iTunes 12.4 Update to Feature Minor Redesign With New Sidebar, Improved Navigation

Hopefully they got Taylor Swift's pre-approval.

 

What has happened to Apple's UI team : (

 

Not sure without using it of course, but it seems that the persistent sidebar coming back is a good thing. For the most part though, my iTunes looks like it always did back in the day, with the menu on the left always there.

 

Well, for those that wanted the sidebar to come back, you're getting your wish (if this rumour is true).

 

They could make a spinning-wheel based UI that selects functions at random, and it would be nearly as usable as it is now. Any change is welcome, especially the reintroduction addition of a persistent sidebar.

 

I like sidebars. They have great salad and beverages.

 

some small improvements. Still needs to be burnt to the ground and rebuilt from scratch at this point.

The screenshot in the first screenshot has separate My Music and Apple Music playlists in the side bar.

 

So basically they redesigned an app that was already fine, made everything worse, and now they're slowly changing it back.

 

Well I for one am glad that they are willing to backtrack on their poor design choice(s), starting with bringing back the sidebar. I hope they do something similar for Photos, which in my opinion is way worse than iTunes from a usability perspective.

 

Reminds me of the early versions of FCP X

 

The sidebar returns.

It only took them 2 years to realise their mistake...

 

I don't see the playlists anymore. It currently is right beside "My Music" and had the side bar and allowed the column browser which is how I interact with the application. If they've taken that away I'm going to be really upset because I hate the interface from the other options.

 

Neat.

So when's the colour and contrast going to return? This isn't the 1980s, we have wonderful things like bitmapped displays and RGB pixels now. It'd be nice if Apple realized this and started designing their GUIs with a bit of depth again.

-SC

 

Will you look at that, Macrumors is getting exclusive information.

 

Am I dreaming? Has Jony been sent to retirment? iTunes finally getting back the persistent sidebar? So maybe only some more waiting (2 or 3 version) and I can finally switch from iTunes 10.7…

 

sidebar has been there the whole time, you just need to turn it on in the View menu.

 

The change here is a persistent sidebar. Since iTunes 12 the sidebar was only available for playlists.

 

iTunes needs some refinement. I'm glad to see they are attempting to make some changes. Hopefully Apple Music will be completely overhauled, as it's horrendous. Then maybe I consider using my free 3 Month trial.

 

yawnnn, more bloatware on an already bloated software....

 

Don't you know, they got fired when Scott Forstall was let go. Chief Jony took over.

 

You're right. I only use that view, didn't realize it wasn't on the others.

 

So if this is just a minor update, why bother?

 

all those hotkey assignments are absolute garbage. how can anyone remember them?

 

Refinement ?
It was refined prior to iTunes 10, then bloatware & blandness (flat design) took over.
Now it needs separation between Store, Streaming & CMS. A bit like on iOS, where you have a separate iTunes store & music app, but more decluttering is needed on the OS X iTunes.