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Apple Planning Major Overhaul of iTunes to Emphasize iCloud and Sharing
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Great. Another step towards the media monopolies dystopian vision of us paying out the ass for content we have no ownership over.
This is well due, each time I look at the iTunes icon.....I can feel an update coming.
Since switching to Spotify I haven't used iTunes as a player since...I still buy some songs and albums from there though & play them through Spotify.
Don't know why really, iTunes is much better...you can loop a single song, have EQs, sound-check, sort by Genre etc
But I love the social side of Spotify.
Since switching to Spotify I haven't used iTunes as a player since...I still buy some songs and albums from there though & play them through Spotify.
Don't know why really, iTunes is much better...you can loop a single song, have EQs, sound-check, sort by Genre etc
But I love the social side of Spotify.
Two very different things
Spotify and iTunes I mean.
Despite the absolute certainty of many posters at both ends of the spectrum my use of surely isn't untypical. Spotify is, for the most part, a research tool - try a track, discover a new artist, sample an album, etc. iTunes is where I go to buy the stuff that makes it through the filter. Unlike many I really do want to own my music - I mean I can see streaming has a place and for some it is all they will ever need but, for me, there is still a direct link between me & the artist if I actually buy their product.
On the main topic iTunes really does need a root & branch update - I can't say I care whether it is split up or kept together the main thing has to be ease of use and it is failing across all platforms in that respect.
iCloud seems to have a lot of detractors but I like the idea. iTunes Match is a complete wonder. Both need some serious attention in terms of presentation and access but I am pretty confident that is in the works.
Spotify and iTunes I mean.
Despite the absolute certainty of many posters at both ends of the spectrum my use of surely isn't untypical. Spotify is, for the most part, a research tool - try a track, discover a new artist, sample an album, etc. iTunes is where I go to buy the stuff that makes it through the filter. Unlike many I really do want to own my music - I mean I can see streaming has a place and for some it is all they will ever need but, for me, there is still a direct link between me & the artist if I actually buy their product.
On the main topic iTunes really does need a root & branch update - I can't say I care whether it is split up or kept together the main thing has to be ease of use and it is failing across all platforms in that respect.
iCloud seems to have a lot of detractors but I like the idea. iTunes Match is a complete wonder. Both need some serious attention in terms of presentation and access but I am pretty confident that is in the works.
iTunes is the MTV of software. In the beginning, it was about the music. They put a store in. Then came the tv shows, the movies, the books, the apps. Suddenly, music was the last thing on Apple's mind, except to put in new ways to drive you to their store. Now it seems they're on the Spotify tip, a service which only seems to make major labels money, not indie artists.
I for one hope that they put the store into a separate iStore app, and just make iTunes...about the music again. And bring some innovation to music playback. We still have no good way to tag songs, unless we appropriate other metadata fields. We still don't have lossless music, or the ability to buy vinyl copies of records with digital downloads.
Indie bands have no way to communicate with music purchasers. Apple should be taking the Bandcamp.com model and running with it. Empower indie artists and give customers more options. Help create relationships between musicians and fans. But no, they are stuck in an outdated mindset.
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Well, we all know how Ping turned out!
Unfortunately, Apple doesn't 'get' social. Or if they do, they fought against it, because they didn't really provide social in Ping. They just used it as an attempt to drive people to their store. They never really cared about people interacting with each other; they just saw users as consumers. But I guess they finally realized people didn't want to use such a lifeless service, and instead of improving it, they just plan to shut it down. Which makes me think that they just don't get it.
Great, my PowerMac G5 doesn't support iCloud anyway... If that means that the next version of itunes won't be available for PPCs I'll be very pissed.
Yes, I do have a MacBook Air, but the G5 still remains a computer where I store all my stuff and I ain't gonna change it.
Regardless, while we are at it, what about adding a possibility to sort music by label and to add a second artist, so I could get rid of all that "feat. someone" BS. The song would be then sorted under both original and featured artist. Nothing more I can think of right now...
Yes, I do have a MacBook Air, but the G5 still remains a computer where I store all my stuff and I ain't gonna change it.
Regardless, while we are at it, what about adding a possibility to sort music by label and to add a second artist, so I could get rid of all that "feat. someone" BS. The song would be then sorted under both original and featured artist. Nothing more I can think of right now...
That's what happened to me too, I've moved to subscription and Spotify, so much better. Apple is going to have to answer to that, sooner or later. I think that a redesign using the old model is just a waste of time.
I'd have to say "no frikking way".
It'll have to play every content sold in store. Please not a separate Videos app. We already have Quicktime which can play iTunes DRM content. If they want to have a separate app for video content, they should update Quicktime Player to interact with the iTunes library instead of introducing a 3rd app. And so far nothing indicates that the QT player in ML has features like that.
I admit that I used to roll my eyes when people talked about iTunes being bloated, but over the past year I've changed my mind. Jamming all types of media into the one app just isn't very user friendly. It's fine if you don't have a lot of content in iTunes, but if you have a lot it's just a pain trying to access it.
For instance, I have about 10 different desktop spaces set up, including one for iTunes and another for document creation and reading. I have a lot of PDFs in iTunes for syncing to my iOS devices. If I'm in word and I want to open one of these PDFs I have to navigate to my music desktop, and navigate through a music app to find it, and then navigate back, and do this each time I want another to open another one of the PDFs [yeah, I know use spotlight, but that will only work if you know the name of the file]. It's silly and clumsy. They need to split the books section into a separate app.
They should also make a separate podcast app. I like to listen to music while I'm cooking, working out etc. But if I want to quickly check a cooking or fitness podcast, I can either 1) watch it in iTunes [which will stop the music playing], and then I have navigate back into music and find what I was listening to, and then find the spot in the track that I was listening to it or 2) click on the podcast and choose show in finder and then open it in quicktime. Again it's just unnecessary steps arising from a clumsy implementation, and its what happens when you jam everything into the one app.
I think your iWork example is spot on. If you combined all 3 into 1 it would be a mess. They are good apps because each focus on what it needs to focus on, and plays nicely with each other. iTunes should be the same. Unfortunately, I fear that rather than splitting iTunes up into 3 or 4 apps, they'll probably just jam more features into it instead.
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That hideous yellow bar at the top of iTunes better be gone. It looks like an old gameboy dot matrix screen.
I also would love some color back in the sidebar, but seeing how Aperture just went grayscale (which makes even less sense than iTunes or Finder), I doubt that is happening.
I am in favor of the split apps. iTunes is too bloated. Let the apps control their files like they do in iOS. Bookstore app, Video app, Music app, etc...
Let iTunes just sync and be the store.
I also would love some color back in the sidebar, but seeing how Aperture just went grayscale (which makes even less sense than iTunes or Finder), I doubt that is happening.
I am in favor of the split apps. iTunes is too bloated. Let the apps control their files like they do in iOS. Bookstore app, Video app, Music app, etc...
Let iTunes just sync and be the store.
Another vote here for not splitting up more apps.
I already hate the address book, calendar and mail are 3 separate apps taking up 3 spots on the dock. Apple should look no further than outlook and combine those into 1 app. There's no good reason those apps should be all standalone.
I already hate the address book, calendar and mail are 3 separate apps taking up 3 spots on the dock. Apple should look no further than outlook and combine those into 1 app. There's no good reason those apps should be all standalone.
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Nope, I have an Apple folder for all the default **** I hardly use too.
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Ping's dead lol, We found the only Ping user! nice to meet you!
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Exactly, I do too lol.
Iphone/ Ipad syncing
I'd be happy if itunes stopped insisting it want to delete all files on my iphone.
conversation with itune
me: "add audio book"
itunes :"adding audio book will delete all music and videos from iphone whould you like to continue"
me : "no"
Me sync music : "sycing music will delete all music videos and apps would you like to conitune"
me: -_- "No"
Me " authorise my computer now i must be able to sync"
itunes : "syncing iphone with computer, all apps and media have now been deleted"
Me : "FFFFFFFFFF UUUUUUUUUUUUUU"
I'd be happy if itunes stopped insisting it want to delete all files on my iphone.
conversation with itune
me: "add audio book"
itunes :"adding audio book will delete all music and videos from iphone whould you like to continue"
me : "no"
Me sync music : "sycing music will delete all music videos and apps would you like to conitune"
me: -_- "No"
Me " authorise my computer now i must be able to sync"
itunes : "syncing iphone with computer, all apps and media have now been deleted"
Me : "FFFFFFFFFF UUUUUUUUUUUUUU"
This is how we use spotify in the sprinter household. 2 iPads, 2 iPhones and a mac. It's ace for the price of 1.5 albums a month..
Even stream it round the house with the help of airfoil and the speaker app..
Yep i can't remember the last time I used iTunes. I use Spotify and Pandora every day.