Ok I admit to being frustrated by this software problem I'm having. But I *did* have higher standards for Apple. But with iTunes, the Music app, Music Match, the Podcast app.. expectations are falling fast.
See I would expect my phone to work as it's designed. As it's touted to do. I'd like to be able to add a song to iTunes and then be able to play this song on my iPhone. But I don't get to do that. It usually works, but *usually*. And not when I really want it to work. I've been having the hardest time getting Nick Cave's newest album to show on my iPhone. I have Music Match. The album is in the iTunes library. the album is reporting to be in the cloud. But it's not showing up on the phone. I created a playlist just for the album. NO. I toggled Music Match on and off. NO. I hard synced the phone to the computer. NO. I wirelessly synced to the computer. NO. I left the phone alone for awhile. NO, and it gets worse. I give up and am busily going about my day. And would like to try to listen to SOMETHING then on the phone. But NO, the Music app is stuck in some kind of cloud syncing function. You know, the symbol of the cloud on the screen with some kind of static status bar beneath it. I wait longer. NO, it's frozen. Ok, so I force quit the app. I restart the app. Then I go ahead and turn off Music Match in settings. Viola, the songs downloaded to the phone are there as expected. But NO, not really. For instance there's an Iron and Wine album I've been listening to a lot lately on the phone. It's not there. But albums that are in my collection but not on the phone are there. And when trying to play them of course they don't play, because they're not there and Music Match is turned off. Like what the HELL? What happened to "it just works"??? Talk about crappy software engineering. I start to get paranoid that maybe Apple subtly finds ways to bug up the software when new versions are available and you haven't updated yet. But that's just.. paranoid. And don't get me started about the Podcast app. What a joke. :-|
See I would expect my phone to work as it's designed. As it's touted to do. I'd like to be able to add a song to iTunes and then be able to play this song on my iPhone. But I don't get to do that. It usually works, but *usually*. And not when I really want it to work. I've been having the hardest time getting Nick Cave's newest album to show on my iPhone. I have Music Match. The album is in the iTunes library. the album is reporting to be in the cloud. But it's not showing up on the phone. I created a playlist just for the album. NO. I toggled Music Match on and off. NO. I hard synced the phone to the computer. NO. I wirelessly synced to the computer. NO. I left the phone alone for awhile. NO, and it gets worse. I give up and am busily going about my day. And would like to try to listen to SOMETHING then on the phone. But NO, the Music app is stuck in some kind of cloud syncing function. You know, the symbol of the cloud on the screen with some kind of static status bar beneath it. I wait longer. NO, it's frozen. Ok, so I force quit the app. I restart the app. Then I go ahead and turn off Music Match in settings. Viola, the songs downloaded to the phone are there as expected. But NO, not really. For instance there's an Iron and Wine album I've been listening to a lot lately on the phone. It's not there. But albums that are in my collection but not on the phone are there. And when trying to play them of course they don't play, because they're not there and Music Match is turned off. Like what the HELL? What happened to "it just works"??? Talk about crappy software engineering. I start to get paranoid that maybe Apple subtly finds ways to bug up the software when new versions are available and you haven't updated yet. But that's just.. paranoid. And don't get me started about the Podcast app. What a joke. :-|
