Apple Releases iTunes 12.6.1 With Minor App and Performance Improvements

[George Dawes]

Now it won't play any of my tv shows or movies on my tv

Worked before the last itunes update - now it's a blank screen no sound , nothing

Oddly enough I can watch them in QT player ..

???

 

[couchdave]

Has anyone noticed the iCloud Download column on Playlist under Song view..? It seems after the 12.6.1 update, all my playlist has that column enabled. I have to go through each and every playlist to manually hide it from view. Is there a universal settings to hide it from all playlists...?

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Yes, but it's far from obvious. You need to select "Songs" at the top of the left sidebar and then select "Only Downloaded Music" from the View menu. Then you need to do the same thing for your other media (Movies, TV Shows, etc.) Once all your media are set to view "Only Downloaded" (rather than "All") the column with the puffy cloud icon should disappear once again from your playlists.

 

[Loge]

Hmm. 12.6.1? Maybe I can give it a try.

Multi-file metadata edits are working fine for me in 12.6.1.

 

[69650]

How much lipstick can you put on a pig before it's just gets embarrasing? That is iTunes.

 

[iDuel]

Honest question:
What other software are there for Mac that does better?

"man this software i bloated with 200gb of my own data is so bloated"

What DO you use to manage a large library?

I agree. There really isn't an alternative to iTunes on the Mac. What I meant was that I don't have music or media to store on iTunes, and it doesn't underperform in my personal experience. I stream almost everything. I've noticed when reading these threads that those who usually are vocal about iTunes' performance are those who have large libraries of media they are managing.

 

[Bharati]

Alongside the release of a new macOS Sierra 10.12.5 update that brings some minor bug fixes and performance improvements, Apple has launched a new version of iTunes, iTunes 12.6.1.

According to Apple's release notes, iTunes 12.6.1 includes "minor app and performance improvements." More specific details on those improvements are not available.

iTunes 12.6.1 can be downloaded for free using the Software Update function in the Mac App Store.

Article Link: Apple Releases iTunes 12.6.1 With Minor App and Performance Improvements

[doublepost=1494961992][/doublepost]I have downloaded this new upgrade and now every time I open iTunes it 'unexpectedly quits' - what can I do to be able to use iTunes now?

 

[tkermit]

I notice a stutter whenever I clicked artists and it was starting to annoy me

I'm sure the amount of lag depended on the size of the library / # of artists in your library. But for me it was a whole lot more than a stutter. I learned to actively avoid clicking on Artists in the sidebar. Good to see it finally fixed though. I'm really liking the performance improvements brought about by iTunes updates released in the past couple of months.

 

[B4U]

I agree. There really isn't an alternative to iTunes on the Mac. What I meant was that I don't have music or media to store on iTunes, and it doesn't underperform in my personal experience. I stream almost everything. I've noticed when reading these threads that those who usually are vocal about iTunes' performance are those who have large libraries of media they are managing.

That is good for you.
Unfortunately, some of us have very unique music collections that streaming is simply not available. Sigh...
(I am a regular customer of amazon.jp for their CD)
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Do you mean the "Reset Plays" found in the "Song" menu after you've clicked on a song or songs or in the pop up menu when you left click on a song or songs which both options were found in version 12.5.5 of iTunes? If so, I'd like to know also!

The right click to open a menu and then the option to "Reset Plays" is what I am looking for.
I can go into each and EVERY SINGLE SONG to reset the play count if I choose "Get Info", but that is very VERY annoying to go through tens if not hundreds of songs...

 

[Eithanius]

Yes, but it's far from obvious. You need to select "Songs" at the top of the left sidebar and then select "Only Downloaded Music" from the View menu. Then you need to do the same thing for your other media (Movies, TV Shows, etc.) Once all your media are set to view "Only Downloaded" (rather than "All") the column with the puffy cloud icon should disappear once again from your playlists.

Already tried that but the column remains. I've tried setting "Songs" to view "All Music", then back to "Show Downloaded", then only the column disappears, but it only applicable to "Songs". All my other playlists still shows the column... Sounds like a bug to me...

 

[macnicol]

BEWARE. Incompatible with OSX 10.9.5. crashes when opened. Had to reboot from backup Maverick boot disk, delete 12.6.1 from default boot disk and reinstalled 12.6 from archive backup disk.
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[doublepost=1494961992][/doublepost]I have downloaded this new upgrade and now every time I open iTunes it 'unexpectedly quits' - what can I do to be able to use iTunes now?

Does same for me. I'm running 10.9.5. See my previous post about reverting to 12.6

 

[ItWasNotMe]

Already tried that but the column remains. I've tried setting "Songs" to view "All Music", then back to "Show Downloaded", then only the column disappears, but it only applicable to "Songs". All my other playlists still shows the column... Sounds like a bug to me...

For me, for the playlists where I haven't manually removed it:

Sign out of the Store and it disappears, sign back in and it reappears

 

[ItWasNotMe]

Playback of music videos has changed for me

Used to have them in a separate window from the playlist, now there is only one window that shows one or the other.

Quality of playback is much improved though.

 

[groovyd]

I agree. There really isn't an alternative to iTunes on the Mac. What I meant was that I don't have music or media to store on iTunes, and it doesn't underperform in my personal experience. I stream almost everything. I've noticed when reading these threads that those who usually are vocal about iTunes' performance are those who have large libraries of media they are managing.

My favorite is JRiver MediaCenter. Handles immense libraries without being slow at all. I only run iTunes when I want to purchase new music and since I have Match service to update new tracks add/remove tracks etc.

 

[ItWasNotMe]

New version, new bug...

I have a few playlists that are a mix of audio and music videos.

Select shuffle from right-clicking the dock or from the mini-player and only the audio tracks are selected for playback.

 

[rexone]

I fear that day.
iPhoto to Photos has shown me clearly enough not to trust today's Apple...
The longer iTunes stays untouched the better IMHO.
Glassed Silver:ios

Couldn't agree more @Glassed Silver. The iPhoto/Photo switch was the most blatant example of Apple taking a 'we know best' approach & the needs of users be damned.
Like iTunes iPhoto may not have been perfect & it may have been sluggish (in 99.9% of cases that was for users with Macs that needed to be retired) but to turn it into a desktop version of an iPhone app was nothing short of a betrayal.
I've been using iPhoto as a library manager since the earliest versions & Photos basically destroyed that sort functionality. So despite having two newish iMacs running 10.12.4 I still use iPhoto.
And I might add they are obviously quite intentionally damaging the functionality of iPhotos every time they update the OS. Latest OS update the 'delete after importing' option disappeared for no explicable reason.
It will hit a point for us where we'll have to have one Mac that will be running an older OS just to be able to still use iPhoto because I don't have the time to sit down & reorganise 50,000+ images in Lightroom.

But back OT... changes introduced in iTunes 12.6 have been pretty appalling like the now pretty much useless 'mini-player' that's twice the size it used to be & carries 1/2 as much info.
I mean seriously, what sort of genius thought that was a good idea?
Do they conduct focus groups with users who have never actually used iTunes (or other apps)?

I'd also beware that this iTunes 12.6.1 update seems pretty buggy for some users as the Apple forums are full of people who have been all but locked-out of the app by the update.
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I want back the album artwork icon in MiniPlayer!!!!

Agree 110%!!! And making teh mini-payer an actual mini-player again would be kind of nice too...
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Artists are displayed a hundred times faster now – thumbs up! Always made the beachball come up before.

Now If only Apple would put this stuff in their release notes.

I believe they should include information about features they are REMOVING or seriously changing in an update so that users can make genuinely informed decisions about updating.
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Always entertaining to read these comments and ponder just how on earth folks get so worked up about "Apple" being so bad at this or that, or iTunes being terrible, yet we all still apparently use the stuff. I think some people just like the smell of their own armpits. I think iTunes is great software!

You're missing the point... people get worked up BECAUSE they think teh app is awesome, I know I do.
The issue is when they take away useful features for no explicable reason & introduce obvious bugs as this version & update has.

 

[Glassed Silver]

Always entertaining to read these comments and ponder just how on earth folks get so worked up about "Apple" being so bad at this or that, or iTunes being terrible, yet we all still apparently use the stuff. I think some people just like the smell of their own armpits. I think iTunes is great software!

I get worked up, because I don't have the time in my life to babysit updates for applications that I depend on so much.

Not one single year passes where Apple doesn't make me jump through hoops just to stay in the ecosystem and make it work some way or another.

And quite honestly with photos I don't even see a future of staying in the ecosystem fully anymore...

Gone are the days of picking Apple's apps and calling it a day.

Glassed Silver:win

 

[dkngan]

Hello everyone! I'm a newbie here. I can't install iTunes 12.6 even though I tried to install several times. It had stopped (see image below) for over 3-4 hours without any alerts. I've asked many other forums but no one could find the answer. Please help me!
English isn’t my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.

http://imgur.com/TlZc6QX

 

[Glassed Silver]

Hello everyone! I'm a newbie here. I can't install iTunes 12.6 even though I tried to install several times. It had stopped (see image below) for over 3-4 hours without any alerts. I've asked many other forums but no one could find the answer. Please help me!
English isn’t my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.

http://imgur.com/TlZc6QX

Maybe try installing an older version first and the update it.

Good luck!

Glassed Silver:ios

 

[coolfactor]

The minor version bump (just build number, not version number) released this week has not shown up for many people, including me. Strange.

 

[tkermit]

I just noticed that Genius suggestions finally include Apple Music files again!!

 

[LizKat]

iTunes fan here.

Me too, a big iTunes fan, even in general of 12.6.1, but...

When running iTunes 12.6.1.25 I notice that if I am watching a purchased TV show in full screen mode, having launched it from the "epsiodes" list view in the main itunes window, and then quit from full screen without pausing, or (usually) pause and quit from the full screen -- rather than X out in the upper left hand corner to return to main window display-- the app does promptly quit but in returning to the desktop promptly displays "iTunes quit unexpectedly" and provides a dump to forward to Apple with comments if desired.

I can usually replicate this error even if watching a purchased movie instead of a TV show. But, not always, and the exceptions seem to be if I repeat the process a few times with the same show or movie. Starting to wonder if it's some kind of buffering issue, or it doesn't have time to mark where it was in case one wishes to resume from that point later. Anyway I fed the dump to Apple a few times for them to put in the "to do" pile on their desks, so this is more an fyi than anything else in case others have experienced this issue.

 

[chrfr]

Me too, a big iTunes fan, even in general of 12.6.1, but...

When running iTunes 12.6.1.25...

Shortly after iTunes 12.6.1 was released, Apple revised it, and released 12.6.1.27. I have no idea if it fixes your particular bug but if you download a new installer, you'll get the revised version. It might be worth a try.

 

[AllFreysMustDie]

I refuse to go beyond 12.5.0. This is the last version displaying the Artist Icons properly rather than showing them as pink microphones.

Same here! In fact, I won't even update my iPhone iOS since the latest version requires the latest version of iTunes. Cannot abide the pink microphones or the label selected artist images, which are useless.