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Rumor: Apple Redesigning iTunes 11 With New Layout, iCloud Support
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At the risk of attracting fanboy heat, Zune software has been kicking iTune's ass in UI and application smoothness. It's pretty weird to see that MS has been more Apple-like than Apple themselves, in this regard.
I really hope they redesign the thing from the ground-up. It's incredibly outdated at this point, and I expect more from the company that rides on the coattails of premium design.
I really hope they redesign the thing from the ground-up. It's incredibly outdated at this point, and I expect more from the company that rides on the coattails of premium design.
iTunes 10.4 is completely bricked for me on Windows 7...so I'm kind of hoping for a fix for that first 
It's one of those criticisms that makes complete sense until you think about it. And, of course, bloat is completely undefined, so you can't really prove it wrong. Perfect propaganda.
i assume it will follow iOS 5 and split into four or five apps, as the iPod app on the iPhone now only plays music, has been renamed to Music and splits videos into a separate app (including music videos apparently) much like the iPod Touch and iPad
Needs to be lighter on windows 7. Would like to see Twitter integration built into itunes .. that'd be nice.
Yeah, he sucks.
But seriously, my email address is at the bottom left corner of the page, I welcome any and all feedback. jlgolson@macrumors.com
Geez, usually I get accused of sounding like Gizmodo.
I'm sure there will be a 64-bit version of iTunes for Windows. There's a 64-bit version of iTunes for Windows now.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1427
I clicked on comments simply to see if I was the only one that found it so out of kilter.
The lack of 3rd person reporting was the worst of it, but there was also the interjected opinions and trying to argue the validity of the rumour in an overtly aggressive manner.
It's their site and they can do as they please, but IMO Jordans recent "articles" leave a lot to be desired in terms of professionalism.
Sorry but from a non-Spotify user, how's the store can be "more integrated into the entire app"?
Unfortunately, I don't think that's what they meant by "slick"...
Oh and BTW, please can we drop the Ping thing now?
Gray is the new Pink!
This all started with the loss of color from the apple Apple logo. Just look at the scroll bars under Mac OS 10.7 Lion. Now wonder they don't want them shown most of the time. Even the designers are ashamed of them. If you want color you'll have to be like me & use non-Apple to control as much of your Mac life as you can. This is just another loss to gray that we will have to endure. Even if we use third party colorful apps when we can there are certain things that can only be done through Apple's color color scheme set of programs & OS.
Windows is not really an option. Linux will be for some. So for those that want the ease of use with some color we will have to contact our many good 3rd party Mac software companies & ask them to put some color back into our Mac experience. Our any third party software suppliers tend to listen much better & more often than Apple does. But there is only so much that can be done. Now is the time for these suppliers to show just how much they can do for us. Then we can show them how much we can do for them by purchasing these products.
This all started with the loss of color from the apple Apple logo. Just look at the scroll bars under Mac OS 10.7 Lion. Now wonder they don't want them shown most of the time. Even the designers are ashamed of them. If you want color you'll have to be like me & use non-Apple to control as much of your Mac life as you can. This is just another loss to gray that we will have to endure. Even if we use third party colorful apps when we can there are certain things that can only be done through Apple's color color scheme set of programs & OS.
Windows is not really an option. Linux will be for some. So for those that want the ease of use with some color we will have to contact our many good 3rd party Mac software companies & ask them to put some color back into our Mac experience. Our any third party software suppliers tend to listen much better & more often than Apple does. But there is only so much that can be done. Now is the time for these suppliers to show just how much they can do for us. Then we can show them how much we can do for them by purchasing these products.
I have a 2010 Mac and iTunes has all these little freezes just the same. When connected an iDevice, during syncing, when connecting to the iTunes store. And one thing I hate is when it is already connecting to the iTunes store, sometimes it brings up an additional small window that redundantly says "Connecting to the iTunes store" and if you try to click anywhere you get an error beep. I don't see why connecting to anything on the net should cause a complete app lock down. It drives me nuts. But anyway, it's not just Windows that has that issue.
No there isn't. That's 32 bit iTunes with a 64 bit installer - it's not a 64 bit version but a version that's compatible with the 64 bit version of windows.
I know a lot of people hate the current iTunes, calling it all kinds of things... but I'm going to miss the old design. Just ilke the old iTunes logo, the current layout is pretty iconic imo.
I agree. They need to make it like the App Store, which isn't a part of iTunes. A separate app for iPhone/touch/iPad apps, a separate app for iBooks, and then just have music/videos in the regular iTunes store. It would make it a lot more simple to search for items
ME TOO!!!
Hopefully it DOES! The new music app is sooo sleek and pretty
It very likely will! See attached below.I agree with you that iTunes is diversified far beyond its original intent and has thus become kind of a mess! Maybe they should even separate some functions, like they are doing in iOS 5 by making separate music and video apps!
I think I would really like having just a Music app, Videos app, iBooks app and then one Store app. The problem is how to handle the overlap of all those areas between the apps etc.
Also the new iPadesque look of Address Book and iCal in Lion are beautiful! LOVE THEM!!!
I agree with what you are saying. I have thought for a while that the Mac App Store implementation is weird with the App Store also in iTunes and everything else. They need to bring that all together somehow or handle the overlap better. See my comment right above this one. But let's take it even further... How about a universal app that works on the Mac, iPad, iPhone AND Apple TV all in one to make the platforms seamless??? That would be awesome! In the case of the Apple TV it might be through AirPlay Mirroring, in which case why not do that for cars too? I get in my car, there is a dock, i dock my iPhone, it automatically goes into AirPlay Mirroring mode and the nice big touchscreen in the dash of the car has my iPhone UI on it! NOW we are getting interesting
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Apple could call it iTunes Pro X and design it so it cannot play any of the music you already own.
