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You're not the only one. I moved to iTunes from WinAmp when I got tired of meticulously organizing my mp3s into folders. That was the feature that sold me on

You're not the only one. I moved to iTunes from WinAmp when I got tired of meticulously organizing my mp3s into folders. That was the feature that sold me on Windows iTunes. Then came iPods, MacBook Pros, iPhones, iPads and now maybe $10k+ later I'm hook line and sinker into the Mac Eco system.

antr 14y ago
pure nostalgia. i think many of us share that very same history
FixThisPOSSite 14y ago
Ugh, no thanks. I don't want iTunes ruining my filenames and directory structure with its horseshit idea of what's right. And to this day, iTunes doesn't detect new music that you add to your directory structure, which even EphPod did quite reliably. That's pretty pathetic. WinAmp sucked because of the asinine "skinning" that turned it into a game of Myst just to use it.
jimhart3000 14y ago
Unfortunately, WinAmp so indoctrinated me into manually managing my mp3 folders that even after I switched to iTunes, it was still years until I finally let it manage the library structure for me.
- rkudeshi 14y ago
  You're not the only one. I finally gave in and let iTunes start managing my files for me about 2 years ago - it's one of the best computing decisions I've ever made. If you're still manually managing your music files' folder structure, I strongly encourage you to let iTunes start doing it. What you lose in fine-grained control (I never liked 'Artist/Album/songs' subfolders, I preferred a big list of 'Artist - Album/songs' folders) you make up in a much better listening experience.
MattRogish 14y ago
This follows my rough transition, too. I was a die-hard Windows user. Winamp3 was terrible. Constantly cleaning up and organizing my MP3s was stupid and wasteful. iTunes, although "bloated", took care of all of that. I then got an iPod. Then another one. Then an iMac/MacBook. Now I'm all iOS (iPhones, iPads, MacBook Pro/Airs, etc). Haven't used Windows since, oh, 2003 or 2004? Really an interesting example of the halo effect at work. I bet a lot of folks scoffed at Steve Jobs when he described that very same process.

antr 14y ago

pure nostalgia. i think many of us share that very same history

FixThisPOSSite 14y ago

Ugh, no thanks. I don't want iTunes ruining my filenames and directory structure with its horseshit idea of what's right. And to this day, iTunes doesn't detect new music that you add to your directory structure, which even EphPod did quite reliably. That's pretty pathetic. WinAmp sucked because of the asinine "skinning" that turned it into a game of Myst just to use it.

jimhart3000 14y ago

Unfortunately, WinAmp so indoctrinated me into manually managing my mp3 folders that even after I switched to iTunes, it was still years until I finally let it manage the library structure for me.

rkudeshi 14y ago
You're not the only one. I finally gave in and let iTunes start managing my files for me about 2 years ago - it's one of the best computing decisions I've ever made. If you're still manually managing your music files' folder structure, I strongly encourage you to let iTunes start doing it. What you lose in fine-grained control (I never liked 'Artist/Album/songs' subfolders, I preferred a big list of 'Artist - Album/songs' folders) you make up in a much better listening experience.

MattRogish 14y ago

This follows my rough transition, too. I was a die-hard Windows user. Winamp3 was terrible. Constantly cleaning up and organizing my MP3s was stupid and wasteful. iTunes, although "bloated", took care of all of that. I then got an iPod. Then another one. Then an iMac/MacBook. Now I'm all iOS (iPhones, iPads, MacBook Pro/Airs, etc). Haven't used Windows since, oh, 2003 or 2004? Really an interesting example of the halo effect at work. I bet a lot of folks scoffed at Steve Jobs when he described that very same process.