#SOUNDSOAP ALASKA UPDATE#

#SOUNDSOAP ALASKA UPDATE#

Want to update a podcast from the library directly? Not so fast stud. You have to be careful NOT to erase the music you already have on your iPod when you go to synch it up. If the Mac’s Finder can do a global search, so should iTunes.ģ) Adding/deleting/synching iPod songs is painful. Doesn't find simple things like the playlists I create.

Add an alphabetical nav to get around faster. Second, if you have a ton of stuff in your library, you know what a chore it is to have to scroll for miles to get through all the playlists. First, off, iTunes loads way too slowly, either when it first launches or switching between things like the music library and the iTunes store. Does Apple really believe people only use one service to get their music now? People are faithful to one thing: Their favorite music, not just the site it’s on, and they’ll go wherever they can to find it.Ģ) Outdated functions. Worse, most of these sites all drive traffic back to iTunes to purchase and they don}t seem to be getting the same love back.Īpple is showing the same hubris stubborness that record labels were when it came to downloadable music. Even the online streaming stations like. I’d love to see it played up more at launch and in the iTunes store. I also love a lot of what I find in their streaming radio section, but that experience is buried. iLike, Blip, Last and the rest may model their communities around the idea of the iTunes playlist, and each may be pushing for iPhone compatibility, but there’s currently no way to link all the sites a person listens to with iTunes. Here are five things in no order that bug me the most about iTunes:ġ) No integration with outside streaming music sites. Simple is one thing, outdated is another. Maybe, but iTunes feels sterile, and music is anything but. It’s apparent when you go through any of the tutorials at that they think they’ve just nailed the perfect music organization experience. I’m one of those purists/snobs and I’m saying hold up-in this case, that’s just not true anymore because I think they got complacent.

*snark cranked to 11*)Īpple purists/snobs/whatever will say you don’t need to fix what ain’t broke because, well, it’s as refined as it can be. (They’ve obviously focused on refining the shopping process for the Apple Store though. Amazing that with all the developments and updates iGod does with the OS and hardware as well as favorite toys iPod and iPhone, the iTunes interface has essentially remained the same for years. Maybe they’re too focused on the iPhone, but iTunes needs a real update that covers both form and function.

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