One of the issues I've had since 10, and remaining with 10.0.1, is that every time I open iTunes, I get a prompt asking if I want to have iTunes accept incoming connections. The deal is that I already have iTunes set to accept incoming connections in the Firewall preferences, yet it still does this. Any way to fix that? Thanks!
I get this too but attribute this to having monkeyed with the icons and broken the signed status of the app. I don't know if even the Terminal commands can break the signed status.
Apple lossless is not FLAC. Neither is WMA lossless, for that matter. While they're both lossless, FLAC is a far more popular format despite not being supported by Quicktime/Apple.
In 20 years, do I want all of my music being stored in the digital equivalent of BETA tapes? Or the musical equivalent of .lwp files? I understand there'll probably be a converter created in that eventuality, which will be a pain in the ass.
I agree that it's all speculation so here are the other pros of FLAC over Apple Lossless:
-it supports CUE sheets
-it includes MD5 hashes so you can check integrity of files very easily
-pipe support
-replay gain compatible
-it's still being actively developed, so improvements to metadata/tagging, for example, are reflected in the Codec
-it's open source
-it's supported in Linux
Anyways, would it really be that difficult for Apple to implement? They can jam the "Genius" and "Ping" in, but can't add the most popular Lossless Codec to the player?
I don't know why it's such a big deal - both ALAC and FLAC can easily (losslessly) be converted to AIFF.
After some research, it seems that the complaint about grey icons is basically lame in that other similar programs are similarly adorned, and that the complaint about the Ping drop-down being everywhere is especially lame because it's more or less what people were asking for just last week.
Who exactly was asking for Ping to be even more in your face? What I saw was a majority of people asking how they could remove PIng from iTunes totally, so it's name doesn't even appear in the sidebar.
I agree. The new PING thing really irritates me. And I miss the Genius bar as it WAS. I found a lot of good music with the Genius bar, but I'm not at all interested in Facebook for iTunes.
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Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody
It seems at first sight to replace my genius bar with a Ping bar and give me no option to return it. This is a shame since literally the *only* good thing about the Genius thing is the genius bar connection to iTunes.
Also seems to screw up a lot of my cover art.
I'm getting really sick of the crap they are folding into iTunes that doesn't give you the option of removing it. The "Genius mixes" (that I don't ever want to see but are un-removeable), jumping in your face every time you sync are bad enough, and they might want to fix the broken implementation of cover-flow first also.
I wish there was a serious alternative out there that wasn't going to give users more hassle than Apples implementation of iTunes does.
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One of the issues I've had since 10, and remaining with 10.0.1, is that every time I open iTunes, I get a prompt asking if I want to have iTunes accept incoming connections. The deal is that I already have iTunes set to accept incoming connections in the Firewall preferences, yet it still does this. Any way to fix that? Thanks!
I get this too but attribute this to having monkeyed with the icons and broken the signed status of the app. I don't know if even the Terminal commands can break the signed status.
Apple lossless is not FLAC. Neither is WMA lossless, for that matter. While they're both lossless, FLAC is a far more popular format despite not being supported by Quicktime/Apple.
In 20 years, do I want all of my music being stored in the digital equivalent of BETA tapes? Or the musical equivalent of .lwp files? I understand there'll probably be a converter created in that eventuality, which will be a pain in the ass.
I agree that it's all speculation so here are the other pros of FLAC over Apple Lossless:
-it supports CUE sheets
-it includes MD5 hashes so you can check integrity of files very easily
-pipe support
-replay gain compatible
-it's still being actively developed, so improvements to metadata/tagging, for example, are reflected in the Codec
-it's open source
-it's supported in Linux
Anyways, would it really be that difficult for Apple to implement? They can jam the "Genius" and "Ping" in, but can't add the most popular Lossless Codec to the player?
I don't know why it's such a big deal - both ALAC and FLAC can easily (losslessly) be converted to AIFF.
After some research, it seems that the complaint about grey icons is basically lame in that other similar programs are similarly adorned, and that the complaint about the Ping drop-down being everywhere is especially lame because it's more or less what people were asking for just last week.
Who exactly was asking for Ping to be even more in your face? What I saw was a majority of people asking how they could remove PIng from iTunes totally, so it's name doesn't even appear in the sidebar.
Did they 'fix' the retarded open/close buttons being on the left side?
If it?s intentional, there is nothing for them to fix.
If you don?t like the change, find a resolution.
It seems at first sight to replace my genius bar with a Ping bar and give me no option to return it. This is a shame since literally the *only* good thing about the Genius thing is the genius bar connection to iTunes.
Also seems to screw up a lot of my cover art.
I'm getting really sick of the crap they are folding into iTunes that doesn't give you the option of removing it. The "Genius mixes" (that I don't ever want to see but are un-removeable), jumping in your face every time you sync are bad enough, and they might want to fix the broken implementation of cover-flow first also.
I wish there was a serious alternative out there that wasn't going to give users more hassle than Apples implementation of iTunes does.
If it?s intentional, there is nothing for them to fix.
If you don?t like the change, find a resolution.
I have, I won't be upgrading.
For those who use it, I'm sure it is great. For the rest of us, it is no more than a major irritant.
Does anyone have a way to make Ping totally disappear?
For those who use it, I'm sure it is great. For the rest of us, it is no more than a major irritant.
I don't have version 10 installed so can't verify if this makes Ping "totally" disappear, but you may find it useful.
Does anyone have a way to make Ping totally disappear?
For those who use it, I'm sure it is great. For the rest of us, it is no more than a major irritant.
Check out OSX Daily website to remove ping sidebar and drop down menu.
http://osxdaily.com/2010/09/25/disab...-ping-sidebar/