I just tested. Word 2008 opens and is usable in 15. iTunes opens in 7 and becomes usable in 20. *Usable means able to type text in Word and play a song in iTunes.
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Name 1 thing you DON'T LIKE about iTunes.
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I just tested. Word 2008 opens and is usable in 15. iTunes opens in 7 and becomes usable in 20. *Usable means able to type text in Word and play a song in iTunes.
Yes, the usable is what I was referring to. Word takes some time with fonts before it allows you to type or paste anything.
You just have to disable the font menu optimization thing. It makes a huge difference.
I use Word infrequently and I'm never in a race when I do, so it doesn't bother me.
That worked for me, but there are a few methods for doing this.
One is if you see the message, click the "X" to stop the process.
Thank you for the reply.
Unfortunately, it pinwheels the moment I click the library.
I just wish I could put a dvd in the computer and itunes would offer to make me an itunes/iphone version of it. I'd even let it put some limited DRM on it to prevent my version ending up on a torrent site. I already own the dvd. I shouldn't have to jump through hoops to be able to watch it on my own devices.
I realise this is probably a media licensing issue, rather than Apple, but it would be a great feature...
I realise this is probably a media licensing issue, rather than Apple, but it would be a great feature...
To me, the biggest problem with iTunes is that it has grown too much from its core purpose. As its name suggests, it should be a program for dealing with your music library. Listening to music, managing your music library and buying music. What it should not be is an iOS device manager.
When an iPod was just a portable extention to your music library, it made sense to have iTunes control syncing of iPods. When iOS grew into so much more, with apps, with photo and video taking, with contact, calendar and email functions, the functions to deal with syncing these should have been split off from iTunes. The sensible place for the iOS app store is in the same place as the Mac app store. You could stick the iOS sync manager in there too, or make it a separate program on its own. Then iTunes can get back to what it should be, namely a media library/player/downloader. Oh yeah, and give us some colour back in the icons.
When an iPod was just a portable extention to your music library, it made sense to have iTunes control syncing of iPods. When iOS grew into so much more, with apps, with photo and video taking, with contact, calendar and email functions, the functions to deal with syncing these should have been split off from iTunes. The sensible place for the iOS app store is in the same place as the Mac app store. You could stick the iOS sync manager in there too, or make it a separate program on its own. Then iTunes can get back to what it should be, namely a media library/player/downloader. Oh yeah, and give us some colour back in the icons.
The last couple of weeks have reminded me of a common problem on the iTunes Store. Apple and TV Networks never really work together very well. You can at times end up waiting weeks for new episodes to be added to the store. It's hard to get people to support something when you don't give them content to purchase in a timely fashion.
Right now you can watch newer episodes from ABC/ABC Family on Amazon.com than on the iTunes Music Store.
This happens on and off all year and has been a continuous problem since Apple started selling TV Shows a few years ago. Its not one network either all networks and shows have a very random upload schedule.
You would think with the sales of the new Apple TV exceeding a million units they would do a better job on the video side of the store.
Right now you can watch newer episodes from ABC/ABC Family on Amazon.com than on the iTunes Music Store.
This happens on and off all year and has been a continuous problem since Apple started selling TV Shows a few years ago. Its not one network either all networks and shows have a very random upload schedule.
You would think with the sales of the new Apple TV exceeding a million units they would do a better job on the video side of the store.
There's so many things wrong with iTunes I can't just pick one.
But I will anyway: it's an music player, video player, media library manager, app library manager, digital book library manager, audiobook manager, podcast manager, iOS sync, backup, update and restore manager, app loader, medium for file transfer between iOS and the computer, music store, video store, app store, CD ripper, plays radio, social media app...
And the worse thing is, I know I missed a few things. Add in an url bar (it already has a browser built-in) and it could very well be a (albeit basic and utterly crappy) complete operating system.
What... the... ****?
But I will anyway: it's an music player, video player, media library manager, app library manager, digital book library manager, audiobook manager, podcast manager, iOS sync, backup, update and restore manager, app loader, medium for file transfer between iOS and the computer, music store, video store, app store, CD ripper, plays radio, social media app...
And the worse thing is, I know I missed a few things. Add in an url bar (it already has a browser built-in) and it could very well be a (albeit basic and utterly crappy) complete operating system.
What... the... ****?
This is my HUGE problem with iTunes.
Unfortunately there does not seem to be a good solution to this problem...
but man, I absolutely LOVE this feature about windows media player. In fact I'd totally use WMP even on my mac just to have this feature as it is by far the nicest feature.
Needs Multiple Genre support, & Cut the Fat
1) Needs multiple Genres support. This is a preferred way to assign multiple categorizations to a song so it can be found using various "and" and "or" search criteria, without resorting to using the Comments field, which is a weak workaround to the real problem. If multiple Genres is out of the question (shouldn't be), then new tag support for Mood, Style, or Occasion is needed to aid music categorization.
2) Too bloated with non music management related junk. Apple wants iTunes to be your one-stop online portal to steer you to buy, buy, buy. iTunes has spent too much on marketing-obsessed features that have allowed competing products to out-do iTunes in basic music management. Apple could learn something from what happened to once-useful apps like Nero, that added on so much bloatware over the years that it hampered the usefulness of its core intentions. Spend some $$ on improving the speed and usefulness of the core application.
1) Needs multiple Genres support. This is a preferred way to assign multiple categorizations to a song so it can be found using various "and" and "or" search criteria, without resorting to using the Comments field, which is a weak workaround to the real problem. If multiple Genres is out of the question (shouldn't be), then new tag support for Mood, Style, or Occasion is needed to aid music categorization.
2) Too bloated with non music management related junk. Apple wants iTunes to be your one-stop online portal to steer you to buy, buy, buy. iTunes has spent too much on marketing-obsessed features that have allowed competing products to out-do iTunes in basic music management. Apple could learn something from what happened to once-useful apps like Nero, that added on so much bloatware over the years that it hampered the usefulness of its core intentions. Spend some $$ on improving the speed and usefulness of the core application.
In general i like itunes.
The one thing it desperately needs is the facility to auto manage/update the library so you can have a central media store on your network.
Library share is ok but it'd be better if user 1 on your network could add a central library without user 2 having to physically update their library to see the new material.
Dan
The one thing it desperately needs is the facility to auto manage/update the library so you can have a central media store on your network.
Library share is ok but it'd be better if user 1 on your network could add a central library without user 2 having to physically update their library to see the new material.
Dan
The fact that it is full of crap not related to playing music. All that stuff should be spun off into a new application.
It loads up slow even on my SSD.
No .flac support
Isn't very resource light e.g. it uses a lot of ram.
No .flac support
Isn't very resource light e.g. it uses a lot of ram.
number one thing i hate ,
the inability to tell itunes to store my music on my HDD, movies on a separate external drive that might only be connected sometimes, and TV Shows on yet another external drives,
but still have it automatically organise new purchases to these places itself.
im currently pushing 3TB of TV shows and 1TB of movies and manual handling is a pain (Because im lazy)
the inability to tell itunes to store my music on my HDD, movies on a separate external drive that might only be connected sometimes, and TV Shows on yet another external drives,
but still have it automatically organise new purchases to these places itself.
im currently pushing 3TB of TV shows and 1TB of movies and manual handling is a pain (Because im lazy)
A. The Genius recommendation going MIA on the latest iTunes which I believe has carried its lumps up into Ping. Oi, I'm not hopping through that nasty thing to get song recommendations. I'm sticking to old school methods.
B. The whole gray wash look, it's just depressing.
C. Format restriction for videos. I can't begin to say how much I want to hurt it for not including support for mkvs but then it's more to do with apple and their push for m4v and all.
D. The size and sometimes lag in operations. Bloatware.
E. Going bizarre on me at random times like refusal to show album art or letting me turn my iPod into a storage device (or did they remove that?)
B. The whole gray wash look, it's just depressing.
C. Format restriction for videos. I can't begin to say how much I want to hurt it for not including support for mkvs but then it's more to do with apple and their push for m4v and all.
D. The size and sometimes lag in operations. Bloatware.
E. Going bizarre on me at random times like refusal to show album art or letting me turn my iPod into a storage device (or did they remove that?)
I have to individually select/deselect app, by app, by app when addding or removing apps from any iDevice. No select/deselect all.
The things I dislike:
Ping = It's absolutely useless.
Album List = We don't need a 4th way to view our music, when that option was already a part of the Song List; one you could choose to use or not. What a waste. Not to mention, you need at least 5 songs from an album to view the artwork.
Speed = It's freaking slow. Boot up time takes a while, browsing through the iTunes store is painful at times, and just using iTunes as a whole isn't as fluid as it should be.
iTunes Store = The new UI is something I'm not fond of. I also wish they would bring new features to the damn store. Like filters for music. Sometimes I just want to browse a band's full-feature albums, not their singles, EPs, and concert albums. Grr. It would also be nice if you could comment on people's reviews. It would also be nice if the search features were better implemented. It's impossible to find exactly what you want. You have to know what you're looking for.
Ping = It's absolutely useless.
Album List = We don't need a 4th way to view our music, when that option was already a part of the Song List; one you could choose to use or not. What a waste. Not to mention, you need at least 5 songs from an album to view the artwork.
Speed = It's freaking slow. Boot up time takes a while, browsing through the iTunes store is painful at times, and just using iTunes as a whole isn't as fluid as it should be.
iTunes Store = The new UI is something I'm not fond of. I also wish they would bring new features to the damn store. Like filters for music. Sometimes I just want to browse a band's full-feature albums, not their singles, EPs, and concert albums. Grr. It would also be nice if you could comment on people's reviews. It would also be nice if the search features were better implemented. It's impossible to find exactly what you want. You have to know what you're looking for.