I have a macbook pro 2012 and installed the new iTunes. The one problem I have is when I update iTunes match my whole computer freezes until it is finished. Besides that it seems to be much faster.
I can get used to whatever the layout is. My big question is: does the new version keep all of the playlists from the previous version?? If I have to recreate all of my damn playlists...I will go medieval on Apple's behind.
I can get used to whatever the layout is. My big question is: does the new version keep all of the playlists from the previous version?? If I have to recreate all of my damn playlists...I will go medieval on Apple's behind.
I use playlists extensively and they all moved over intact. There are also scripts you can use to back them up (including Smart Lists). A good idea if you have a ton like I do.
The playlists are only available under the Music dropdown for some reason. Probably a bug as my playlists also include movie playlists, which also show up under Music. Has anyone figured out the home movies bit yet and how it works?
That's not true.
If you start dragging a TV Show or an Album or a Movie, or an iTunesU class etc... the Playlists show up on the right.
If you start dragging a TV Show or an Album or a Movie, or an iTunesU class etc... the Playlists show up on the right.
I recommend watching the following demo:
Why would I want to start dragging a file just to see a playlist? It also only shows the devices and the 'purchased' playlist and any static lists,. The feature you describe is useful for moving or adding a file to a device or static list, but doing that to simply access your playlists makes no sense. The issue isn't about moving or adding a media file to a device. It's the fact that the playlist button only shows up under Music, rather than under movies, podcasts, music videos, etc. You can access all of them from Music though, which isn't intuative.
By the way, for those nervous about losing any playlists, you can export them beforehand, including the criteria for Smart Playlists (a feature that iTunes lacks for some reason).
Heh. Looks like you can now export Smart List criteria in iTunes 11. That's excellent, although it appears you would have to do each on individually (the script above will export all of them in one shot...handy for a full backup). Just make sure you export it using the XML format (the default is TXT).
So far my biggest gripe is the lack of easy access to Playlists, which has prompted me to turn the sidebar back on. […snip…] What they should have done is logically shown a playlist button if you have playlists for the associated media type.
And presumably still display all playlists because trying to display only media-specific playlists could be confused by mixed media playlists and nested playlist folders.
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FYI, the new Home Movie option is another media type under your library, which is a welcome addition. You can tag a movie as a 'Home Movie' instead of just 'Movie'. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to show up under the sidebar list of categories under Library, but it does access them from the new horizontal 'Home Movie' button.
It's Home Video(s). Thanks for the tip.
I discovered the Command-<#> shortcut switches between the major library categories. Anyone know of shortcuts for navigating between top row buttons? And I still haven't figured out what the cloud icon next to the category menu signifies.
And presumably still display all playlists because trying to display only media-specific playlists could be confused by mixed media playlists and nested playlist folders.
It's Home Video(s). Thanks for the tip.
I discovered the Command-<#> shortcut switches between the major library categories. Anyone know of shortcuts for navigating between top row buttons? And I still haven't figured out what the cloud icon next to the category menu signifies.
The cloud button just indicates when you have downloads available in the cloud for the selected library category. For example, any past purchases, digital downloads, etc. I elected to just turn them off in the preferences, but you can also turn them off via specific file selection, or just for a specific category (Movies, Music, etc).
I think Apple could do the context sensitive playlists properly. If a playlist displays a specific type of media, show it in that media category. Seemingly simple enough. I already sent in a suggestion. Say for example you have a playlist that shows Podcasts and Music. Then that playlist would show in both Podcasts and the Music category. They already do something similar with Apple TV (TV Show playlists won't show in the Movies section but they will show in the TV section and vice versa).
The cloud button just indicates when you have downloads available in the cloud for the selected library category. For example, any past purchases, digital downloads, etc. I elected to just turn them off in the preferences, but you can also turn them off via specific file selection, or just for a specific category (Movies, Music, etc).
Got it - thanks. Disabling it under Preferences makes it go away. I was confused with it still displayed even after selecting every individual "Hide <category> in the Cloud" option.
I think Apple could do the context sensitive playlists properly. If a playlist displays a specific type of media, show it in that media category. Seemingly simple enough. I already sent in a suggestion. Say for example you have a playlist that shows Podcasts and Music. Then that playlist would show in both Podcasts and the Music category. They already do something similar with Apple TV (TV Show playlists won't show in the Movies section but they will show in the TV section and vice versa).
Good example. Having only recently started playing with Apple TV, I noticed how it filters out any TV Shows in a mixed Movies+TV Shows playlist that it displays under the Movies section and any Movies from that same playlist when its displayed under the TV Shows sections. I can imagine it working like that in iTunes while also handling nested playlists similarly to Apple TV.
Definitely no improvement when synching to iPhone and iPad, still a messy "Books"-section and double-clicking on the books don't open on my iMac since there is no iBook for OS/X
I'm still trying to get used to it (Podcast listing fonts got too big and my list got unmanageable). For me it's just a cosmetic change without the media hub functions I expected.
The artist photo 'Gallery' seems rather slow, unfinished and buggy. I clicked on a photo and just got a grey box, nothing else. Second time I got a black box with the image but no controls. Third time I got the controls too. You can resize the image window but the photo doesn't resize. Totally lacks the Apple polish.
Also, on 'normal' non-retina screens the artist's Store view cuts off the 'Recommended' list and you can't scroll right to view it.
Apart from these niggles which I'm sure they'll fix soon, very pleased with the update.
Definitely no improvement when synching to iPhone and iPad,
still a messy "Books"-section and
double-clicking on the books don't open on my iMac since there is no iBook for OS/X
I'm still trying to get used to it (Podcast listing fonts got too big and my list got unmanageable). For me it's just a cosmetic change without the media hub functions I expected.
Can't agree more. Really like the option to read books on my Mac and iBooks still lacks that after all this time
It appears that they tried to combine the syncing activity into a single info pane with scroll bars. An odd choice, but at least you can still click on a specific device to see any sync activity for that specific device. I didn't notice any particular speed improvements there. I did a test sync of about 32 GB of data and 16 GB of data and saw only 1-3 MB/s according to my network activity.
I think I could learn to like the interface given time. I've turned the sidebar back off and just started using 'Music' to manage my playlists. I do like that it removes all of the clutter from the left pane even if it is 'music' centric, it works.
FYI, for those who are curious, you can turn off the color preference changes in the General options ("Use custom colors for open albums, movies, etc."), as well as disable all iCloud downloads, which I found distracting after removing some I didn't want and still having them show up in the list. You can disable all iCloud options in the preferences on the Store tab ("Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases"), or just use the View option to disable iCloud downloads for a specific Library view:
View - > Show/Hide {Mediatype} in iCloud
Edit: You can also just delete an iCloud download by selecting the item, and holding down Alt + Delete and selecting the option to delete the iCloud download if you just don't want or need that download to show up anywhere. Just remember this will probably remove it from all devices.
I know I initially criticised iTunes 11 for being blurry, but after just a few hours use I have warmed to it.
While I still maintain that the use of Helvetica makes the text look less sharp and slightly bulkier, it's just something that I've already gotten use to (like the new icon).
What I do like, however, is the album view. I really like the way iTunes takes the colour scheme of the album artwork, it looks great. I only wish they'd group the album into one, though, rather than separating one album into multiple pieces if there is a different artist. I have over 7 different 'NOW' album lists, yet in reality it's one album.
But other than that, I haven't encountered any bugs and it seems to work a lot quicker than before.
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I have a macbook pro 2012 and installed the new iTunes. The one problem I have is when I update iTunes match my whole computer freezes until it is finished. Besides that it seems to be much faster.
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Originally Posted by Pooch
that would be the equalizer ... and although that is still there (under the Window menu) i can't see where to enable the visuals.
Visuals are under the View menu.
I can get used to whatever the layout is. My big question is: does the new version keep all of the playlists from the previous version?? If I have to recreate all of my damn playlists...I will go medieval on Apple's behind.
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Originally Posted by DmitryB
I can get used to whatever the layout is. My big question is: does the new version keep all of the playlists from the previous version?? If I have to recreate all of my damn playlists...I will go medieval on Apple's behind.
I use playlists extensively and they all moved over intact. There are also scripts you can use to back them up (including Smart Lists). A good idea if you have a ton like I do.
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Originally Posted by DJRumpy
The playlists are only available under the Music dropdown for some reason. Probably a bug as my playlists also include movie playlists, which also show up under Music. Has anyone figured out the home movies bit yet and how it works?
That's not true.
If you start dragging a TV Show or an Album or a Movie, or an iTunesU class etc... the Playlists show up on the right.
I recommend watching the following demo:
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Originally Posted by AppleSauce007
That's not true.
If you start dragging a TV Show or an Album or a Movie, or an iTunesU class etc... the Playlists show up on the right.
I recommend watching the following demo:
Why would I want to start dragging a file just to see a playlist? It also only shows the devices and the 'purchased' playlist and any static lists,. The feature you describe is useful for moving or adding a file to a device or static list, but doing that to simply access your playlists makes no sense. The issue isn't about moving or adding a media file to a device. It's the fact that the playlist button only shows up under Music, rather than under movies, podcasts, music videos, etc. You can access all of them from Music though, which isn't intuative.
By the way, for those nervous about losing any playlists, you can export them beforehand, including the criteria for Smart Playlists (a feature that iTunes lacks for some reason).
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=exportsmartcriteria
Just download and put this apple script in your ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts folder. It will let you do 'Selected' playlists, or 'All'. Very handy.
Heh. Looks like you can now export Smart List criteria in iTunes 11. That's excellent, although it appears you would have to do each on individually (the script above will export all of them in one shot...handy for a full backup). Just make sure you export it using the XML format (the default is TXT).
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Originally Posted by DJRumpy
So far my biggest gripe is the lack of easy access to Playlists, which has prompted me to turn the sidebar back on. […snip…] What they should have done is logically shown a playlist button if you have playlists for the associated media type.
And presumably still display all playlists because trying to display only media-specific playlists could be confused by mixed media playlists and nested playlist folders.
Quote:
FYI, the new Home Movie option is another media type under your library, which is a welcome addition. You can tag a movie as a 'Home Movie' instead of just 'Movie'. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to show up under the sidebar list of categories under Library, but it does access them from the new horizontal 'Home Movie' button.
It's Home Video(s).
I discovered the Command-<#> shortcut switches between the major library categories. Anyone know of shortcuts for navigating between top row buttons? And I still haven't figured out what the cloud icon next to the category menu signifies.
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Originally Posted by sjk
And presumably still display all playlists because trying to display only media-specific playlists could be confused by mixed media playlists and nested playlist folders.
It's Home Video(s).
I discovered the Command-<#> shortcut switches between the major library categories. Anyone know of shortcuts for navigating between top row buttons? And I still haven't figured out what the cloud icon next to the category menu signifies.
The cloud button just indicates when you have downloads available in the cloud for the selected library category. For example, any past purchases, digital downloads, etc. I elected to just turn them off in the preferences, but you can also turn them off via specific file selection, or just for a specific category (Movies, Music, etc).
I think Apple could do the context sensitive playlists properly. If a playlist displays a specific type of media, show it in that media category. Seemingly simple enough. I already sent in a suggestion. Say for example you have a playlist that shows Podcasts and Music. Then that playlist would show in both Podcasts and the Music category. They already do something similar with Apple TV (TV Show playlists won't show in the Movies section but they will show in the TV section and vice versa).
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Originally Posted by oneof52
I can't find cover flow for movies or sorting movie with art by date added. Not happy.
Coverflow goodbye. It was more eyecandy than useful really, so not missing it here.
Originally Posted by DJRumpy
The cloud button just indicates when you have downloads available in the cloud for the selected library category. For example, any past purchases, digital downloads, etc. I elected to just turn them off in the preferences, but you can also turn them off via specific file selection, or just for a specific category (Movies, Music, etc).
Got it - thanks. Disabling it under Preferences makes it go away. I was confused with it still displayed even after selecting every individual "Hide <category> in the Cloud" option.
I think Apple could do the context sensitive playlists properly. If a playlist displays a specific type of media, show it in that media category. Seemingly simple enough. I already sent in a suggestion. Say for example you have a playlist that shows Podcasts and Music. Then that playlist would show in both Podcasts and the Music category. They already do something similar with Apple TV (TV Show playlists won't show in the Movies section but they will show in the TV section and vice versa).
Good example. Having only recently started playing with Apple TV, I noticed how it filters out any TV Shows in a mixed Movies+TV Shows playlist that it displays under the Movies section and any Movies from that same playlist when its displayed under the TV Shows sections. I can imagine it working like that in iTunes while also handling nested playlists similarly to Apple TV.
still a messy "Books"-section and
double-clicking on the books don't open on my iMac since there is no iBook for OS/X
I'm still trying to get used to it (Podcast listing fonts got too big and my list got unmanageable). For me it's just a cosmetic change without the media hub functions I expected.
The artist photo 'Gallery' seems rather slow, unfinished and buggy. I clicked on a photo and just got a grey box, nothing else. Second time I got a black box with the image but no controls. Third time I got the controls too. You can resize the image window but the photo doesn't resize. Totally lacks the Apple polish.
Also, on 'normal' non-retina screens the artist's Store view cuts off the 'Recommended' list and you can't scroll right to view it.
Apart from these niggles which I'm sure they'll fix soon, very pleased with the update.
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Originally Posted by xenon8000
Definitely no improvement when synching to iPhone and iPad,
still a messy "Books"-section and
double-clicking on the books don't open on my iMac since there is no iBook for OS/X
I'm still trying to get used to it (Podcast listing fonts got too big and my list got unmanageable). For me it's just a cosmetic change without the media hub functions I expected.
Can't agree more. Really like the option to read books on my Mac and iBooks still lacks that after all this time
It appears that they tried to combine the syncing activity into a single info pane with scroll bars. An odd choice, but at least you can still click on a specific device to see any sync activity for that specific device. I didn't notice any particular speed improvements there. I did a test sync of about 32 GB of data and 16 GB of data and saw only 1-3 MB/s according to my network activity.
I think I could learn to like the interface given time. I've turned the sidebar back off and just started using 'Music' to manage my playlists. I do like that it removes all of the clutter from the left pane even if it is 'music' centric, it works.
FYI, for those who are curious, you can turn off the color preference changes in the General options ("Use custom colors for open albums, movies, etc."), as well as disable all iCloud downloads, which I found distracting after removing some I didn't want and still having them show up in the list. You can disable all iCloud options in the preferences on the Store tab ("Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases"), or just use the View option to disable iCloud downloads for a specific Library view:
View - > Show/Hide {Mediatype} in iCloud
Edit: You can also just delete an iCloud download by selecting the item, and holding down Alt + Delete and selecting the option to delete the iCloud download if you just don't want or need that download to show up anywhere. Just remember this will probably remove it from all devices.
Hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by tumme-totte
Where did iTunes DJ go? I loved that one!
It's now called "Up Next".
I know I initially criticised iTunes 11 for being blurry, but after just a few hours use I have warmed to it.
While I still maintain that the use of Helvetica makes the text look less sharp and slightly bulkier, it's just something that I've already gotten use to (like the new icon).
What I do like, however, is the album view. I really like the way iTunes takes the colour scheme of the album artwork, it looks great. I only wish they'd group the album into one, though, rather than separating one album into multiple pieces if there is a different artist. I have over 7 different 'NOW' album lists, yet in reality it's one album.
But other than that, I haven't encountered any bugs and it seems to work a lot quicker than before.