iTunes: Trials and Tribulations

Not sure this will make a difference.

Try the following also.

Open iTunes > Edit > Preferences...then view the "Store" tab. Is the "Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases" box ticked? Try unticking it if it is. Does this make a difference?

Yeah, I always have the 'Keep iTunes media folder organized" box unticked.



I unticked this. However, now that I've downloaded the track again and put it in the right album, I'm not sure I dare to delete it again, as I may fall in the same trap again. When I right-click the file and try to delete, I get some options that I don't normally do when I delete tracks -- that has to do with deleting it from multiple units and crap like that.

Why is it so hard to get through to iTunes' skull that I ONLY use iTunes on my computer (or when I synch it up to my iPod)? I have ZERO interest in lofty clouds.

Have you tried moving or copying the track somewhere else of your hard drive so that you have a copy saved elsewhere?

By a horrible trick of fate I had the same problem today. I had song that was greyed out in my library that I couldn't delete - there was no option to do anything. I tried to redownload it but this download seemed to be stuck because of the original one that I couldn't delete.

The problem I had was that the original track - the one that I could not play was stuck at "processing - 100%". And since it appeared to be in limbo - appearing in my library but not finished downloading - I couldn't do anything with it.

I am not sure whether this is the same situation for you Thor but I found a solution that (so far) seems to have worked. This file has no disappeared from my library. If you use Windows Explorer to access your iTunes folder and you head for "iTunes > iTunes Media > Downloads" is there temp folder for the offending track (*.tmp)? In this folder there is the incomplete download called "download.m4a" (again, this was my situation and may not be yours). I deleted this folder and restarted iTunes (this was difficult to do and I had to reboot my computer). When the PC restarted, iTunes restarted, the song was no longer in my library and the temp folder was also gone. Unfortunately, as far as I can see the record of the purchase had gone too - but I haven't looked to see if it is in my purchased section in the iTunes store.

Like I say, this may not offer a solution for you but it may be worth checking to see if there is a temporary folder/file for your offending track.

This is a little like the well known "iTunes shuffle isn't really random" issue, but oddly your shuffle doesn't seem to throw up the exact same order of albums each time, but rather stick to a certain limited range of albums.
Very odd.
Nevertheless, did you try the disable/enable shuffle option that is generally the solution for the 'static shuffle list' issue?

All of a sudden, all the music in iTunes is playing at an extremely low volume, even though the volume is set to max. This is not a problem outside iTunes, and it happened today. What gives?

This is probably your best bet for a solution Thor.

I have found though that, on occasion, one change in a programme's volume can change all the volume settings. I can't remember now what it was but it was very annoying.

Have you taken a look at iTunes' graphic equalizer? Maybe there is a volume control there also?

In iTunes click on "View" and then "Show Equalizer". This brings up the graphic equalizer. On the left there should be a sliding option called "Preamp" with an "On/Off" checkbox. I my case the checkbox is ticked and the slider is in the middle of the scale.

I've always wondered if iTunes has this feature:

I've been adding so many new albums lately, that I can't even remember what I've added. As such, it would be brilliant if iTunes had a feature whereby you could see the 'latest album additions'. Is there such a thing?

I can't find it in 'view options' (if I understood 'view options' correctly)....

Unfortunately, there is no 'date added'. Only artist, title, genre, year and evaluation.

But thanks.

Yeah, I found it. What I had to do is to right-click on the mouse while it hovers over the column field (in "song" mode) -- then you get more alternatives. Unfortunately, it only works with "song" mode, not "album" mode which I use.

Damn, the volume is low again -- and doesn't reset itself to the normal level even when I follow the procedure from a few posts up. Why does this keep happening?

All the other media players work at the normal volume.