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Apple Releases iTunes 9.0.1
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It gets tiring? Really? Are you rolling every megabyte up a mountain or something?
For some people, megabytes don't come cheap...
There are heaps of people I know who have basic internet access with a 250 megabyte limit per month, then $0.40 per megabyte after that. There's no way they can afford to download every update.
I used to say: get a mac - you'll love it. Now I say, get a mac, you'll love it, but only if you've got unlimited internet access for all the software updates. Is Windows this bad?
Surely some of the software updates are useless. For example, why should I keep having to update my software for iPhoto compatibility with Aperture RAW photo processing with the latest Nikon cameras if I don't have Aperture, I don't shoot my photos in RAW format, and I don't have a Nikon?
Of course I could choose only to install the software updates I actually need... but why should every Mac user in the world be forced to read through the SPAM-like list of what each and every single update does before choosing to download them? [hang on a minute... they've already been downloaded in the background and I've blown my monthly usage!]
Thus ends my rant. Don't get me wrong... I still love my Mac...
When will apple please add "watch this folder" feature to iTunes (and iPhoto). For those of us keep our music (and photos) on network drives this is an absolute must. Not having it is eternally frustrating.
and a big security hole plugged too...
PLEASE.. SAFARI USERS, take this moment to DISABLE the open "safe" files after downloading option in Safari's general preferences... there is no such thing as a "safe" file.
They didn't mention this in the "Software update" description, but there was a nasty security issue fixed too... with the number of iTunes installs across almost every version of Windows and every Mac, this could have been pretty bad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3884
Too bad they left off this page the acknowledgement of the other guy who first pointed it out to me (listening to a bbc stream in iTunes through ooTunes first triggered the crash that led me to look into this bug).
Anyway, after all the bad stuff I've read about Apple dragging their feet on security fixes, this one was fixed in a matter of days... probably due to the scope of it (and other significant bugs in 9.0).
PLEASE.. SAFARI USERS, take this moment to DISABLE the open "safe" files after downloading option in Safari's general preferences... there is no such thing as a "safe" file.
They didn't mention this in the "Software update" description, but there was a nasty security issue fixed too... with the number of iTunes installs across almost every version of Windows and every Mac, this could have been pretty bad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3884
Too bad they left off this page the acknowledgement of the other guy who first pointed it out to me (listening to a bbc stream in iTunes through ooTunes first triggered the crash that led me to look into this bug).
Anyway, after all the bad stuff I've read about Apple dragging their feet on security fixes, this one was fixed in a matter of days... probably due to the scope of it (and other significant bugs in 9.0).
What it didn't fix was the issue that arose with iTunes 9: that if you set a playlist specifically for podcasts, it would no longer show up as a playlist, and thus you couldn't listen to podcasts in your preset order.
Seems a simple fix, but this didn't do it.
Seems a simple fix, but this didn't do it.
still have syncing problems
i am still not able to sync my contacts and calendars on my ipod classic 160 and 4th gen nano.
i am still not able to sync my contacts and calendars on my ipod classic 160 and 4th gen nano.
iTunes 9 is usable now
This is great news! I have held off from using iTunes 9 at home since I make use of the mini browser functionality constantly, at both home and work. Good to see I was not the only one annoyed by this change in functionality.
Granted, iTunes 9's change with the green button set it to be more like a traditional window, and one could still activate the Mini-Browser by pressing Option and clicking the green button, but that was annoying.
This is great news! I have held off from using iTunes 9 at home since I make use of the mini browser functionality constantly, at both home and work. Good to see I was not the only one annoyed by this change in functionality.
Granted, iTunes 9's change with the green button set it to be more like a traditional window, and one could still activate the Mini-Browser by pressing Option and clicking the green button, but that was annoying.
Podcast Download Errors and Software Updates
I just want 2 things from Apple Developers:
1. Hope the .1 update will fix me downloading the Apple September Video Podcast...Ya..it's lamb but see I still can't upload the freaking video from the last Apple events...Keeps downloading...downloading...downloading...What Apple.
2. I hope that Apple's developer is smart enough to disable Checking software updates twice...WTF...do you need to check for software updates twice...
I check for updates in iTune and when I click "Download itunes" it checks again...Waste of time and resources....Apple please fix.
I just want 2 things from Apple Developers:
1. Hope the .1 update will fix me downloading the Apple September Video Podcast...Ya..it's lamb but see I still can't upload the freaking video from the last Apple events...Keeps downloading...downloading...downloading...What Apple.
2. I hope that Apple's developer is smart enough to disable Checking software updates twice...WTF...do you need to check for software updates twice...
I check for updates in iTune and when I click "Download itunes" it checks again...Waste of time and resources....Apple please fix.
Album By Artist
It looks like they fixed the problem with the Album By Artist feature for multi-disc albums! That was getting pretty annoying seeing songs from disc 1 and 2 intermixed together by track number...
As said by Hiro (from Heroes), "Yatta!"
It looks like they fixed the problem with the Album By Artist feature for multi-disc albums! That was getting pretty annoying seeing songs from disc 1 and 2 intermixed together by track number...
As said by Hiro (from Heroes), "Yatta!"
When will apple please add "watch this folder" feature to iTunes (and iPhoto). For those of us keep our music (and photos) on network drives this is an absolute must. Not having it is eternally frustrating.
They do have a 'watched folder' feature now, but it's inside the iTunes music folder and not configurable. Can you make that work?
This is strange . . .
Can you tell us what kind of system you have? And what other apps do you
typically run? Are you on Snow Leopard? Do any other apps give you this
much trouble? Do you run Time Machine?
For whatever reason, I have had none of the problems people have reported
with either SL or iTunes 9. So either I'm not using my system the way it was
intended or the way some people use it, or maybe the clean install I did with
Leopard earlier this year has cleaned out some of the cobwebs.
Strange . . .
Can you tell us what kind of system you have? And what other apps do you
typically run? Are you on Snow Leopard? Do any other apps give you this
much trouble? Do you run Time Machine?
For whatever reason, I have had none of the problems people have reported
with either SL or iTunes 9. So either I'm not using my system the way it was
intended or the way some people use it, or maybe the clean install I did with
Leopard earlier this year has cleaned out some of the cobwebs.
Strange . . .
Seriously!! I was just checking to see if that was fixed and you answered it. Thanks!
It gets tiring? Really? Are you rolling every megabyte up a mountain or something?
Haha! THANK YOU!
I never understood why people whined about downloading a 100 MB file. It took me all of 5 minutes, and I didn't even have to do anything. What's the problem again?
MMS already died out here for a while. It was hip in 2002 and 2003, but now no one cares anymore, phones do e-mails with attachment nowadays.
No ****. I don't understand this clamor for MMS. It's really old, and in my opinion pretty dead tech.
No, but this does, although the site seems to be down at the moment.
Awesome, i was wondering what happened to that slider.
iTunes is working as i want it so im sticking with 9.0.
Wow. Looks like the mini player took on a life of its own...but I must say: it is good to have it easily accessible again, now only one (green) click away once more.
Because every update to iTunes get a story like that? Because a lot of people have had problems with 9.0 and this seems to be a solid step in addressing those issues?
Nah, can't see any reason at all to focus on it.
I was hoping that it would fix the issue where when you press the PLAY button on the Apple Remote it opens I-Tunes even when another program is using said remote. Blah.