iTunes 4.2 Released

[ckwm]

iTunes 4.2 has just appeared in my (UK) software update along with a Java update (and I had already downloaded yesterday's).

 

[Jetson]

Missing Album Art

I like iTunes 4.2 but I discovered a strange bug.

Some of my album art have been blanked out. A picture is there, but it's nothing but white space. On some of the affected tracks when I attempt to paste in replacement images, iTunes 4.2 only pastes in a blank space.

What the hey?!

 

[sketchy]

Originally posted by ariza910
Its not just for the music store, You can double click on any play list to bring it up in a new window.

I have multiple play list open on multiple windows, this is great.

Thats not new

dave

 

[DarkPhoenixCA]

Originally posted by jacobweber
> Is it me, or is the Grouping field new in 4.2?
> And if I missed it in 4.1, what is its intent?

Good find....I can't find anything in the documentation about this, but I'm pretty sure it's new in 4.2. You can also show the Grouping column in the library.

One use that I can think of is for multi-track compositions, as in classical music. Right now I have to name the tracks something like "Symphony No. 2 - Allegro", but this way I could put "Symphony No. 2" into the Grouping field and just leave the title "Allegro." This is just an idea, though; I don't know if it's the intended use.

(If that's what it's for, it would be nice if this field got displayed on the iPod, before or after the title. In fact, I made a suggestion a while back that they do something just like this.)

Jacob

My library consists of club remixes, so I was using the Genre category to name the remixer. Maybe I should use the Grouping category for this now...

 

[rice_web]

Originally posted by simX
If you don't want to take the hour or so to repair permissions or do other potential "lengthy" possible repair procedures, then I don't think you should come complaining to us about your problems. While some of the updates may actually have crippled your machine, I don't think it's unreasonable to try and go through troubleshooting steps to get it fixed. Additionally, you should also (for future reference) note that you can always hold off on an update and browse MacFixIt.com or these forums instead, just to make sure the update doesn't do anything bad.

I've always hated software that cripples itself, as should anyone. That being said, the security update today already fixed my problem.

But, as far as spending some troubleshooting time: I only sit down with my PowerMac a couple hours a day; most of my day is spent at a 17" iMac. So I don't want to spend my e-mail and projects time fixing a machine that should work without problem after installing an update. I deal with troubleshooting all day, and I don't want it to carry into my home, too, whenever possible.

 

[~Shard~]

Sorry for the stupid question, but what exactly is the deal with this "repairing permissions" issue? I am new to Macs, and am just wondering if I need to configure something or enable something on my system before I perform these updates.

Sorry for the newbie question, but I gotta learn somehow!

 

[rdowns]

Originally posted by ~Shard~
Sorry for the stupid question, but what exactly is the deal with this "repairing permissions" issue? I am new to Macs, and am just wondering if I need to configure something or enable something on my system before I perform these updates.

Sorry for the newbie question, but I gotta learn somehow!

You do it by launching Disk Utility.

Here's a clip I found for you:

For anyone that has worked with Macs for more than a few years I’m sure you remember the troubleshooting technique of rebuilding the desktop for just about anything “weird” on the computer. Typically it would give you a 50/50 shot at fixing it, as well. There was never really a defined list of weirdnesses that it would fix, but they were all generally disk-related.


In the land of Mac OS X there is no Desktop Database (Launch Services is rather different, but similar). What there is is a myriad of problems that can crop up that are called “weird” and things that generally don’t work and there’s, again, a generic solution that’s starting to ring true: Repair Permissions fixes the weirdest things.

So, a list, because I like lists.


Things Repair Permissions Will Fix

Startup issues of various sorts.

Standard folders outside of a home directory that you should be able to write to and cannot.

Network features that fail to work.

General system features that fail to work or give a “permission denied” error or sorts.



Things Repair Permissions Will Help Fix

Restoring a drive from a backup in such a way that permissions were not copied. It will not recreate hard links, symbolic links, or special files. If your backup has any files in /dev at all then it’s a bad backup and will never boot a system.

Restoring a good backup to a usable state. It will not bless it. Use the command-line tool bless for that.



Things Repair Permissions Will Not Fix

Anything involving software that was not installed with the computer or with an installer other than Apple’s Installer.

Things in home directories.

Things in folders made after installation.



Why?


Repair permissions reads the Bill of Materials in the installation receipts in /Library/Receipts that Apple’s Installer leaves after installing something. This is also why this only works on systems where Mac OS X is installed; no other volume will have these files. Since it uses them as a database of permissions settings rather than keeping them inside the program, it needs the receipt files to repair the permissions. Accordingly, if the files in the Receipts directory are removed then those files will not be repaired.

 

[Grendel]

320kps downloads for itunes

New member, and an audiophile - I love itunes but would it be possible for them to offer 320kps dowloads? I feel that paying for music (as opposed to pilfering it through sites like kazaa) should at least give you the right to select your download quality. The pilfering sites even allow this. With broadband the time/dowload would definitely be feasible - What do you think?

 

[ddbean]

Re: 320kps downloads for itunes

Originally posted by Grendel
eNew member,

...would it be possible for them to offer 320kps dowloads?

First, Welcome

Second, a great idea that I've read other people mention. I'd suggest you use Apple's Feedback link inside iTunes (iTunes>Help>Provide iTunes Feedback) to suggest this. The more people who do this direct to Apple, the more likely they will listen. It might mean paying extra per song, but at least you'd have that option.