DGOMBAU  Warning. Tried to download a TV episode tonight, to watch tonight. Not an unreasonable expectation, since my verified download cable connection is 12mps.

But whoa - the HD version quoted a FOUR HOUR download. Even the SD version at 530 MB was a one-hour D/L. At 12mbs it SHOULD take 6 minutes, not 60. I tried stopping and reconnecting over a 40 minute period, just in case there was heavy demand. But no, it stayed the same.

Seems that iTunes servers are running at dial-up speed.

Not unreasonably I emailed iTunes Support and asked for my $2.99 to be refunded, since even the SD version will be way to late to watch.

Will let you know the Apple response. But I am not holding my breath.  
(Version 9.0.2)

SKYNET  I’m not sure if I am the only one who has spotted these problem with the iTunes “wish list” I have also emailed Apple about the problem and they said they are working to solve the problem, but are not sure when the problem will be solved.

So here is the issue…the “wish list” only displays 25 songs. If you go over 25 songs it goes onto a second page. Well on the second page you cannot delete any songs from that page (using the “X” on the side) also if you delete one song from the first page you have to reload your wish list in order to delete another song.

I also noticed that if you have an Album in your wish and press the quick view option in the right bottom corner of the album cover art it will only bring up a blank screen and not display the songs listed on the album for you to review.

I was hoping this new iTunes update would correct these issues I have been having but it has not. This is the first time I have been disappointed by Apple and brings back memories of the problems with PCs.

Has anyone else encountered these problems listed above or others?   
(Version 9.0.2)

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Dark grid view is a welcome (and overdue) improvement. It seems as if the light grid view has also been tweaked a bit -- the font seems bold(er) and the background's blinding whiteness has been reduced. I'd still like to see more GUI customization options, in the List View, for example; I'd prefer a darker (or non-white) interface throughout. Come on, Apple! Can't you trust us to choose our own colors? I don't think that's too much to ask.

No problems so far on OSX 10.6.1  
(Version 9.0.2)

LARRY KLEIN  Warning !! - This version will not recognize an older Rio player.  
(Version 9.0.1)

JOSH C.  Now that the mini player issue is fixed, I'm ecstatic. Loved iTunes since day one and can't wait to see what they come up with next  
(Version 9.0.1)

MACBEBE  iTunes 9 is the work of the Devil! Up to v8 it was a beautifully designed classic - no wonder everyone tried to copy it's clever navigational system. Now it's a mess. The iTunes Store is now a nightmare to use. I'm not embarrassed to confess I shed a few tears when I first saw it. Please sort it our, Apple.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ALIENDUDE  Thanx to Apple for fixing the zoom/mini issue!  
(Version 9.0.1)

EKKLESIADAD  I just want the opportunity to say how very much I despise iTunes 9. It is clumsy, slow, disorganized and pathetically ugly. Every change has made information harder to find. Hiding the shopping cart in the obscure "wish list" is a naked attempt to promote impulse buying and make Apple a few more Micro$oft stylee $$$. As someone who has used Macs sin 1989 and iTunes from the very beginning I just want to say, "Blah!"  
(Version 9.0)

ALEP23  Guys, is it just me or the tumbnail resizing slider in Grid view mode just disapeared? I'm also getting a a full white background in this view mode instead of black one. Any suggestions?  
(Version 9.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  The more I've used 9.0, the more I'm liking it. The new layout of the iTunes store is much easier to use and navigate, and I like that iTunes U now has it's own special place in the library. (If you're into self-education and continuing education, iTunes U is simply awesome...has some world-class lectures (audio and videos) on almost every subject.)

I especially like the new Genius Mixes -- brilliant! At first, I couldn't figure out how to activate the darn thing. Then I found this article:

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/22371/

as the article says:

To activate "Genius Mix" in iTunes 9, select “Update Genius" under iTunes' "Store" menu.

Once the Apple Store gets back to you, you'll see a new entry underneath your Genius Library called, not surprisingly, Genius Mixes. I've been playing various Genius Mixes all day today, and have been really enjoying discovering and rediscovering my own music.

  
(Version 9.0)

BLABLABLA@DODGIT.COM  Thanks for the info.

There is no real option included to disable that (which would give me back the rare space which I really need/use for MY playlists). A master plan-disaster or one from the marketing? Very unusual and also VERY annoying  
(Version 9.0)

BLABLABLA@DODGIT.COM  Besides the annoying bright appearance it also includes some new things which are very useful, especial the way you can browse your music. Thanks for that. But I still think the 'white'-background in the music browser is to bright. It hurts my eyes. But I like the way the green icon behaves! Ok, Apple, you can be proud of your iTunes.   
(Version 9.0)

PURE  The skin is ugly. I hate this silver shining.

Switch to Mini Player with green button is not possible in Snow Leoparard.  
(Version 9.0)

BLABLABLA@DODGIT.COM  Sorry, it's really to bright... it hurts my eyes. I dont like that, I just wanna play my sounds without distraction. Apple thinks iTunes is great, but I tell you what's really great: all the music I can play with. TOO SHINY  
(Version 9.0)

BLABLABLA@DODGIT.COM  To UI is to bright and shiny. No possibility to remove the very annoying "Privat Sharing" column (in german: Freigaben:Privatfreigaben). Or is there? I didn't found anything. That's very annoying!

Not happy with that update. At least, it's faster.  
(Version 9.0)

GERWINPHILIPPO  Finally, finally, finally I can use the 3 (or now 4 ) pane window to browse through my music by composer, not just artist. For classical music, browsing by artist is as relevant as browsing by the colour of the cd cover. But this is great news for us lovers of classical music. Good job Apple!  
(Version 9.0)

AKANICO  Anybody been able to use or create a new shortcut to minimize the controller ?

Having to option-click to do it is mad stupid as a new feature but killing the shortcut is beyond limit...  
(Version 9.0)

MACLOVIN  Well, it's certainly the ugliest version in recent history...  
(Version 9.0)

THE MAC DOC  This new version 9 will not minimize to the mini controller window anymore on any of my Macs, both PPC and Intel.  
(Version 9.0)

G. I.  Bug: it ignores Disc Numbers now for the order of tracks.  
(Version 9.0)

CLAUCLAU  About itunes 9.0:

In addition on what's written below about the missing feature (64 bit, FLV, MKV, FLAC, and so get rid of of Quicktime forever etc) I must say that if every little detail added to itunes guys must be present ahead such a pompous show such as a keynote for it I guess we must wait for next 23 keynotes in order to meet customers or at least keep the pace with the technology like at least external Blu-Ray support or Video Transmission on a TV without adding one more box on top of the useless digital terrestrial receiver and a sinth/amplifier in our smaller and smaller flats. Also about integrating a true DJ console:

How about instead wasting time into redesign the skin?

Or adding a couple of visualizers?

Or making mini controller harder to switch than before, say by option-clicking on the green traffic light button?  
(Version 9.0)

MISHA  As someone who has 80% of their playlists being just for an artist.. I really love the new Artists column, at last!

And being able to configure iPhone app screens in iTunes... I've been waiting for this for a while. Overall, a polished update.

Minuses are:

- still not 64-bit

- still no FLAC support

- limited view options (let me make the font tiny so I can see more tracks if I want!)

- can't resize album artwork in Grid view

- album covers are not effectively cached

- no way to sync ratings/play counts of songs from iPods that are set to "manually" manage music  
(Version 9.0)

DOUG S.  I have to say this is the reason I don't pay too much attention to MacUpdate ratings.

The functionality has been improved. There are new features. It's faster and more stable. It adds some things that have been heavily requested by the community... And they change the color on one piece and people give it a 1/5 even though aesthetics isn't part of the rating system.

I agree I prefer the darker color scheme but you know what? It's personal taste. As a designer I can look at it and go, "It's nice but I would have gone a different way." It's now closer to the design of some of their other apps so it's tighter branding.  
(Version 9.0)

ZWERDLDS  Oh, man! I was waiting for them to implement the choppy playback from iPod 3.0 in iTunes. Now they have! Thank you!  
(Version 9.0)

SEANBPERIOD  Much improved, and very happy.. However, Applications should be able to be linked back to their iTunes store page- to get changelogs, add reviews, as well as info on the app in case you forget what it does!   
(Version 9.0)

EGINZBURG  SARCASM. Many thanks for the white background in iTunes9.  
(Version 9.0)

J.W.  BROWSE BY COMPOSER!!!!! IT FINALLY HAS BROWSE BY COMPOSER!!!!!

Okay, I'm calm.  
(Version 9.0)

ILGAZ  Developers who thinks of abandoning 10.4 for no reason and even abandoning 10.5 in months: Take notice. It supports OS X as early as 10.4. iTunes/iPod is the original reason why we have Apple alive today and producing things.

Think about it, seriously.  
(Version 9.0)

AVIDMCUSER  I find it odd that although very efficient, iTunes uses more CPU power when using the mini player than in full window mode. On my machine 4.2% vs. 2.3% (almost double when in mini player mode)

just seems odd.  
(Version 8.2.1)

MUTZ  Apple is becoming the same monolithic mastadont as microsoft, locking Itunes users in only using expensive apple branded stuff.

I had a sony portable minidisc 8 years ago, it wouldn't let my transfer my songs from a mac. About the same stuff apple's doing now.

I have an Ipod and it's a good walkman but people should have choices.

My next Apple computer will be a Hackintosh cause a company that's changed so much in a negative way doesn't deserve my hard earned money anymore. Viva OSX

Apple uses processors soldered to your motherboard so there's no way you can replace a processor with a better one, graphic cards are way overpriced for mac too. Only fools buy apple 'branded' ram.  
(Version 8.2.1)

D9  I see where Apple developed iTunes so that it works great with their iPod, iPhone, and even Mac computer products.

That it also works on Windows PCs yet nothing else, I'd say you got yourself a bargain.

/  
(Version 8.2.1)

MADDOGUK  Another dose of bloat, tweaked especially to block other devices from syncing.   
(Version 8.2.1)

MONKEYJUNKEY  Attention Palm Pre users!

This update breaks the ability to sync the Pre with iTunes. Don't know if it does anything besides this.  
(Version 8.2.1)

GABBLE  What I really miss with iTunes is a real tagging system, with spotlight integration.

I would also miss flac, ogg, etc., but tagging support for me is vital.  
(Version 8.2)

DOUG ENGELBART  This fat app still has no separate visualizer window. Shame on you, Apple. We users wanna see a playlist/minilist window AND a resizeable visualizer window next to it (and not just 'one way or the other'). We users wanna see visualizations while we browse the lists (and vice versa). Older mp3players like Audion etc.pp. offer more viewing comfort and customization.   
(Version 8.2)

FUMDUQ  Really? 4 Stars?

This is the (sadly) ubiquitous music player for mac os x. The only reason I have it installed is to activate and backup my iphone.

1) Big, clunky intereface

2) tagging is very poorly done

3) Media stored on NAS is not natively rescannable

4) Using (the same) media from multiple location is impossible without a bit of hackery. Occasionally I use multiple machines to import music. It will appear on only the machine, without a real option to rescan the volume that it's on.

5) Playlist support is just plain lame

6) I can go on and on forever about this app and how poorly it's done.

VoxApp has been a nice alternative, but the playlist support is also not great. If development on this program continues, watch out iTunes.

I suggest anything else if you can deal with it.  
(Version 8.2)

SERBIAN  MUCH slower, eating RAM like crazy, sometimes non-responsive and I have a feeling that I'm on my good old G3 instead of latest iMac 24" full of RAM..  
(Version 8.2)

FVDG  Takes up my free memory... if iTunes 8.2 is open I see the reserved memory go up and up and up.Quiting iTunes does not release this however  
(Version 8.2)

BUZZARD  One change not announced by Apple's release notes is that iTunes 8.2 will apparently make it impossible to jailbreak your iPhone using this version.

From

http://www.quickpwn.com/

"Today’s iTunes 8.2 update changes the way your computer talks to the device. This affects things like QuickPwn and PwnageTool when they try to identify what’s connected. Also, ssh over usb breaks due to same reasons. Fixes are in the works but for now avoid 8.2."

For now, don't upgrade if you want to jailbreak an iPhone or iTouch......  
(Version 8.2)

SIMPLYMINTS  At the advise of Software Update, I have just downloaded and installed 8.1.1, and now all my songs sound very strange. Some seem to have a loud instrumental while singing sounds like it's coming from across the street. Some songs sound like they're under water. Some songs sound like they're being played in a pipe or a tunnel, sort of echo, or have an unrealistic effect to them. Some are just plain utterly soft even with all volume settings at maximum. I really can't listen to my music like this. I've gone through all the settings and tried everything I can think of. I regret upgrading. It was fine before. Seems like this happened a few years ago also, or did I dream it?  
(Version 8.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Sound is real bad.

I have high-end equipment connected to my Mac, and the previous version worked, but as soon as I updated, all my songs plays with popcorn noise (they are in pure AIFF format, ripped with CD-paranoia x 1000).

-My recommendation: Stay with the previous version of iTunes, if you have sensitive ears, or 'revert' to MaltX. ;)  
(Version 8.1.1)

DANMARC  8.1.1 (for those that would like to know what the upgrade contains)

In addition, iTunes 8.1 provides many other improvements and bug fixes, including:

• Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation).

• Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ.

• Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows.

• Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs.

• Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods.

• Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus.

• Includes many accessibility improvements.

• Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls.

iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch.  
(Version 8.1.1)

ROBOTANK  8.1.1 seems to have resolved the calendar sync issue. Yay!  
(Version 8.1.1)

APPLEDOGX  BE FOREWARNED! I have had serious trouble with iTunes 8.1 and my iPod touch. It won't sync calendars. Other users have reported other sorts of problems. This is the first version with which I've ever had so much trouble. There are many with iPod touches and iPhones having this problem from what I've read the past day. Some have been able to correct it, others, like me, have not. I tried permissions, restoring, reinstalling iTunes, turning off and on settings Apple mentioned, and nothing has helped.

If you have an iPod touch or iPhone, at least, you may want to investigate the problems before upgrading to 8.1, to see what you might have happen before Apple releases a less buggy update.  
(Version 8.1)

JRWHO  Cmd+M (for minimizing) doesn't work for me in 8.1. Anyone else having this problem?  
(Version 8.1)

JONDOUGH05X  Hey Man, What's The Deal?...I Just Installed iTunes And It Crashed!  
(Version 8.1)

G4JAY  I had problems. Everything was REALLY slow. Even after I started with a clean library file. I downgraded 8.0.2 and all is well again. I'm going to wait for iTunes 9.  
(Version 8.1)

NESSUNO  WOW! They have really sped up iTunes by 10 for me! GREAT! :-)  
(Version 8.1)

ERIC DURBROW  I would advise people not to upgrade at the moment. At least 2 errors even when Genius is turned off

1. iPod tracks no longer play when you access them through iTunes

2. Crashes when downloading podcasts.  
(Version 8.1)

TOMIS  Apple claims 8.1 "Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows."

Well, it doesn't for me. It shows up in my music library and playlists, but not in movies/tv shows. And when are we going to get Genius suggestions for Podcasts?

Other than that, seams a solid update. I store my iTunes library on a network share, and it indeed seams to open my library slightly faster.  
(Version 8.1)

PETER DA SILVA  Such innovation. They renamed "Party Shuffle" to "iTunes DJ". Be still my beating heart.  
(Version 8.1)

SEANBPERIOD  Ugh.. When will Apple improve app management in iTunes? I have 400 apps, and to scroll through them all is extremely sluggish.. Also, apps should be treated like music with a drag and drop interface, rather than guessing the code name for the App in the checkbox screen. There should also be the ability to link the purchased app to the itunes store page, so you can see the description of it, as well as see the developer's updates and notes!

FIX THIS!   
(Version 8.1)

MALCOLM51  I have just applied the latest itunes and front row updates and now my iphone no longer sincs!!!!!!  
(Version 8.1)

KZX72  Can't remove itunes store arrows, still can't play flac files, "genius" is worthless, new sound icon looks terrible. Hands down the worst version of itunes yet.

Save yourself the trouble and check out Songbird, the Firefox of media players.  
(Version 8.0.2)

MTCOBRA  I just now installed iTunes 8.0.2. However, the "About iTunes" is still reporting that I have Ver. 8.0.1 although the date associated with the .app reports today's date.  
(Version 8.0.2)

VINCE.  I dont like the fact, that you cannot turn off ‘genre view' in the preferences since version 8. In my opinion - as a total music freak - apple should drop that whole genre stuff out of their app and instead add the ability to give user defined tags for bands, albums and tracks. i could think of a solution simular to the tagging in iPhoto. that would be great. and it would make much more sense than to persist in the genre-solution. most of the music i listend too it to much multifaceted so that i couldnt put it into only one genre-categorie.

if iTunes would support a clever tag system it would be much easier to categorize big music collections (i'm talking of +100gb). it would be easier and faster (more efficient) to find songs and albums.   
(Version 8.0.2)

KAZ219  Fantastic. This update crashed my whole computer. Nice job Apple. Keep up the good work.  
(Version 8.0.2)

NESSUNO  I wonder when Apple will finally fix that iTunes bug that unmounts inserted Audio CDs after scanning them!  
(Version 8.0.2)

JWILHELM  This Update (8.0.2) does not include iPhone Firmware 2.2 that has been supposed to be delivered Oct. 22nd.  
(Version 8.0.2)

APPLEDOGX  Great way to organize music and connect with an iPod. The sync features are fairly intuitive and work well.

The app store is great, but searching and organization of the iTunes store could use some major work. When you search for apps for your iPod touch or iPhone you get results mixed in for other types of media. The interface for apps should be more separated from the other media so you don't have to limit the type to "applications" each time you get results. There was a way to see just applications sorted by date, then it became somewhat incomplete, as is a way to see all new and newly updated games. The "new" section often times doesn't show many new items.  
(Version 8.0.1)

SHADOW RAY  Version 8 and you still can't right click (paste/copy) in the search bar?  
(Version 8.0.1)

MRBANK9  in itunes 8.0.1 how can the option of genre be taken off the music library view? this way i can browse my music library by artist and album only.

thanks   
(Version 8.0.1)

HYPERT  Just upgraded to 8.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.11. Now, whenever iTunes is placed in the background (it's no longer the app in the foreground, but it's still partially visible), the entire window border goes from the normal brushed metal gray to a milky white. It's very distracting, as none of the other Apple windows do this (Safari, Finder, etc.).

Has anyone else seen this? Is this intentional, or a bug?  
(Version 8.0.1)

COOLFLEX  OMG!!! What the hell is going on with Apple? Why would you disable one of the coolest features of itunes? Before you were able to re-convert your mp3's or mp4's to a lower or better grade with a multitude of different quality settings and now with itunes 8, they disabled all of those coolfeatures!!! If I wanna tweak the quality of my mp3 music or mp4 music to fit it on a page to a certain size for example myspace, now I can't even do that!!! They need to put those cool feature back on itunes!! I now have to convert back to itunes 7.7.1  
(Version 8.0.1)

STILNOVO  Where is in Preferens - Advanced - Importation mp3 12/160/190 - AAC -Wav?

I'll return to 7.7.1  
(Version 8.0.1)

NIGHTHAWK090  Have never have any problems with Itunes, however, after updating to 8.01 will not let me log into store, have changed password, restarted, will still not let me log into the store......  
(Version 8.0.1)

JUSTGETTINGBY  I installed 8 and and I wasn't ready to try the Genius Bar. So I clicked on hide Genius Bar. Bingo, Little Snitch tells me iTunes is trying to phone home.

Now I would understand if you using the Genius bar that connecting would be important, but why does it need to phone home to hide a side bar.

In fact if you don't allow it to phone home you can't close the side bar.  
(Version 8.0)

SWOON|ME  Well, I have no issues, but talking out the floating window is really stupid of Apple, especially when the feature is still available in the PC version. Same should b introduced in QuickTime. Completely over my head why these are not standard on a platform that thrives on its audio/visual modicum.

Get it together Apple. Serve your customer with respect, not with stupidity.  
(Version 8.0)

JAZZYGUY  This is by far the worst version of iTunes. I wnt back to 7.7.1! It crashed on launch on all my Macs. Finally on the PPC ones and on the Macbook Air it launched successfully. On my Macbook Pro it was impossible to launch it successfully and I went back to 7.7.1 which works fine.  
(Version 8.0)

JEGBERT  I love iTunes 8. However, since installing it, my iChat video freezes after about 2 minutes of use... ultimately locks up the entire app.

After many hours of testing and troubleshooting, I went back to iTunes 7.7.1 (using Time Machine) and my iChat video problems have disappeared.

Everything works fine again as before. QuickTime 7.5.5 is not the issue, iTunes 8 is.... sadly. I hope Apple fixes this soon.... iTunes 8.0.1 anyone??? I'm reading online too that many others are having issues with anything video since iTunes 8. I also did the full clean installs of iTunes8, QT 7.5.5, etc.... permission fixes, etc.... no luck, until I went back to 7.7.1.

iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB, 10.5.4  
(Version 8.0)

MAHOJAS  I found that the quality of importing music can now be set in the 'general' preferences tab, which is actually a very good development. I retract my previous statement. In all respects iTunes 8 is a great improvement from the previous version.  
(Version 8.0)

MAHOJAS  I no longer can adjust the quality of the music that I import from my CDs. I could previously do it in the 'advanced' tab of the preferences. Now that option is no longer there. I an reverting back to the previous version of iTunes.  
(Version 8.0)

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  I like the new Genius feature... reminds me of Pandora Radio. Overall very nice. The best iTunes yet. :]

In response to other people having issues... do a clean install of iTunes 8. That worked the best for me. Anywho... 5 stars.  
(Version 8.0)

RONALD PRICE  Works fine on my Sawtooth G4 with 10.4.11. Also works fine on my PC with Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Pretty much what I've come to expect from iTunes updates.  
(Version 8.0)

PANTS  CORRECTION: Okay, I admit to submitting a dumb-a** review. I figured out my problem. No issues other than the iTunes Store arrows. Sorry, folks.   
(Version 8.0)

PANTS  This is a horrible step backwards. Is there no way to just display a list of songs? I deal with songs, not albums. Is there no way to just shuffle songs? Apple needs to stop changing things just for the sake of change. Going back to ver. 7.  
(Version 8.0)

DONMONTALVO  I submitted this to Apple...I'm getting the following error in iTunes 8 when I exit on Mac 10.5.4:

"iTunes was unable to load dataclass information from Sync Services. Reconnect or try again later."

Don Montalvo, NYC  
(Version 8.0)

DOCNOISE  I'm using iTunes on Mac and Windows and the new 8.0 release gave my otherwise stable Windows system a few bluescreens when navigating through the new cover view.  
(Version 8.0)

JONSER  First thing i noticed after instalation was quite a few exclamation marks indicating missing tracks. Some of them I was able to find and some I can't find at all. I am trying a library consolidation. Lets hope...  
(Version 8.0)

VESALIUS  For those of you looking for options, other AAC, to rip CDs check under iTunes > Preferences > General > Import Settings (next to "When you insert CD:"). A new window will pop up with all the old options available.  
(Version 8.0)

BRUSHWOOD  When using grid view, albums play with tracks in alphabetical order. Kinda defeats the purpose.  
(Version 8.0)

THE_JUDGE_G4  Seems like you can *only* rip media into AAC format. In iTunes > Preferences > Advanced there isn't an importing option anymore.

And in the Advanced menu, there's just a "Create AAC version."  
(Version 8.0)

SOULSLAVE  great new features but with one huge downside (at least on my macbook 2.2ghz and 4gb ram, leopard): HUGE MEMORY HOG!

with genius feature turned on its running at 217MB of ram

is not that since i bought more ram. but if it was running still with the 1gb of ram it came with I'll be doom.  
(Version 8.0)

ALBABE  BUMBLEB:

And it allows Apple to monitor what tunes or boots or whatever, you have in iTunes... scary...  
(Version 8.0)

JORGEHP  Anybody know where the burning setting have gone off too in this new version??

Can't seem to find them...  
(Version 8.0)

BUMBLEB  Genius... How is that for a bangin' new feature?! Essentially it is just a feature that will allow Apple to sell more tunes from iTunes Store. Wauw, amazing. More distraction;-/

I'm excited to see if it is a feature I'll leave on or turn off...  
(Version 8.0)

STAR-AFFINITY  In iTunes 8—where did the "Show links to the iTunes Store" option go? Now the links are suddenly on (I had them off before) and I can't find where to turn them off....

Anyone?  
(Version 8.0)

JOHN F.  I like the grid view in iTunes 8. It lets me listen to just an album without making a playlist first. In list view or coverflow, if you listen to an album, it would move to the next one when it finishes—unless you narrow the list using the search box. Now I can just pick an artist or an album by clicking on it and listen only to that one. iTunes 8 is pretty snappy too on my 1Ghz iBook G4. Album artwork seems to load faster. Also in the playlist, they've finally altered the folders to match Leopard folders! It's a small thing, but makes it more at home. It seems a pretty good update, maybe the best iTunes ever!  
(Version 8.0)

BLUESTAR  Works fine so far...  
(Version 7.7.1)

TOXICTHREE  Yay!!! They fixed the special-characters bug that was introduced in 7.7.0... Having as many artists and songs using special characters and them turning to gibberish when I played the songs (or imported them, by the way!) was really a major problem. I still can't believe nobody noticed that at Apple before they released it, but at least it's fixed now.  
(Version 7.7.1)

YORICK2B  Causes my G4 MDD 1Ghz Machine with OS X.5.4 to Crash like crazy. Will not shut down. When i shut it down it keeps automatically relaunching itself and can not stop it unless i force shut down the computer. Even force quitting the app it keeps loading. Works fine in 10.4.11 on one computer. thinks this version is a down grade from 7.6 can not wait till net update to fix. Gonna reinstall itunes monday to see if that fixes it.   
(Version 7.7)

ALIENDUDE  Apple needs to have an alternate version of iTunes

for people who don't have an iPhone or don't plan on getting one. I don't need this hog. The most intelligent and original company out there should have this done by now.  
(Version 7.7)

MRGANDO  I agree with many others, this application is getting fatter and fatter. I don't have an iPhone , and I still have to install like 200 MB . I am not using iTunes anymore sinve version 7.x , I am using Cog , it's a lot simpler, it supports .flac files, .ape files, etc. I really like it , it uses a lot less RAM and has pretty nice support. If you don't need a lot of fancy stuff, maybe that player is for you .   
(Version 7.7)

DOUG ENGELBART  This app becomes fatter and fatter (soon it is 0.2 GB big!), but has still no separate visualizer window. Shame on you, Apple. We wanna see a playlist/minilist window AND a resizeable visualizer window next to it (and not just 'one way or the other'). Older mp3players like Audion etc. pp. offer more possibilities.   
(Version 7.6.2)

JOSDANS  How do I fix "unknown error -200"? Can't open iTunes any more.  
(Version 7.6.2)

VERYCARLA  Any word if this fixes the CD unmounting bug?  
(Version 7.6.2)

KZX72  Could be so much better.

Doesn't permanently embed artwork, doesn't allow for FLAC support, still can't add or remove streams from iTunes radio, can't add MANY types of audio formats to audiobooks section, can't change awful white background (even w/ help of Shapeshifter or other GUI programs)  
(Version 7.6.1)

NEALNT  Version 7.6.1 causes my computer to totally freeze when ejecting a CD.  
(Version 7.6.1)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, Apple has just released (without any fanfare) iTunes 7.6.1.

The dmg file is dated 2/21. The internal readme for 7.6.1 is dated 2/19.

I downloaded it from Apple this afternoon, Thursday 2/21.

(The Apple page showed it was v7.6, but on download, the readme is 7.6.1)  
(Version 7.6)

JMH1  iTunes 7.6 fixed some bad encoding from version 7.5.x...hmmm I better start to check'em all...never noticed this problem before...always found iTunes v 4 fine  
(Version 7.6)

SOULSLAVE  definetly slower and i really didnt see the need for an update besides the movie rental service wich im sure u could have done with itunes 7.5  
(Version 7.6)

BEBDABHRHBRWEFG 3R§5Y5H4WTEDSFB  i can't remember the last time an itunes update actually did anything apart from add another revenue stream for apple to the app.  
(Version 7.6)

SJJ_PUBLIC  I primarily watch movies on my iPod Touch on the train, in 30 minute segments, usually two per day. It thus takes me at least 2 days to watch an average length movie. iTunes' rental scheme of only giving me 24 hours to watch a movie is a bust for me. Surely iPod users like me should have been one of the targets of this service? Apparently we aren't, or Apple just wasn't thinking, or the studios forced their hand on this one. Either way, I won't be renting movies from iTunes.  
(Version 7.6)

CHRISCHRAM  Has anyone tried playing a CD through iTunes 7.6? That was the KILLER bug in 7.5, so one would hope the problem's been addressed by now.  
(Version 7.6)

XYPHER  Never really had a problem with iTunes till this release. The CD freeze up is a real pain in the neck. Please Apple, fix this quickly.  
(Version 7.5)

AIKOUSHA  This used to be one of the most stable programs on my computer, never having a crash, freeze, or missed byte in an encode.

However they screwed the pooch on this one. This update has a number of pointless things (what is this something like 13 updates in the last 6 months?), and they still haven't put in options like killing the annoying MANDATORY iPod Sync and pestering message about saving notes everytime it's launched. How about a feature to grab and store album covers outside the music files in a cache? And can't we have a contextual menu for encoding, instead of having to go into preferences every freakin' time just to change one minor aspect of the "import."

And, of course, NOW, It freezes, locks-up, and goes permanent BEACH BALL everytime I try to play a CD through it, it hasn't made it past 2 tracks. Then, trying to remove it and put an older version back on is next to impossible. Killed the "helper" so I could delete the program, but something in the computer refuses to let the old install work, only giving me the option from the installer of "There is nothing to install."

This is pretty screwed up, Apple.

The rating here is for this version only... a program that constantly locks up, even if free, isn't worth the price.

When working, iTunes is pretty much the best multifeature media player/encoder out there, but Apple's track record recently with stability has been severely lacking.  
(Version 7.5)

PSEUDO TASUKI  So where is this "Phase" game? It's not included along with iTunes as far as I can tell. I searched in the iTunes Store and found the game, but it's "not available in the US iTunes Store."

I suppose I should be patient.  
(Version 7.5)

STEELCUT  iToner still works for ringtones!

http://www.mac-essentials.de/index.php/mac/article/19250/  
(Version 7.4.2)

ISCREEN  > OSCAR74

What's a proper English language?

BTW

Reporter: What do you think of western civilization?

Mahatma Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.  
(Version 7.4.2)

OSCAR74  iTunes development is based on AAC and MPEG-4 video, not MP3. Also, please, will all of you learn to write proper English? Thanks.  
(Version 7.4.2)

S P L A T !  c'mon Apple dudes...

iTunes development its not motivate by iPhone...

the reason are MP3s files !!

dont change to microsoft stile... and pretend make "stupid_software" !!  
(Version 7.4.2)

ELEVATORIUM  Sigh, this is what happens when Apple stops caring about the OS and more about silly iPhone stuff.

And revamping the UI was the dumbest thing ever.

I miss oldschool iTunes. :(  
(Version 7.4.2)

SHOCKERSPAZ  breaks the ring tone hacks boys and girls!  
(Version 7.4.2)

JAMES STAFFORD  What's the point of Quicktime Pro if you can watch movies fullscreen in iTunes?

And, and, and where's the iTunes 2.3 interface gone? That was a good interface.  
(Version 7.4.2)

HEEPFAN  7.4.1 released JUST to break the m4r ringtone pseudo-hack. Maybe Apple IS the new Microsoft. Sell ringtones...fine. But to be the exclusive source of them is just bogus. We griped about the price drop and got action - NOW we need to gripe to get Apple to let loose of the ringtone monopoly. I expect iToner's days are numbered too.  
(Version 7.4.1)

TOURNESOL  It becomes more and more obvious how neglected the Mac users are. The iPhone has taken all Apples time and has made iTunes bloated with stuff that most people do not need. I'm thinking about all the iPhone stuff built in and other sync features not nescessary for what the iTunes app really is all about. This is the 5th update in a very short time. Not very Apple like to neglect their core costumers. Get back on track Apple! Lets see some SOLID software so that we won't have to update the same app so many times in a row.  
(Version 7.3.2)

THECAUSE  More stable, but still annoying. When connecting an ipod shuffle generation 2, it brings up the following dialog, "Can't connect to the iTunes Store. Alert Message: "Cannot connect to the iTunes Store. An unknown error has occurred." Even after blocking the iTunes store in all of the iTunes preferences. The apple website offers no help on the matter:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300870  
(Version 7.3.1)

ARES  Works fine. Finally a good update.  
(Version 7.3.1)

ORION MK. V  7.3.1 update's working fine.  
(Version 7.3.1)

NUSENTINSAINO  After I downloaded this update, iTunes simply refuses to open.

I tried disk utility and everything, nothing works. Help!  
(Version 7.3.1)

MARKOH  iTunes 7.3 has finally cured my "slightly distorted sound" on several albums. I could never solve that problem myself and I've always had my Equalizer set to linear. The distortion is no more. And I don't know if it's just since version 7.3 but now all my artists are sorted correctly i.e.:

.

.

Dire Straits

The Doors

Eagles

.

.

"The" is ignored now etc.  
(Version 7.3)

IMPISH500  Wait until Apple has had a chance to release a patch for iTunes 7.3, after install iTunes will NOT launch, even after a permissions repair, running all cron tasks via the Terminal app, and a restart. Hopefully you were smart in keeping the iTunes 7.2 installer package, if not hope to heck that you have iTunes 7.2 backed up somewhere (that was the only thing that saved my butt (I had done a backup BEFORE I installed iTunes 7.3).  
(Version 7.3)

BARNEY4  The update of course breaks Aqua4iTunes & applying the recent version causes the music library 2 not appear, uninstalling does not solve the problem, re-installing iTunes does.

VolumeLogic works but if your Intel, many horror stories out there so be ware.

Works on my system, however your mileage may vary.

Click on my profile 2 C sys specs.  
(Version 7.3)

RTOURIS  Well...version 7.3 finally seems to have remedied the playback slowdown of Chaptered mpeg4 podcasts...kudos! (ABC world news for example)  
(Version 7.3)

FOLLEREC  iTunes 7.3 finally fixes the blurry CoverFlow scrollbar affecting MacBooks...

and that's the only thing I bothered to notice... which is a good thing since iTunes is still just as good as ever.  
(Version 7.3)

PECOS PETE  Upgrade worked but after applying the last release of UNO ver. 1.5 (240) no songs appear.

Just re-install iTunes again & all is good.

Volume Logic works.  
(Version 7.2)

STEVEN JAY COHEN  For the first time EVER, an update from Apple broke something on my machine. After Updating to iTunes 7.2 (via software update), I cannot start iTunes (nor can I easily force quit the 1/2 started application).

Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.  
(Version 7.2)

ARES  Good point: This version is a bit faster.

Very bad point: It randomly renames artist >:-(

OS X was a reliable system. Now... It's a shame there are so many bugs due to poor quality control. OS 10.4.9 and iTunes 7 are Microsoft-like jokes.

I am an avid Mac fan and I am sad to write that I don't trust Apple updates anymore.

I hope OS 10.4.9.1 and iTunes 7.1.2 will correct this mess. If not, I will revert to 10.4.8 and stop upgrading software AND hardware.  
(Version 7.1.1)

ITUNESUPDATEHATER  After installing I-Tunes 7.1.1 can't work keyboard shortcuts within I-Tunes... Also can't sync I-Pod or update I-Pod software in ITunes. I tried to reinstall ITunes but also had problems -- Disk image failed to mount, get message "Device not configured".  
(Version 7.1.1)

NOTAHAPPYCAMPER  After installing itunes 7.1 about 7 gigs of my music refused to play in itunes. I installed an older version of itunes 6 off of my computers install cd and now ha ve "fixed" the problem if you call it that. I am trying to upgrade to 7.0.2 if i could find it....   
(Version 7.1.1)

MAINBRAIN  I found this latest update to be the least stable of all previous updates. I just burned a CD. It would then not eject. So, I force quit iTunes, and re-opened. This time the CD I burned had a completely different Title, Album and Artist name than the one I burned. However, the correct music was on the CD, just all the ID information indicated in the iTunes window listed unrelated Album Title, Artist, etc. Only the time was right.   
(Version 7.1.1)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  From MacInTouch.com:

"The folks at Unsanity may finally have unravelled the mystery of randomly-disastrous Apple software updates:

Shock and Awe: How Installing Apple's Updates can Render Your Mac Unbootable and How You Can Prevent it

... When you see the "Optimizing System Performance" phase of a software update, Mac OS X is really updating prebinding. Updating prebinding has a very, very nasty bug in it (look at _dyld_update_prebinding). If multiple processes are updating prebinding at the same time, then it is possible for a system file to be completely zero'd out. Basically, all data in the file is deleted and it is replaced with nothing. This bug is usually triggered when updating Mac OS X and every update to Mac OS X has the potential to render your system unbootable depending on if the "right" file is deleted or not. It's triggered during the "Optimizing System Performance" phase of installing an update. This phase is actually just running update_prebinding. If you launch an application that links to libraries that are not yet prebound, there is a chance one of those files will be zero'd out as dyld automatically redoes the prebinding on that file.

I've been tracking this particular bug for about 18 months now. Most of the real "random" failures reported on various Mac OS X "troubleshooting" sites after a user has installed an Apple software update are actually manifestations of this bug. By real I mean not imagined problems or ones that have been there for a very long time but the user is just now noticing it and artificially connecting the cause to the recent update (it's called Pareidolia). Yes, this nasty prebinding bug has been reported to Apple and yes, it is 100% reproducible if you want to reproduce it.

Every single time you install an update to Mac OS X whether it be an iTunes update, a QuickTime update, an update for daylight saving time, a security update, an Airport update, or an actual Mac OS X update, you can be hit by this bug. In order to prevent yourself from being smacked in the face by this bug, follow this simple rule: When "Optimize System Performance" appears during the update process do not touch your computer and definitely do not launch any applications. Just back away from your computer box as if it were a swarm of bees. Yes, it does mean that if you install the Mac OS X 10.4.9 update, you may get hit by the bug."  
(Version 7.1.1)

WOZARDOFIZ  Before I download this, have they put the equalizer button back on the GUI?  
(Version 7.1.1)