I love the idea of a one-stop media center like iTunes, but as each new feature is added it just feels too big and slow to me now. It takes forever to open, it lags even when I just try scrolling through apps, it sends regular genius updates to Apple, it has a radio, ringtones, movies, tv shows, the list goes on. Does anyone else feel the same way?
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Does iTunes feel too big?
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iTunes 8.1 update made things flllyyyyy. I would've agreed with you on the feature bloat thing before 8.1, but frankly, I can't fault iTunes now.
Also, you can head into Preferences and deselect the radio/DJ/movies etc to save room if that was bothering you.
What version are you using? And what are you running it on?
Also, you can head into Preferences and deselect the radio/DJ/movies etc to save room if that was bothering you.
What version are you using? And what are you running it on?
Op, are you talking about Mac or Windows version?
The Mac version, is fast for me. The newest, as a bug or 2 like not wanting to open on occasion. But its speed is fine. I can no longer speak for the windows version, as I no longer have a Comp running it.
The Mac version, is fast for me. The newest, as a bug or 2 like not wanting to open on occasion. But its speed is fine. I can no longer speak for the windows version, as I no longer have a Comp running it.
I kind of feel that way at times, but mostly listen to my music through my iPod so don't deal with iTunes besides the occasional sync. I've been using Mac for a number of years now and still miss Winamp. Probably the only thing I miss. In iTunes I've turned off a lot of the extras like the genius stuff, which doesn't even know what 99% of my music is anyways (the other 1% came from iTunes). Damn me and my eclectic tastes.
It's Heaps Good
iTunes is great! When I used windows I had Windows Media Player and it was really slow and annoying, but with iTunes, it's the complete opposite! I love it! It may have heaps of seemingly useless features, but for some people I bet they use every single feature. Besides, you can just turn off various things that you don't use
Overall I'm VERY impressed with iTunes!
iTunes is great! When I used windows I had Windows Media Player and it was really slow and annoying, but with iTunes, it's the complete opposite! I love it! It may have heaps of seemingly useless features, but for some people I bet they use every single feature. Besides, you can just turn off various things that you don't use
Overall I'm VERY impressed with iTunes!
I think iTunes is too bloated for what it should be used for. iTunes should only be a music content player. I think that all movies, TV shows, applications, and ringtones should be organized in something like the media browser. Something like iMedia Browser, but it would also sync iPods and iPhones.
It sounds like your tastes are eccentric rather than eclectic!
Probably a little bit of that too. A lot of my stuff is from Japan, which iTunes just doesn't seem to know about as well as a lot of video game-based music.
It can sometimes feel bloated, especially on older Macs. On a faster Mac it feels perfectly fine.
No, things like Songbird are bloated. Why do I need a web browser in a music player? I could understand it if it was removable but it's not and it makes it look ugly.
At least iTunes stays on track. It plays media, it doesn't browse the web (other than the iTS).
No, things like Songbird are bloated. Why do I need a web browser in a music player? I could understand it if it was removable but it's not and it makes it look ugly.
At least iTunes stays on track. It plays media, it doesn't browse the web (other than the iTS).
You should try scaling those down. I keep mine at 300 x 300 under 30k each.