Apple Releases iTunes 12.0.1 Alongside OS X Yosemite

[Fozamo]

Where's the sidebar? I'm returning to iTunes 11 right now

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I'll give you a big clue...

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For me though, this is the brand of audio/visual equipment Apple should've partnered with.

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Bang&Olufsen is a premium brand and I think there wouldn't be interested to partner with Apple.

 

[G4DP]

Where's the sidebar? I'm returning to iTunes 11 right now

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Bang&Olufsen is a premium brand and I think there wouldn't be interested to partner with Apple.

The only thing premium is the price. All they do is re-packages Philips electronics.

 

[willbfree]

I hear you on iTunes' little annoyances.
But the good news is that in Songs view you can sort 'Album by Artist/Year' - keep clicking on the Album column until it comes up.

Holy flip! Thank you.

 

[phoenixsan]

I am....

fiddling and tinkering around the new iTunes 12....So far, so good. Like the general appearance of the app. But truly dislike the red icon.......

 

[Smellmet]

When 11 came out, it didn't register playcounts, and when browsing playlists it kept returning to the top instead of remembering where you where, 12 has no such issues upon release.

I'm loving how the playlists quickly flash when you drop a song on them too, a nice little touch, I've lost count of the amount of times I've thought 'did I drop that on the wrong one?' with the previous version.

The whole programme just seems so much more streamlined than 11. I think it's great.

 

[kd5jos]

Seriously, rich arrogant people need to stop complaining about the idea of supporting older hardware.

So they we can have broke arrogant people demanding that resources that go in to development of new hardware and software be used to maintenance outdated equipment? That's a great idea.

One of the great things about Apple hardware is that it can last for decades. It gets passed down through the family, sold on eBay and just keeps on working.

So what exactly is the complaint here? I have taken advantage of this and sold old Apple equipment on line. I make a premium and often update to new equipment for very little out of pocket cost.

Legacy support is a good thing.

Except when it cuts in to your user base. Have you noticed that the processing power of iPads continues to increase? There was a movie in the 90's called Sneakers. Robert Redford and Ben Kingsley sit down on a Cray XMP during a conversation. My Mac Mini Retina has the same computing power as that device, and my Mac Mini Retina does it on 12 watts compared to the kilowatts of power consumed by the Cray. My point, if the computing you can do works on Apple equipment that is that old, upgrade to an iPad with a ClamCase. You will do the same using less power. You will be environmentally conscious. You will save energy. You will spend less on power. You will become rich and arrogant....

Apple has the many billions of dollars kicking around

That they got by NOT providing legacy support.

and by providing legacy support they gain more customers who buy their content and may buy new hardware in the future.

You really think Apple would pass up an opportunity to make money if it was there? The fact is Apple has people that know EXACTLY how far back they should support equipment. It is more complicated than, "hey guys, we have a few billion laying around, let's risk it by supporting less than 10% of our installed base because they whine REALLY loud."

You need to be so short sighted and stop complaining about other people's older computers. Alternatively, buy everyone brand new hardware.

The only short sightedness that has been demonstrated in this post is your own. Apple has the money to access the best and brightest in ANY field. Are YOU really so arrogant to assume that YOU know more than the people Apple has access to? Before you call people names and assume things about them, stop and think, "hmmm I'm talking about a multi BILLION dollar company..."

 

[Tonywilk055]

iTunes 12 get info screen

Hi I have installed the new itunes 12 but it seems to have fields missing in the new Get info track information I use the description field to create smart playlists and manage my large library and this amongst other fields is missing is there a reason for this and does this effect anybody else.

 

[joelovesapple]

Had a bit of a scare with this version of iTunes just now. It made my whole Mac hang (late 2012 iMac running Yosemite 10.10) and I had to restart with the button, twice. And then it took about a minute for the menu bar to appear and finder had to be relaunched. I'm very tempted to wipe and start from fresh...

Luckily I have a time machine backup. None of this crap happened in the public betas.

 

[RyDawg]

Is it just me or is there something seriously wrong here considering that one of these operating systems is just five years old, made by Apple and still considered to be the best OS X by many, while the other is 13 years old, made by Microsoft, and has been declared dead even by them?

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Keep in mind that Yosemite is a free upgrade for Snow Leopard users. Windows 8.1 costs money for Windows XP users, and some computers may not be able to run newer versions. Though it might be a good idea to pull the plug on Windows XP support for iTunes, as it may be the last straw for XP diehards.

 

[potatis]

was there a beta of itunes 12 that ran on snow leopard? the wikipedia entry on itunes claimed 10.6.8 was minimum requirements, but is now changed to 10.7.5.

 

[iRock1]

iTunes just updated itself automatically. Luckily, it didn't mess up anything – and actually I don't dislike it that much.

As long as iTunes preserves the classic way of browsing my library (i.e. Column Browser + side bar), everything is fine.

What I don't like is the new red icon and the folders icons. I mean, are they frigging seriously? They look like taken from Mac OS 9!!!!

The other thing that I dislike is the absurd excess of whiteness in the UI and the way I have go from the main window to the MiniPlayer and viceversa. It's completely unintuitive.

But overall, it's not bad.

 

[Toltepeceno]

What I don't like is the new red icon and the folders icons. I mean, are they frigging seriously? They look like taken from Mac OS 9!!!!

I like the new setup, but the whole flat look is retro looking like windows 3.5. I guess because I'm old enough that I ran 3.5 (dos also).

 

[alpacka10]

iPhone to iTune sync issues

I'm having the same issue! My iphone 5 running iOS 8.0.2 won't show up in iTunes. Even after I enter the passcode and hit "trust" for trusting my computer. Any troubleshooting tips??

Nice new look but the problem with iTunes Match still exists and where my iPhone is not appearing on iTunes. I wonder when they are going to work on glitches more and less about looks or just both.

 

[S.T.A.R.]

I can not find the "Transfer Purchases" option on the new iTunes. I've looked all over. Can anyone find it?

 

[NostromoUK]

Enlarge Album Art?

Anyone know how to enlarge album art to fill the screen like you could in previous versions? It doesn't work now.

Not happy if it's gone

 

[Che Castro]

how do i check if the movie has multi channel or stereo/2channel audio?

on the previous itunes it would tell me in get info/file

 

[iRock1]

I like the new setup, but the whole flat look is retro looking like windows 3.5. I guess because I'm old enough that I ran 3.5 (dos also).

One thing is the “flatter” style (a la Yosemite or iOS 8). Another one completely different is to start using horrid icons with a white background.

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I'm having the same issue! My iphone 5 running iOS 8.0.2 won't show up in iTunes. Even after I enter the passcode and hit "trust" for trusting my computer. Any troubleshooting tips??

That happened to me. I solved it simply restarting the Mac.

 

[milo]

Where's the sidebar?

Click the Playlists tab.

 

[revenire]

Didn't like it and went back to 11.4 - the icon was blecch.

 

[Smellmet]

You got rid of it because of the icon? Are you serious?

 

[scottmw]

New iTunes look

Okay, I got the phone icon on the iTunes screen and can see the files in the side bar but where is the all of the info for the phone like how much memory is being used for music, photos, etc.?

 

[Smellmet]

Click the phone icon like you used to

 

[XmeX]

How could i transfer Iphone images using this version of Itune ? am not able to find image page !

 

[elfy]

In iTunes 11, when in TV shows, I was able to sort by 'recently played' in order to delete what I had just watched from my library. Is it just me or is this view no longer there? I have 'recently added' available but not 'recently played'.

Also, when viewing my TV shows in the grid view with the artwork, is there a way to sort that by anything other than recently added? Used to use that to view alphabetically by title.

 

[dfnj123]

Anyone else notice that music purchased on iTunes now has 1400x1400 album artwork instead of 600x600? Couldn't find this news anywhere on google. Pretty sure it's new.