New iTunes is out. BIG Improvement?

[t8yman]

Well its finally out, and whether you are a hater or a lover is fairly irrelevant. As a previous advocate of all things ipod/ipad/iphone/itunes and defector of sorts to Android - I still love my classic 160Gb, and the new itunes appears on first look to be a much sleeker, less clunky, and certainly better looking beast than before.

I've yet to get a real feel for it, but as I say - first impressions are pretty good. Lets see how it fares with a bit of use.

What do others think? and please - keep the hate elsewhere. I know there are "better media playing packages" elsewhere, but for the classic, its pretty much the best way...

[t8yman]

I particularly like the way the album expands in the "album view" and displays the track names, but the colour scheme mirrors the predominant colours on the album's cover.

[AcademicPistol]

Like them or not Apple make some attractive UI's.

[Bisque]

Thanks for this... off to iTunes!

[eFestivals]

Like them or not Apple make some attractive UI's.

but iTunes is a dreadful application to install on any windows PC that is shared. Who cares if it might look pretty?

[The Nal]

I'm using Media Monkey. Its great. Fed up with itunes. Awful stuff.

Ill give the new one a shot mind you.

[mrtourette]

What do others think? and please - keep the hate elsewhere.

[t8yman]

So you only want to know what I think as long as I don't hate it?

[eFestivals]

not in the slightest, i just dont think the "apple are shite" brigade will add much to the debate here.

"other better media applications are available".

Nerrrrrr.

Edited December 3, 2012 by eFestivals

[Alcatraz]

Much improved once I've worked out how to revert the search function to what it used to be

[t8yman]

"other better media applications are available".

Nerrrrrr.

[eFestivals]

thats just the thing though, for the ipod classic at the very least - there isnt.

I know there are better media players/libraries, but ipod sync is a thing of beauty.

and a thing of extreme ugliness is the impossibility to install for just one user, and what that does to the PC for other users.

On the basis of that, just about any other method of transferring files to and from any mp3 player is better.

[LondonTom]

On the basis of that, just about any other method of transferring files to and from any mp3 player is better.

[windy_miller]

Does it play ogg and flac files yet?

Edited December 3, 2012 by windy_miller

[eFestivals]

Does it play ogg and flac files yet?

I think Apple are still pretending they don't exit in the hope that they can keep conning people into believing that no one does stuff better than Apple.

[kaosmark2]

I like Winamp.

[Gre]

Its got a new interface... the first real change of the look in 10 years or so. But that's it.

Good things; I like the 'up next' playlist, and the font looks nice on a big screen.

Bad things; I miss party shuffle, and going back to the song that is currently playing is now 2 clicks.

[AcademicPistol]

but iTunes is a dreadful application to install on any windows PC that is shared. Who cares if it might look pretty?

[Guest]

I've iTunes on my pc (Windows)... we all use it

I don't get what the problem is

[thetime]

I've iTunes on my pc (Windows)... we all use it

I don't get what the problem is

[kaosmark2]

There's more problems with iTunes than it being popular, or just something to moan about, but if you don't care about being efficient with your computer power and being locked to Apple software, it does the job.

It's almost as bad as Realplayer was.

[Alcatraz]

Hmmm, it appears to be hideously unstable

Load it up today, half my tunes are missing. Having to put them back in once again. Not impressed

[eFestivals]

I've iTunes on my pc (Windows)... we all use it

I don't get what the problem is

if you didn't all use it, those who didn't would get pissed off with iTunes interrupting their work.

[eFestivals]

Never experienced anything like that... Whats happening ?

you can't install iTunes for just one user, which means that it's doings effects any user that logs in.

In my particular case there's a PC that my kid mostly uses (which i why it has iTunes on it), which means that everytime I log in I have to send the first few minutes trying to stop iTunes hogging all the resources as it tries to update itself and scan the drives where my music is.

What that gets to mean is that Apple cannot program even the basics right in a windows program tho of course that's probably deliberate, on the basis that they want every user to see just how fantastic iTunes is(n't).

[Guest]

Hmmm, it appears to be hideously unstable

Load it up today, half my tunes are missing. Having to put them back in once again. Not impressed