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Never mind iPad mini - I can hardly wait for the "new" iTunes! I'm sure it'll be terrible (like iPad's Music.app in iOS 5&6), but no matter how bad it is, it's

Never mind iPad mini - I can hardly wait for the "new" iTunes! I'm sure it'll be terrible (like iPad's Music.app in iOS 5&6), but no matter how bad it is, it's gonna be 10 times better than the current piece of crap the iTunes is.

freehunter 14y ago
I've been looking at possibly picking up an iPhone next month, and iTunes is really the sticking point. I know iTunes isn't strictly required, but it does enhance the experience or so I'm told. But iTunes as it exists right now is awful IMO.
- mahyarm 14y ago
  iTunes on OSX isn't a bad experience like Windows.
  - navs 14y ago
    For simply organizing music, iTunes is pretty solid. I think once you start introducing the iTunes Store, iOS device syncing and iCloud it all goes to hell.
  - freehunter 14y ago
    Which is a shame, because while there's a chance I might end up with an iPhone, there's no chance I will end up with OSX.
    - bruceboughton 14y ago
      Since they de-tethered iOS from iTunes, you really don't need to use iTunes any more.
arrrg 14y ago
I don’t think it’s so bad. I quite like iTunes and there isn’t really any alternative out there (easy to sort through music library). That only applies to me, however, and may not necessarily apply to you. The new one, however, seems like a pretty big improvement, very much unlike the iPad version, both aesthetically and functionally. What I want to know is whether the goddamn preferences dialog is still modal.
- pooriaazimi 14y ago
  True. iTunes is the best, no arguing that. But it doesn't mean it's any good :) It just happened that the rest are even worse!
aes256 14y ago
Ditto. The preview from the iPhone 5 presentation looked really promising. The pace (or lack thereof) of iTunes development has been really frustrating over the past few years. There are so many little bugs that just don't get fixed. They even released an update about six months ago that made all the album artwork in grid view blurry. I'm just hoping they've been neglecting the 'old' iTunes because they've been focusing on making the 'new' version good.

freehunter 14y ago

I've been looking at possibly picking up an iPhone next month, and iTunes is really the sticking point. I know iTunes isn't strictly required, but it does enhance the experience or so I'm told. But iTunes as it exists right now is awful IMO.

mahyarm 14y ago
iTunes on OSX isn't a bad experience like Windows.
- navs 14y ago
  For simply organizing music, iTunes is pretty solid. I think once you start introducing the iTunes Store, iOS device syncing and iCloud it all goes to hell.
- freehunter 14y ago
  Which is a shame, because while there's a chance I might end up with an iPhone, there's no chance I will end up with OSX.
  - bruceboughton 14y ago
    Since they de-tethered iOS from iTunes, you really don't need to use iTunes any more.

arrrg 14y ago

I don’t think it’s so bad. I quite like iTunes and there isn’t really any alternative out there (easy to sort through music library). That only applies to me, however, and may not necessarily apply to you. The new one, however, seems like a pretty big improvement, very much unlike the iPad version, both aesthetically and functionally. What I want to know is whether the goddamn preferences dialog is still modal.

pooriaazimi 14y ago
True. iTunes is the best, no arguing that. But it doesn't mean it's any good :) It just happened that the rest are even worse!

aes256 14y ago

Ditto. The preview from the iPhone 5 presentation looked really promising. The pace (or lack thereof) of iTunes development has been really frustrating over the past few years. There are so many little bugs that just don't get fixed. They even released an update about six months ago that made all the album artwork in grid view blurry. I'm just hoping they've been neglecting the 'old' iTunes because they've been focusing on making the 'new' version good.