iTunes: Trials and Tribulations

I guess so? Previously i had it enabled (the option to sync the apps and whenever i downloaded something on the iphone it downloaded right away into itunes once i plugged it in) and also have it synced on icloud too (this doesn't sync apps though). What about the content? For instance pages (from iWork) documents?

No worries Erik Thanks, i will do so. Thanks for not shooting it blank here and having me loosing things eventually, (well, perhaps at least, who knows) although it makes sense that it's like you suggest; but with apple sync and the whole thing you never know, asking is the only way! I will do so there, where you suggested.

As I mentioned in an extended post on Erik's Facebook page, I'm still on version 10.3.1.55

I've always been reluctant to upgrade because of the potential for it all to go pear-shaped during the update. Or because the updates meddle with the things I like with the current version I have.

Worse: ever since version 10, there's some "precognitive guesstimate" function buildt in that "guesses" how much space the material you want to load to your iPod will take.
On my 180 GB iPod, these guesses are off by as much as 6-7 GB!
So iTunes 10 will tell me that I'm 5 GB over the size limit, when in fact I'm actually 1 GB below!

And here's the kicker: rather than just being able to load whatever material will fit (which should then simply lead to my iPod being filled with what I like and still have 1 GB to spare)...iTunes will then REFUSE to let me load ANYTHING onto it!

It's actually a known problem that's never been addressed in 10.
I'll *try* 11, to see if this incredibly irritating limitating bug has been fixed, but I'd just as soon stay on 9, which works fine.
(That rhymed!)

Contacting iTunes (or Apple) support is near-to-impossible, I found out, so I've posted my query on the messageboards they have. Hopefully, someone will respond.

Depends on whether your product is still under warranty, I guess.
I've tried several times to bring my issue (described a few posts up) to their attention, and never even got so much as an acknowledgement.

Talking about warranty, I've just found out that Apple is not supporting iPad 1 any more (so no more updates, upgrades or security patches). So, e.g., I can't upgrade to iOS 6.
After a miserable two years.

I know it's not a one-to-one comparison, but in contrast to realising that Windows XP received 14 years of support, this paltry two years is a bit galling.
And no, I'm not gonna buy a ridiculously priced iPad 2 or 3.

I'm becoming ever increasingly disenchanted with Apple (and I never was much of a fan to begin with).
I hate that they're the only company to provision a small, handy MP3 player with (currently) still the best available capacity, because I would be ecstatic dumping the whole brand altogether.

New doesn't necessarily mean better, as this version of Itunes proves. I'll stick to my current one.

Thor, in your pm's you'll find the email address from which i got a perfect solution for my itunes case a while back. But i had a purchase, money problem. Not something that bothered me and couldn't find how to change it. They might now answer to you but you'll never know unless you try. Oh and you didn't get this email from me though!

This version of iTunes is a significant downgrade. All the added features are relitivily useless and are gimmicky.

What is with the gigantic font size?

I will NEVER use the new tabs. I'm currently using the old school three columns up top (Genre, Artist, Album) and the list of songs on the bottom with the left had sidebar activated. What REALLY pisses me off is that he got rid of the artwork panel which has been located in the bottom left hand corner of the app. since it was first released. How utterly retarded. And for the first time ever... and mean ever... iTunes crashed on me yesterday! First Final Cut Pro X now this. Terrible!

-Erik-

Going back to iTunes 10.7 is a royal pain the ass even if I do a restore from Time Machine. I'll then have to rescue the backed-up library, restore playlists (if possible), play counts and whatnot. Too much of a hassle. Hopefully, Apple reads all the complaints and adds a patch to restore some of the stuff that was idiotically removed from the app.

Another stupid omission. In mini player there is no progress bar and the volume controls are now in Airplay. Who thought this was a good idea?

-Erik-

I have to disagree here, I find it much easier to work with and less time consuming. I've worked with both versions and X gets the job done quicker IMO.

I've been a Final Cut user for a very, very long time and FCPX is garbage. More like iMovie Pro. iMovie is garbage.

-Erik-

Sounds like I did the right thing with just sticking with the version of iTunes I had originally and have gotten used to?