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- neoform, on 10/12/2007, -3/+48Dunno about anyone else but itunes 7 is incredibly faster than v6 (i've got a library with nearly 200GB of music and v6 was far slower).. the speed increase feels like it's twice as fast..
- badnewsblair, on 10/12/2007, -4/+41None of these are bugs. They are just changes in UI/Context.
- skoles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15How many of you having problems are on Windows? I installed it on my work 3.2ghz P4 w/1gb of RAM and it runs choppy, if not a little sluggish. Especially in CoverFlow.
Digg this post up if you have problems and are on a Windows machine. - wisewaif, on 10/12/2007, -11/+22iTunes has broken many things that worked fine before, such as:
1. Enhanced Podcast Button : Now you have to navigate enhanced podcast chapters through the menu bar. It's very unintuitive, and goes against Apple UI as far as having everything be usable in the application.
2. Full Screen Button : Another weird one, they decided to get rid of the full screen button at the bottom left. To get a movie into full-screen mode, you have to click on the movie, and then click on the button in the player. Very weird, and dare I say almost WIndows-like?
3. The top level search/grouping. Remember when they allowed you to search, and then drill down on the top bar by category, such as "podast" or "music?" Now you have to be specific in your search beforehand with the drop-down in the search bar. - rrbaker, on 01/15/2009, -4/+14I'm not going to say it's going to be Apple's downfall or anything but I can certainly see these big events biting them in the ass down the road. As demand increases in addition to the expectation for new toys and upgrades, Apple's going to rush ***** out the door to meet these demands and it's not going to be ready to ship. It's going to be 'good enough; we'll clean it up in version X.1 and X.2." Already it's kind of an rule of thumb not to buy the first release of their products.
Not flaming Apple, just saying I'd be fine with more "Here's a preview of what's to come!" from Steve than "Here it is! ...Good luck!" - hurfydurfur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9He pumps his Reason mixdowns through iTunes to his Airport on his patio outside while he mixes Frostbitten Icelandic Doom Goat Choir Metal in his bedroom. His neighbors stare in horror at the horrifically realtime music production workflow.
- handheldchimp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11The new iTunes 7 was designed with snails in mind.
This is the worst iTunes in my opinion, but knowing them they will fix it quickly within a day or two. Mine is running extremely slow, just to update my nano it is taking more then an hour and a half.
It also can't make up its mind as to how much space is left. First it said 1.71 gb used 2.21 available. Now it says 1.69 used, 67 mb other, and 2 gb left... - strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I'll answer my own question. Yes, a lot of people are having this problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=637228 - guice, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I noticed right away that iTunes 7 is a CPU hog when I tried to play a video. I would watch Diggnation all the time on this PC with iTunes 6 with no problems. But watching a video in iTunes 7 slowed my system down so much, Eclipse and Firefox were both lagging due to iTunes.
- rbishop, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12If there was a front page story for every bug in Windows this site would be over-run by Bill Gate's folly's...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Yeah, rushing things out the door is NOT thinking different.
:P - CamperBob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Rest assured, this article is NOT "inaccurate." I can no longer run any other CPU-intensive tasks on my XP box while iTunes 7 is running -- doing so causes static and audio breakups galore.
Apple must have conducted no testing whatsoever on this release. Worse, you can't go back to iTunes 6. When I tried, I got the message "The file iTunes Library.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes."
Windows users should stay FAR away from this release until the problems are addressed. I don't think I've seen a buggier piece of commercial code in the last few years... and I don't care who mods me down for saying so. You can make a Digg comment go away but you can't bury reality. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7i have high speed internet, and my computer has spent all night trying to get the cover art. it is painfully slow. the coverflow is painfully slow. and the process of determining gapless information is painfully slow. i cant even surf the Internet while it is performing any activities. all my other softwares run slow now. they better patch this thing pronto
- chimaera2005, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8On number 2, you don't have to click on the movie, you only have to hover (straight from Quicktime 7 full-screen mode).
On number 3, I believe the feature you are looking for is the "Browse" functionality, which can still be accessed by clicking on that little eye next to the eject button in the bottom right corner of iTunes. - Juke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I've read and experienced that there is an issue with audio cards, both on-board and third party.
Sound not coming out of all speakers, lots of skipping when running another application that uses the audio card etc etc.. - allenb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@bleonard:
I think you mean Web 2.0 has a very Apple look... that whole reflection and subtle gradient thang was done by Apple before it was done by countless Web designers.
OS X, especially Aqua, has inspired a lot of designers. - Raian, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Also this may be a point for another thread-- but did you notice some of the UI elements in the mac version of iTunes 7? I think Apple is hinting as to what the UI will look like in Leopard-- possibly much more like some of the pro-apps UIs.
- MacSawD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Does anyone have problems with iTunes while playing a video game? I like listening to music when I'm playing and the music gets all choppy and speeds up at times.
- homestar14, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9As much as I love iTunes 7, Apple has quite a bit of stuff to look into here. Luckily I have not had most of the problems people have been describing. However, my iTunes randomly quits when it is transitioning to another song. It used to happen almost every time, but now it only happens every once in a while.
Apple is _usually_ good about getting updates out for bugs like these, especially with the kinds of internet press they've been getting. Hopefully this Digg article will catch their attention also. - ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7And these bug fixes will probably mean another rediculously large download (~35mb), including QuickTime, right?
- CosmoKramer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7If I try to play any sort of game, or run any higher end app, the songs will become distorted and skp around. I'm considering downgrading back to version 6. Hopefully they patch it in the next few days.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Here's the Apple discussion group link:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=797 - AtlanticVortex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Every time I open the program, I get a dialog saying "please wait while Windows configures iTunes." It puts iTunes back in the main list of programs, and will not let you keep your program files organized. I have to delete the new iTunes directory every time I start iTunes, which is kind of annoying...
- wilwheaton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7iTunes ate my purchased music when I upgraded.
Once I connected my iPod to iTunes 7, and told it to transfer the purchased music, all my purchased music vanished. It's not in my library, and it's not in my iPod. The machine which I used to purchase the DRM'd music is undergoing service, so until I get it back, I don't have a way to restore the music that was lost on my iPod.
Yes, I could take all the CDs that I've burned and rip them all over again, but that's not the point. The point is I bought the music (or the right to play the music on approved devices, if you want to be pedantic), I upgraded the software, tried to use a new feature (which is really cool, if it works, IMHO) and now I have no music to show for my efforts.
But, uh, flipping through albums is neat-o. - wistar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9That's a hoot. It's not Windows fault. Didn't earlier versions work just fine on Win? You're in denial.
- sembetu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Why would you run Reason AND iTunes at the same time, do you have two heads and four ears?
j/k - nclinton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6the browse button is on the bottom right, replacing the visualizer button (which is now a menu/key command only).
- Klitzy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I too have had many problems with iTunes....Called support today and they said they have had calls all day about bugs in 7. Im sure we will see and update/patch/what not very soon. Mine won't even let me play videos or put videos on my ipod.
- ziadoz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6iTunes 7 has serious sound issues. Its got so many great features but until they fix the stuttering and static sound its a step backwards. Apple zealots have marked this as inaccurate as usual I see. I only wish it were true, unfortuantly its not, iTunes 7 is riddlied with bugs.
- mattyohe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7UGH GAH! I CAN'T BELIEVE APPLE DID THIS! IT MUST BE THEIR FAULT, IT'S RIDDLED WITH BUGS AND SO I WILL POINT TO A BLOG THAT SHOWS ONE.
Okay.. The browse button (the eye) has been MOVED to the bottom next to the eject button.
Please use iTunes 7 for more than a week before commenting on anything that is "missing" or a "huge pain in the ass" - brotherjohn1234, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i give apple :
1 day to recognize the problem.
1 day to reproduce the problem. ( hey - installing windows on a mac does take time ;)
1 day for searching for the bug in the sourcecode
1 day for fixing it.
1 day for packaging a new update.
-> On Tuesday i demand my update. ( yes, the folks from apple should work over the weekend ) - robb.monn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6this truly sucks. I feel it.
If you are on a mac you can assign command 1 to do that again in the Keyboard prefpane. I did and it works.... but it is odd that they cut it out.
Overall I think this is a dud. If this is what the next-gen apple apps are going to be like I'm pretty bummed. It actually feels slow on my MBP. :( - Cander, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Oh yeah. They just happen to be extemely major problems. What would you call them? Obviously cant call them bugs right? Apple doesnt have bugs! Just temporary problems
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I've noticed two bugs. If you highlight more than one song, you cannot drag album art to the art pane. You have to actually open up "Get Info" and drag it into there.
Also, if you're playing music and another program plays a sound, iTunes gets skippy. Never had either issues in v6. All in all though, I really like v7 - just a matter of fixing the bugs. - rbishop, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I have 3.2 ghz and 1gb RAM with a pretty decent video card and the visualizer is playing at an agonizingly slow speed. It seems apple has changed the visualizer to accommodate a larger size in full screen mode. Which is fine, but it plays choppy and horribly slow. Also, it was possible in previous versions to change the size of the visualizer. Where are those options now?
- sputza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm running XP Pro and iTunes 7 really runs poor. It uses over double the ram of ver 6. I like the look but its still has many performance bugs to work out. I would say that this release is more of a RC1 than a final release.
- helfire, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Same, everthing works fine on 5 computers i installed it on yesterday. Windows & mac.
- jer084, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I'm having the same issue as the article explains... I'm unable to update my 5g ipod. It prompts me, then ejects it, and leaves me hanging. Any fixes?
- LoungeActx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5My iTunes 7 froze when I plugged my video iPod in. Force Quit wouldn't close it, and I had to reboot the computer. I haven't had the chance to dive deeper into it, but I will later on tonight.
- yensed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yea, I get that too. Does it to me in Quicktime too.
- rbishop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5SentOne, thanks for the advice but that's the first thing I tried. Unchecking Direct X didn't remedy the concern.
- jribb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5On my computer (WinXP) iTunes 7 it’s using over 150mb of memory, that’s just ridicules.
- strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Is anybody else getting this Message?
iTunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Try un-checking "use direct x" in the visualizer options, I was having the same problem & this immediately fixed it.
- RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Does anyone else think the stand-alone CoverFlow app was smoother than the one integrated in iTunes?
- slaystench, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm having problems playing games with itunes running lately. The music starts popping if anything else is playing at the same time. I've never had this problem until I updated today.
- grzelakc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I'm having the same problems with iTunes 7 on XP. The darn thing won't see my 1st gen nano until I "repair" the iTunes installation but then it only recognizes the Nano once. Once ejected I have to "repair" the iTunes installation (through the Installshield installer) in order to get iTunes 7 to see the iPod at all.
Reverting to iTunes 6 fixes the problem... except you have to sacrifice your entire music library as iTunes 7 messes with it leaving it incompatible with iTunes 6.
Great release, Apple! So many bugs! What the hell is going on? Did all your QA quit last week? - ModernGeek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8@wistar: I'm not a fan of trolling/bashing/steriotyping, but that was hilarious. All funnies aside, I'm running iTunes 7, and while some things feel quirky (videos take a while to open at times, etc), I like it better than v6. I don't like the gray scroll-bars, but I'll probably get used to them. I'm sure 7.0.1 or whatever will fix most of the things that ale us.
- wphj, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10I love the new iTunes, and I've had no problems with it at all.
I'd expect an iTunes 7.0.1 update in the next few days fixing all the little bugs.
I really like the new look too. - xoineg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7no problems on my imac..everything updated and work just fine without a problem...maybe is just windows...
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