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Apple Updates iTunes to Version 11.0.3 With New MiniPlayer and Improvements
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I just updated iTunes and it freaked out and it wouldn't work. I don't even know if its from iTunes or a strange coincidence since half the apps wouldn't respond. I checked permissions and HD.. I saw this and I repaired it...
everything works again.
The only thing that has shut down unexpectedly is iTunes. Everything else is working perfectly and the iTunes quitting seems to be on a totally random basis. I can use iTunes without a problem, it just quits on it's own. I've filed 4 reports to Apple. Hopefully they will figure it outI just updated iTunes and it freaked out and it wouldn't work. I don't even know if its from iTunes or a strange coincidence since half the apps wouldn't respond. I checked permissions and HD.. I saw this and I repaired it...
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everything works again.
On the Mac version of 11.0.3, holding down Command while clicking the album art in the title bar will bring up the album art in a separate window that can be resized to larger dimensions (in other words, it does exactly what a simple click used to do before the update). Perhaps there is a similar feature in Windows?
<nevermind, used to albums view and not song view>
Thanks for this screen shot. Nice to see they "brought back" the album thumbnail when in songs view list. I will stick with it for a while to see how I like it. Progress, but had to go backwards to get here.
Any plans to share this?Still no adequate replacement for iTunes DJ?
I have a 10.000-line AppleScript that turns iTunes DJ into an ultra-smart Radio station which learns my listening habits, automatically downloads legal free music from various places on the net, inserts songs from my back catalogue based on last.fm recommendations, plays news every hour and spices things up with podcasts, TTS weather announcements and the like. It can't run without iTunes DJ, so I won't upgrade to a version without it.
(I'll eventually re-write the whole thing to become independent of iTunes DJ, because then I could take advantage of Spotify, as well, which would be extremely cool. Once that's done, I can upgrade.)
Thank you for this, it does work in Windows, holding down "CTRL" while clicking the art in the title bar!
Great, now bring back iTunes DJ and Cover flow and we're pretty much back to good old iTunes 10.7, sans Up Next.
Is that what you call "completely redesigned"?
Here here! I miss Cover Flow. That was a nice feature Apple purchased and integrated (and now removed)
The only thing that's really preventing me from leaving 10.7 behind is this removal of the arrow buttons, and a pref to switch their behaviour. This allowed rapid and easy navigation around your library in "songs" view.
Anything like that for iTunes 11?
Anything like that for iTunes 11?
Control click>show in Finder
Right click>show in Windows Explorer
This will show you exactly where the file is located
Anybody else notice that iTunes prevents sleep from idle since the update? It never used to do that before but since the update, if kept running, iTunes prevents sleep!
Hmm. now that you mention it, I came back to my MBP and it didn't go to sleep while iTunes was running.
Can you type pmset -g assertions in terminal and confirm if iTunes prevented sleep?
You'd see a line midway (after the 1s and 0s) stating the process with the comment "preventidlesleep". Please confirm if that process is iTunes.
Yeah. I rebooted the computer and now iTunes doesn't interfere with sleep either. Guess it was some fluke here too.
i went back to iTunes
7 I don't know where to Dl 10.7.
Everytime someone calls me on FaceTime my iTunes opens.
I am getting fed up with this
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Yeah, you know, I did install the update, and it was not working - that's why I posted.
It wasn't until a few days later, I restarted my mac - now that function works.
Did not know that I would have to restart (again - it restarted when it first installed....) in order for it all to function correctly.
Yeah, you know, I did install the update, and it was not working - that's why I posted.
It wasn't until a few days later, I restarted my mac - now that function works.
Did not know that I would have to restart (again - it restarted when it first installed....) in order for it all to function correctly.
Hi!
Didn't look into the forums for a few days, sorry for the late response.
The problem with sharing the current version is this: Not only is the code still a bit of a mess, it's also annoying to set up, since it uses so many smart playlists, which can only be created by hand.
I did a writeup of a much simpler version all the way back in 2005. (Extremely outdated by now, of course.)
This was the initial stage of my current script, but it's very simple compared to what it's grown into: This old version just rates music based on your listening habits, and – accordingly – plays it more or less often – that's it.
It doesn't auto-insert podcasts or news yet, nor does it have last.fm recommendations, auto-downloads of legal music, support for playing seasonal tracks at the right time, TTS weather announcements or all that jazz I added later.
I think, I never even bothered updating the documentation when launchd replaced cron. (There's a scheduled job regularly cleaning up some stuff.)
I wouldn't really recommend using this old script on your main machine: The code still contains quite a few bugs I fixed in later (private) versions – nothing dangerous, just many uncaught exceptions, very inefficient coding resulting in countless wasted CPU cycles – and, of course, the occasional hang. (I've learned quite a bit about AppleScript over the past few years ;-) )
Plus, I've seen it make iTunes' memory usage go sky-high. Not always or predictably, but it can happen. (My guess: Something about using so many smart playlists. Not sure though.)
What I'm trying to say is: Be gentle with this old code, I didn't know better at the time, and once I did, I never bothered to update that blog post. ;-)
Currently, the whole system relies too much on using iTunes as a database. My goal would be to re-write the whole thing in PHP (Perl is to messy and out-dated, and I don't feel like wrapping my brain around Python, Ruby or whatever all the kids are using these days), maintaining my own music database in SQLite and using iTunes and Spotify mainly as dumb players, so I won't have to worry so much about any internal changes there.
I'll probably be swamped with more important work until the end of June, but I hope I'll be able to whip something up over the summer – whenever I finally get around to do so, I'll definitely put it up on github or somewhere similar and make a note of it here on the boards.
Baumi said:
Didn't look into the forums for a few days, sorry for the late response.
The problem with sharing the current version is this: Not only is the code still a bit of a mess, it's also annoying to set up, since it uses so many smart playlists, which can only be created by hand.
I did a writeup of a much simpler version all the way back in 2005. (Extremely outdated by now, of course.)
This was the initial stage of my current script, but it's very simple compared to what it's grown into: This old version just rates music based on your listening habits, and – accordingly – plays it more or less often – that's it.
It doesn't auto-insert podcasts or news yet, nor does it have last.fm recommendations, auto-downloads of legal music, support for playing seasonal tracks at the right time, TTS weather announcements or all that jazz I added later.
I think, I never even bothered updating the documentation when launchd replaced cron. (There's a scheduled job regularly cleaning up some stuff.)
I wouldn't really recommend using this old script on your main machine: The code still contains quite a few bugs I fixed in later (private) versions – nothing dangerous, just many uncaught exceptions, very inefficient coding resulting in countless wasted CPU cycles – and, of course, the occasional hang. (I've learned quite a bit about AppleScript over the past few years ;-) )
Plus, I've seen it make iTunes' memory usage go sky-high. Not always or predictably, but it can happen. (My guess: Something about using so many smart playlists. Not sure though.)
What I'm trying to say is: Be gentle with this old code, I didn't know better at the time, and once I did, I never bothered to update that blog post. ;-)
Currently, the whole system relies too much on using iTunes as a database. My goal would be to re-write the whole thing in PHP (Perl is to messy and out-dated, and I don't feel like wrapping my brain around Python, Ruby or whatever all the kids are using these days), maintaining my own music database in SQLite and using iTunes and Spotify mainly as dumb players, so I won't have to worry so much about any internal changes there.
I'll probably be swamped with more important work until the end of June, but I hope I'll be able to whip something up over the summer – whenever I finally get around to do so, I'll definitely put it up on github or somewhere similar and make a note of it here on the boards.
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I had to restart and command-r and repair the drive and iTunes stopped quitting. Make sure you check your drive in the utilities and it'll say before you have to restart it. Yours might be fine without a restart.
crashes daily for me now. everything is working perfectly though when it works. 3 apple tv 3s streaming over 1000 movies and tons of music and tv shows. airplay is excellent, and itunes never crashes while im using it....it crashes randomly
This is a known problem with the 11.0.3 update. It's been written about in MacWorld and there is a thread about it on Apple support. Afraid the only answer is going to be the next iTunes update to address the problem
Like the new update and seem to be one of the few really that love the new iTunes.
My issue though: Still haven't fixed the bug on Windows where if using Wireless Sync the mobile service that runs on Windows constantly takes up a ton of CPU time no matter if iTunes is open. Keeps me from using wireless sync. Makes the fan on my computer kick in so hard and makes it sound like my i7 is struggling just to do basic computing tasks.
EDIT: From what I read the bug is an issue with Windows and Apple at the same time. Seems like a WinSock issue maybe, though Apple could still fix it.
My issue though: Still haven't fixed the bug on Windows where if using Wireless Sync the mobile service that runs on Windows constantly takes up a ton of CPU time no matter if iTunes is open. Keeps me from using wireless sync. Makes the fan on my computer kick in so hard and makes it sound like my i7 is struggling just to do basic computing tasks.
EDIT: From what I read the bug is an issue with Windows and Apple at the same time. Seems like a WinSock issue maybe, though Apple could still fix it.
In "albums view", the latest iTunes now divides multiple disc albums into "Disc 1" and "Disc 2". Why? Is there something important about what medium the music used to be on, before it was imported into iTunes?
Considering that Steve Jobs did everything he could to eliminate the medium of discs - from removing floppy disc drives early on, to removing CD drives last year - it beggars the imagination that Apple would make iTunes reference the old CD format so prominently.
Myself, I am renumbering the tracks of all my 2-disc sets so that they appear as 1 album in iTunes without any antique "Disc 1" and "Disc 2" references.
My preference is due to the reality that very few albums have an artistic reason for placing some music on Disc 1 and some music on Disc 2. I can't think of any albums with that intent at the moment, but I could imagine an artist releasing a 2-disc album that has an electric set on Disc 1 and an acoustic set on Disc 2. But the vast majority of albums that were sold on 2 discs were sold on 2 discs simply because they needed the room - they're meant to be one long list of tracks. The medium is irrelevant.