d00ban Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 i hate it, its so shit its always either loosing my tunes or making god dam doubles of everything. i wish id never installed it its fucked up the organisation of all my files completely why the hell doesnt it have a 'relocate lost files' function when serato has got one where all u gotta do it drag the file on the button and boom, theyre all found again. god dam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sounds like a crime Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Its because Apple is Shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monophonic Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 hm, strange problem. I lost files when i moved my lib and had some incorrect file permissions. Do you use multiple libs / external disks? The best way to do so is to press alt when starting iTunes, this allows to hook in another lib. On Linux, i love Amarok. Great alternative to iTunes. Sadly the Windows port isnt that stable yet and Amarok on OS X requires Fink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I simply started using Itunes cuz I got an Ipod touch for my 25th bday...can't say I really like the program though...but yeah I guess I gotta live with what the market offers me, cuz except for one small problem my ipod touch is the mothafuckin shiznit. But yeah sorry to hear bout your problem...the new Itunes 8.0 looks absolutely shite btw... pee.z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 never had a problem with it and I really like it now, i don't even use crates in serato now i just uses smart playlists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Ive never really liked itunes much... it just seems really slow to respond to stuff... plus ive found the double adding problem also. plus the tagging feature is terrible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 slow as mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Dung Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 the thing i found with itunes is you have to completely commit to it. let itunes take care of the library automatically and do all the tagging of your music. you have to keep on top of the tags and be strict about it, for instance you have to decide the main artist on a song and put all the featuring artists in the song title rather than the artist field, i used to do it the other way round and you end up with an album with a lot of contributors split into 25 folders. You basically have to learn the 'rules' so to speak, and figure out how you want to bend them to your advantage. for instance, one of the most important things for me is to keep the genres really on point- like i have dance/electronica, hip hop/rap, r&b/soul, rock, dubstep, battle breaks etc, keeping them as wide as possible but also making sure not to have anything in 'hip-hop/rap' when it should be in 'hip hop/rap' and so on. i also used to use playlists for albums until i realised it was silly when you can actually use itune's album filter for a much neater way of doing the same thing. that kind of thing. top tip though is to get a couple of doug's itunes scripts, which will let you, for instance, instantly find all your duplicates. makes keeping things tidy easier. since letting itunes manage my library i have had far less headaches, but if you can't bring yourself to do it, super remove dead tracks is a great way of clearing out all the files you've deleted from the itunes library. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monophonic Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Same with Chris. iTunes, like any other Apple product, is just not for everybody. If you like to do things the way Apple wants you to, their stuff is great. If not its terrible. When supporting people new on a Mac i see that all the time. The learning curve gets steep as soon as they figure out how Apple wants them to use their Mac. E.g. the double adding problem in iTunes seems to come up when splitting the lib. I have my lib splitted too but it took some time until i figured it out how it can be done. Obviously Apple didnt think on this when designing iTunes. Same with the tagging feature: there is one workflow which is extremely fast, if you want to do it any other way that feature is shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 iTunes is fucking wank...that is all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfoly Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Buy Records! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sounds like a crime Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 what are those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 No problems with iTunes here. Manages my music how I want it to and plays my tracks just fine. The new iTunes visualiser is really cool as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfoly Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 what are those? they are musical dildos that you stick up your bum! thats how it was back in the old days ya know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 they are musical dildos that you stick up your bum! thats how it was back in the old days ya know! This will be covered in my advice section when it is up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfoly Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Good! I need some SERIOUS advice mang! Especially concerning music in my ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkei Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 iTunes...not my bag (Media Monkey all the way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sounds like a crime Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Good! I need some SERIOUS advice mang! Especially concerning music in my ass! Holy shizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 iTunes 8 is wank. So are versions 1-7, although I do kinda like version 2 because the bug in it wiped a shit load of Mac users' hard drives clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfoly Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Good! I need some SERIOUS advice mang! Especially concerning music in my ass! Holy shizz No-Unholy! you wouldnt like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyNuts Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I whole heartedly endorse the original sentiments of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 i keep all my music on external HDthen ive put all that into itunes no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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