iTunes 11 now available

DubDJ · 29-11-2012 7:43pm #1

Apple have just updated iTunes to version 11 with the revamped UI and better iCloud support among other features. It's available as an update via the Mac App Store or by Direct Download from Apple.com ([Snip] - Now available).

Apple TV was also updated to 5.1.1 and the Remote app has a new iPad interface.

aoshea83 · 29-11-2012 7:51pm

Nothing yet for windows

aoshea83 · 29-11-2012 7:53pm

Forget that just went to the site

nocoverart · 29-11-2012 7:55pm

aoshea83 wrote: »

Nothing yet for windows

Damn racists!

Blazer · 29-11-2012 8:20pm

seems to be available now..at least the url mentions itunes11 in it

aoshea83 · 29-11-2012 8:59pm

I like it!

Still a bit slow in places but it's clean and familiar

DubDJ · 29-11-2012 8:59pm

Yep available on the MAS and Apple's site. Really like the new UI of the whole thing. Layout will take some time getting used to. Like the new layout for syncing the connected iOS devices. A little awkward to find though.

Also for those afraid of change and want the sidebar back try this;

1. Click Songs.

2. Click View > Show Sidebar (Command-Option-S)

3. Click View > Show Status Bar (Command-/)

coylemj · 30-11-2012 2:02pm

I notice that it now allows me to access the taskbar at the bottom of the screen (Windows 7), previously it grabbed the whole screen when maximized and the taskbar was inaccessible.

Review on the Telegraph today...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9713830/iTunes-11-review.html

Dades · 30-11-2012 4:01pm

DubDJ wrote: »

Yep available on the MAS and Apple's site. Really like the new UI of the whole thing. Layout will take some time getting used to. Like the new layout for syncing the connected iOS devices. A little awkward to find though.

Also for those afraid of change and want the sidebar back try this;

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Thanks for that.

I've been mucking around with it and can't figure why you'd want to NOT have the sidebar when moving/deleting stuff from your device.

Looks well though.

Sad Professor · 30-11-2012 4:12pm

Dades wrote: »

Thanks for that.

I've been mucking around with it and can't figure why you'd want to NOT have the sidebar when moving/deleting stuff from your device.

Looks well though.

The playlist sidebar automatically appears on the right when you click and drag a song. Much easier than the old way. There's really no need for the main sidebar anymore.

Dades · 30-11-2012 5:13pm

Now I see how it works!

Also, CTRL S toggles the sidebar which is cool.

Is there another way of getting your actual device library (music. apps, etc.) to display without going in via the sidebar? I keep clicking the eject iPhone option which appears on BOTH side at the top depending on what view you're in. Is that really needed??

Why isn't there a button instead that shows your iPhone like the "iTunes Store" button brings you into iTunes.

Mimikyu · 30-11-2012 5:42pm

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Itssoeasy · 30-11-2012 6:00pm

Dades wrote: »

Now I see how it works!

Also, CTRL S toggles the sidebar which is cool.

Is there another way of getting your actual device library (music. apps, etc.) to display without going in via the sidebar? I keep clicking the eject iPhone option which appears on BOTH side at the top depending on what view you're in. Is that really needed??

Why isn't there a button instead that shows your iPhone like the "iTunes Store" button brings you into iTunes.

There is its next to the itunes store one.

Mimikyu · 30-11-2012 6:02pm

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Itssoeasy · 30-11-2012 6:04pm

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I had the same problem as you before but it seems to be working fine for me now.

Mimikyu · 30-11-2012 6:09pm

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Itssoeasy · 30-11-2012 6:19pm

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OTA or using the cable ?

Mimikyu · 30-11-2012 6:24pm

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Dades · 30-11-2012 6:25pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

There is its next to the itunes store one.

Urk! I've just realised there's two clickable areas on that button. One to eject and the other goto device.

I swear I'm an internet professional. :pac:

Itssoeasy · 30-11-2012 6:30pm

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Just closed itunes and started it again and my iphone appeared again but not as quickly as before. hmmm and it only says "iphone" instead of "mynameiphone"

Sad Professor · 30-11-2012 10:43pm

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For the last 24 hours iTunes Match has been nothing but a complete pain in the hole for me. It seems to be working okay now, but I'm getting really pissed off with it. It frequently stops working for hours at a time.

It's amazing how the blogs get their panties in a twist over every little thing to do with Apple, while ignoring the fact that Apple are currently charging users 25 euro a year to beta test their music-in-the-cloud service.

Sephiroth_dude · 01-12-2012 8:19pm

Hi
Got a new ipod nano,updated to the new version of i tunes,it doesn't seem to syncing properly,it was stuck 2of1450 songs even though the bar was moving along and then all of a sudden it just stops syncing,SO I Disconnected the nano and there was only 2 songs on it,any ideas?

jack presley · 01-12-2012 9:34pm

I've gone back to having the sidebar and status bar anyway.

The big down side to 11 for me (unless I'm missing something obvious of course) is that it's not as simple as it used to be to manually add artwork to an album if it isn't in Apple's database. In the old versions you could just copy and paste an image from Google or wherever in the album view on the sidebar and could do whole albums in one go. Now you can't copy and paste but have to go into the 'get info' section and add the artwork from a file on your computer. And you have to do it individually for each song. Total pain!

DubDJ · 01-12-2012 10:27pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Hi
Got a new ipod nano,updated to the new version of i tunes,it doesn't seem to syncing properly,it was stuck 2of1450 songs even though the bar was moving along and then all of a sudden it just stops syncing,SO I Disconnected the nano and there was only 2 songs on it,any ideas?

Just a few things. Have you got enough space to hold the 1450 songs on the nano? Have you tried restoring it though iTunes? Could be a corrupt copy of iOS. Try closing iTunes and 'Quiting' completely from it. Also a restart of your Laptop/PC.

Sad Professor · 01-12-2012 10:28pm

jack presley wrote: »

I've gone back to having the sidebar and status bar anyway.

The big down side to 11 for me (unless I'm missing something obvious of course) is that it's not as simple as it used to be to manually add artwork to an album if it isn't in Apple's database. In the old versions you could just copy and paste an image from Google or wherever in the album view on the sidebar and could do whole albums in one go. Now you can't copy and paste but have to go into the 'get info' section and add the artwork from a file on your computer. And you have to do it individually for each song. Total pain!

You can still paste images in. Just click in the artwork box and paste.

I never realised you could even do it the sidebar way. I always did it the Get Info way.

jack presley · 01-12-2012 10:41pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

You can still paste images in. Just click in the artwork box and paste.

I never realised you could even do it the sidebar way. I always did it the Get Info way.

Which view are you doing this in? I can't paste. I only get the option to 'add' or 'delete'. Nothing happens when I right click. Also a shame that to get the 'next' or 'previous' buttons in the get info, you have to be in the songs option.

Sad Professor · 01-12-2012 11:00pm

jack presley wrote: »

Which view are you doing this in? I can't paste. I only get the option to 'add' or 'delete'. Nothing happens when I right click. Also a shame that to get the 'next' or 'previous' buttons in the get info, you have to be in the songs option.

I always use keyboard shortcuts (CMD-V on a Mac to paste), so I'm not sure if right-click ever worked. It's probably easiest if you bring up the multi info window by right-click and Get Info on an album. Then just click in the artwork box and paste. It does seem a bit buggy now that I look at it, but it still works.

jack presley · 01-12-2012 11:04pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

I always use keyboard shortcuts (CMD-V on a Mac to paste), so I'm not sure if right-click ever worked. It's probably easiest if you bring up the multi info window by right-click and Get Info on an album. Then just click in the artwork box and paste. It does seem a bit buggy now that I look at it, but it still works.

Ah yeah, that works. I've always used the mouse to cut and paste, never the keyboard. thanks for that.

bucks73 · 02-12-2012 11:46am

Not liking the update so far. Seems to be more awkward when looking for something in particular plus one thing that is really annoying is when you leave your library to go to the store or disc in the drive and then go back to the library it takes you back to the top again instead of what you were looking at previously like it did in previous versions.

Creamy Goodness · 02-12-2012 12:28pm

it's a UX diaster tbh, I have to move my pointer all the time now as everything is in opposite corners. as before everything was in the sidebar easy accessible.

now i know you can get the sidebar back but i don't particularly want to, apple should know better

jack presley · 02-12-2012 12:40pm

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

it's a UX diaster tbh, I have to move my pointer all the time now as everything is in opposite corners. as before everything was in the sidebar easy accessible.

now i know you can get the sidebar back but i don't particularly want to, apple should know better

What way would you make it better though? You don't want the sidebar but you want the things you used to be able to do with the sidebar.

iTunes 11 now available

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