iTunes 9 Redesign

[G-Force]

I do like the white background to be honest, but a slider just like in iPhoto would be great for the people that would like a black background.

Overall, I like iTunes, except for that new lighter gradient. It's totally out of place in Mac OS X. Now, you could say that iTunes is not part of the OS or something. But in my point of view, iTunes is a bundled application and should look like the rest.

 

[austinwen]

Basically, I like the new UI design in iTunes 9. But the crashes just get me mad. I've never had this problem before until the latest one.

 

[paulsalter]

Been using it since it came out and cannot get used to the new look

Grid View looks horrible with the white background

The Store just seems a total mess
No proper definition of the different areas, just a white or very pale colour
New scroll bars are not easy to use

I have started doing most of my purchases recently through Amazon, with this new iTunes I will be purchasing all music from Amazon

The new look does not inspire me to browse and make impulse purchases

 

[Xapphire13]

Been using it since it came out and cannot get used to the new look

Grid View looks horrible with the white background

The Store just seems a total mess
No proper definition of the different areas, just a white or very pale colour
New scroll bars are not easy to use

I have started doing most of my purchases recently through Amazon, with this new iTunes I will be purchasing all music from Amazon

The new look does not inspire me to browse and make impulse purchases

Eh, most of it look practically the same as before. And the store looks simpler and cleaner.

 

[str1f3]

I dislike the new GUI for the same reasons as everyone else. I'd also add that I use the option to display the video player out side of iTunes. The player controls are now similar to Quicktime X yet it still has the gray borders and is not borderless like the new Quicktime. WTF??

 

[paulsalter]

And the store looks simpler and cleaner.

Simpler, cleaner and dull

Each to their own, if you like it then fair enough, i think it looks a mess

But as there are other places to buy music then i dont really mind

 

[macsolo]

Agree with all the comments on how bad iTunes 9.0 is.
There's a way downgrade back to 8.2.1. I found this on the Apple discussions forum.
I just done it. Worked beautifully and play counts remain.


1) Quit iTunes.

2) Delete iTunes from your Applications folder.

3) Go to your ~/Music/iTunes folder. Delete or rename the "iTunes Library" file.

4) Open the "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder and look for the backup of your old pre-9 library; it should be dated at about the time you first ran iTunes 9. Copy it back out to the ~/Music/iTunes folder, and rename it to "iTunes Library".

5) Go to the /Library/Receipts folder and delete the iTunesX and iTunesAccess packages. (Not sure if this is necessary, but I did it anyway.)

6) Go to <http://support.apple.com/downloads/iTunes_8_2_1> and download iTunes 8.2.1. The page says it's for G3, but the Read Me file says it'll run on G4, G5, and Intel too. Open the diskimage and run the installer.

You should now be able to run iTunes 8.2.1 again.

 

[mistrijah]

Agree with all the comments on how bad iTunes 9.0 is.
There's a way downgrade back to 8.2.1. I found this on the Apple discussions forum.
I just done it. Worked beautifully and play counts remain.


1) Quit iTunes.

2) Delete iTunes from your Applications folder.

3) Go to your ~/Music/iTunes folder. Delete or rename the "iTunes Library" file.

4) Open the "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder and look for the backup of your old pre-9 library; it should be dated at about the time you first ran iTunes 9. Copy it back out to the ~/Music/iTunes folder, and rename it to "iTunes Library".

5) Go to the /Library/Receipts folder and delete the iTunesX and iTunesAccess packages. (Not sure if this is necessary, but I did it anyway.)

6) Go to <http://support.apple.com/downloads/iTunes_8_2_1> and download iTunes 8.2.1. The page says it's for G3, but the Read Me file says it'll run on G4, G5, and Intel too. Open the diskimage and run the installer.

You should now be able to run iTunes 8.2.1 again.

WOW perfect, o done everything apart from step 5 and everything works perfect, the store is back to its old self, and you notice how bad the new one is once your back to itunes 8. i wont be updating that again.
thanks its all lovely again

 

[HerbyGunther]

WOW perfect, o done everything apart from step 5 and everything works perfect, the store is back to its old self, and you notice how bad the new one is once your back to itunes 8. i wont be updating that again.
thanks its all lovely again

Thanks a lot for this! I hate the 9.0 UI, it is really fugly (I'm a designer). It is actually the second time I downgraded to 8.x... a few months ago I also tried it. Thought I would give it a try again... but NOOOOO!!

 

[tkermit]

I hate the 9.0 UI, it is really fugly (I'm a designer).

(my emphasis)

I like how people state that they're a designer to make themselves appear to be an authority on the subject, as if that automatically makes one have a superior taste. (No offense, I just think it's funny, when you think about the many ugly professional designs that are out there)