTunes because it forces users to join the iTunes Store ecosystem.

A separate app would eventually result in users demanding that iSync synchronize music from folders and/or other music apps.

-Cocoa rewrite. Jobs shouldn't be allowed to rip on Adobe for this one when iTunes (and FCP) hasn't gone through it. (Yes, I did email him about it. No, he didn't reply)

-64bit, just so we can all tell the Cocoa rewrite is done.

I believe the same. It's incredibly hypocritical of Apple to call out other developers when they don't bring their own flagship apps up to date.
I wrote Steve just now. If more people do so, maybe he'll reply to one of us.

EDIT: I guess all we have to do is ask nicely. He responded: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=9891147#post9891147

Regarding the UI, I started a separate thread for UI mockups only. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/914854/

Here's my interpretation: