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Apple Releases iTunes 10 With 'Ping' Social Networking for Music

NT1440 said:
Drag the icon out and put it back in.

Anyone else not able to put a picture into Ping?
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I tried that :( and I also restarted. The music files on my laptop show the new logo if they don't have artwork, but the dock logo won't change.:( Thanks for responding.
 
Seems much much snappier, the icon outline is the name as the dashboard icon so at least it's a little consistant (still dislike the icon though).
 
pixies4ever said:
Same here, but finally it worked, and now it's waiting for approval, so I guess i Shouldn't have submitted a nude picture of myself:D
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Same issue. For a while when trying to add a photo I got the red error message. Now it's taking the photo without error but it's stuck in "waiting for approval."
 
Anyone know if there is a way to get the Album name/artist/rating to appear below the cover art (instead of to the right of it) in album list view?
 
gleepskip said:
It looks horrible. I didn't even notice it until your post. It looks like something a sloppy developer would do.
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I submitted iTunes Feeback. I won't download it becuase of the "traffic light" buttons. Come on, talk about inconsistency. (Even the mini-player has been that way, which I have always thought to be inconsistent). :(
 
jpmohr said:
I submitted iTunes Feeback. I won't download it becuase of the "traffic light" buttons. Come on, talk about inconsistency. (Even the mini-player has been that way, which I have always thought to be inconsistent). :(
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Does it really matter? Really???

I don't even use those buttons but for what it's worth (which is nothing most of the time on these forums) I actually quite like them and think they should be like that on Safari and other applications.

And the people moaning about not being able to remove "Ping" from the sidebar. Are you ********** kidding me?!
I was expecting a sidebar or something to pop up but it's just a word. Oh No!
You can barely even notice it when you're using iTunes as normal.

You should all find something more important to whine about.
 
emdotdee said:
Does it really matter? Really???

I don't even use those buttons but for what it's worth (which is nothing most of the time on these forums) I actually quite like them and think they should be like that on Safari and other applications.
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I don't really use them too much (except if I click Zoom to use the mini player). BUT, I think they look ugly.

I found this while doing a Google search:
Title bar and move the traffic light buttons back to the top:
Code: 
defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window 1

I am not sure if it works.... but if so, that would fix it. I think it would be more consistent, or at least a visible Preference (which I assume it's not, since I haven't installed 10 yet). (Reminds me of Final Cut Express and LiveType, both of which have a LOT of inconsistencies with OSX). :)
 
emdotdee said:
Does it really matter? Really???

I don't even use those buttons but for what it's worth (which is nothing most of the time on these forums) I actually quite like them and think they should be like that on Safari and other applications.

And the people moaning about not being able to remove "Ping" from the sidebar. Are you ********** kidding me?!
I was expecting a sidebar or something to pop up but it's just a word. Oh No!
You can barely even notice it when you're using iTunes as normal.

You should all find something more important to whine about.
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lol I support this message!

I'm just wondering if Macrumours has changed, or if most people were always this whiney around here.. I don't remember it quite that way.
 
Wow, this really seems like change for the sake of change really. Some of the UI is really ugly.

Although it does seem a little faster and a little less beachball-ly.
 
jonnysods said:
Wow, this really seems like change for the sake of change really. Some of the UI is really ugly.

Although it does seem a little faster and a little less beachball-ly.
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I used to get beach balls when loading some video content. There is still a little pause but the beach balls are gone.

I also noticed it is slightly quicker when changing between categories (Music, Movies etc.). They could obviously do more but any improvements are welcome.
 
elppa said:
I used to get beach balls when loading some video content. There is still a little pause but the beach balls are gone.

I also noticed it is slightly quicker when changing between categories (Music, Movies etc.). They could obviously do more but any improvements are welcome.
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There's also some more fluidity to the UI interactions. For example, the artwork popup window resizes smoothly now, and there's a resizing animation when you go from windowed playback of a movie to 'full screen'. Same thing for Coverflow views going into full screen mode.

Of course, it noticeably lacks the polish of "Core Animations" in other parts of the system.

Still, I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the new version - even though I'm not going to go anywhere near 'Ping'.
 
Installed iTunes 10 through software update.

Couldn't find 'ping'... maybe because I'm using a non-US iTunes account?
 
rtdunham said:
I agree. A year or so after iTunes was introduced, WSJ's Walt Mossberg wrote that iTunes was shouldn't be underestimated, that it was so much more than a music management system--that it was actually a complex and powerful bit of software that would in the years to come dazzle people with new opportunities (think App store) for Apple.

He was right, of course. I see Ping in the same way. It is apple's foothold on the social networking universe. People will start out organizing in friend circles--there WILL be one for Tea Partiers, for example, organized at first around patriotic/jingoistic music, depending on your pov, and other circles for people of other lifestyle/political persuasions. Eventually the content and capabilities of Ping will broaden and Apple will be bragging about its market share as a social network compared to facebook and the rest.
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You have learned well grasshopper!
 
I emailed Apple regarding "artist" accounts, including links to the albums of mine that are available in iTunes and got back a message pointing me to the existing Ping page and tutorials for setting up a user account. I wrote back explaining that this wasn't what I requested. Still waiting to hear back.
 
Millah said:
I never said anything about how I feel about the update, nor did I say people are not allowed to dislike it. There's one hell of a difference between disliking something, and whining about something like a little child because you don't like how the icon looks. And I'd love for you to explain to me how my post in any way had a whiney tone to it. Just stated an observational opinion, one that apparently we're allowed to have, according to you right?

I swear, some of you REALLY need lessons in reading comprehension.
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Ah, so you are allowed to be express your opinions and condescending observations about other people's "childish" opinions (because those opinions about art and style are not areas of life you are interested in), but other people should keep their mouths shut because their negative views about Apple's artwork might annoy you and force you to call their opinions bitching and childish while inferring anyone that disagrees is not "sane". In a nutshell, you're telling us your crap doesn't stink. Yeah, I think I comprehend what you're saying just fine. I'm just not sure you do. :rolleyes:
 
I'm falling out of love with Apple. The logo sucks, Ping is a joke, the interface is wretched.
 
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