iTunes for Mac

1.0 stars

"THIS DOES NOT WORK ON MY XP MACHINE"

May 18, 2013  |   By dondjohnson

Version: iTunes 11.0.3

Pros

NONE. I COULD NOT GET PAST ITUNES STORE TRYING TO OPEN

Cons

WILL NOT OPEN THE ITUNES STORE. IT JUST CRASHES

Summary

I'VE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT FIXES AND NONE WORK. IT TOOK ME 2 DAYS TO GET BACK TO 10.7

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1.0 stars

"Dumbed down - not upgraded and improved"

April 16, 2013  |   By MyronVL

Version: iTunes 11.0.2

Pros

None for me on my iMac.

Cons

Dumbed down to the level and limitations of the iPad and other iOS devices. Too many features gone and no real enhancements to my "experience" on the iMac.

Summary

I have to agree. I have not updated to v11.x yet because of the bad reviews, but I checked it out at an Apple Store and hated it!!! Yes, most of the elegant and helpful features are gone. It's not like Apple to "change" their software with an update like Microsoft does all the time, but in this case they did just that. They changed it rather than improved it with additional features and functionality. I do not own an iPad nor do I "need" to (though they are nice), but do not dumb down the iMac desktops with the limitations of the iPad and other iOS devices. Apple should simply enhance the iMac with the additional functionality - not change it.

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1.0 stars

"New version 11 is a disaster - DO NOT UPGRADE!"

April 6, 2013  |   By tentedpgh

Version: iTunes 11.0.2

Pros

There are zero pros to iTunes 11.

Cons

It's riddled with bugs, options which were available in previous versions have been removed, user unfriendly. Don't believe me? Check out the numerous threads in the discussions forum on Apple's site. Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave over this version.

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"Very Sad. All of the elegance is gone."

January 7, 2013  |   By macguruguy

Version: iTunes 11.0.1

Pros

iCloud works better

Cons

It's a mess. Hard to navigate. I can't believe they think this is better than the previous version.

Summary

A huge downgrade. iTunes has lost all of the elegance of the previous versions! Mr. Cook, you should be ashamed of this product! Really, REALLY sad!

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"Reviews 10.6 When Referring to iTunes 11?"

December 19, 2012  |   By man_en_noir

Version: iTunes 11.0.1

Pros

None. This is the wrong review for iTunes 11.

Cons

REVIEW IS FOR AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE PROGRAM!!!!!

Summary

This review is for an earlier version of iTunes than the version that is currently available, which is iTunes 11. This review is incorrect in every way about iTunes 11, though it is accurate for 10.6.

iTunes 11 is a downgrade in every way from previous versions of the program. Following Apple's desire to dumb down all Mac programs for iPad and iPhone users, they have stripped all the good that made iTunes 10.x a useful program.

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1.0 stars

"iTunes 11 is hugely dumbed-down with many features gone"

December 16, 2012  |   By PatrickW98109

Version: iTunes 11.0.1

Pros

None that I saw in over a week of heavy use (I listen to music nearly constantly at both home and work).

Cons

-Cover Flow, the signature iTunes feature, is Gone!

-No multi-window support - can't open more than one play list for editing

-DJ feature gone

-No progress bar in mini-player mode

-No quick access volume control in mini-player mode

-Still a resource hog

Summary

Apple has taken a workable piece of widely used and understood software that is central to their ecosystem and simply destroyed it by removing signature iTunes features, like Cover Flow. I can appreciate Apple wants to reduce the bloat in iTunes, but they shouldn't do it by slashing and burning signature features. That's what lazy programmers do instead of rewriting code to make it more efficient while supporting the same feature set people have come to expect and rely upon. Apple has removed what made iTunes special and set it apart from other music players. I love Apple and am a loyal user, and have also fully bought into the entire Apple ecosystem. But I have gone back to iTunes 10.7 on my Mac and that's where I'm going to stay. I will block any software upgrade on Apple TV or any other device that would make it incompatible with iTunes 10.7 until Apple makes things right again in iTunes.

And for all this loss of functionality, the funny thing is that iTunes 11 appears to be no less resource intensive than iTunes 10.7. My own monitoring with Activity Monitor on my Mac confirmed this for me personally, along with all the reports I have read about it being about the same resource burden as 10.7. So I really don't get what Apple is trying to accomplish in dumbing down iTunes. Maybe they are trying to make it more like the iPad version. While the iPad version is great for an iPad and makes sense there for simple playback, the iPad is a very different device from the Mac. That's why iPads and iPhones use a different OS altogether from Macs. The Mac OS is super robust and suitable for content creation and control, where the iPad OS is mainly suitable for content consumption (this by the way is a new and important point of difference between the Mac OS and Windows 8 - the latter trying to be like a tablet OS on all devices). My Mac and the software that runs on it is the center of my creative world, with unequaled power and sophistication. If Apple has in mind dumbing down this environment, they will cause great harm. I truly hope their recent treatment of iTunes is not a sign of things to come in the Mac OS.

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"dont upgrade, its a downgrade!!!"

December 15, 2012  |   By banana_skin

Version: iTunes 11.0.1

Pros

none that I can think of

Cons

this update is a major step backwards

Summary

Updated on Dec 15, 2012

beware of the cloud... make sure you have a backup of your purchases,,, if Apple delete the item from the store you will loose them too if you haven't got a backup

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"Not an upgrade. A giant step backwards."

December 15, 2012  |   By pkazmercyk

Version: iTunes 11.0.1

Pros

Some moderately interesting ways of viewing genres and artists.

Cons

Cons? Where do I start? Start with Cover Flow, one of the prime selling points of the past few iterations of iTunes: it's gone. That's right,; what made iTunes elegant and an Apple original has been mysteriously gutted from iTunes. Apple says users weren't using it. One look at the Apple discussion boards reveals that a HUGE number of us used it and loved it. Without it, we're now left with a mostly clumsy interface that's no longer intuitive, is average at best and ugly at worst. While you might get over the loss of cover flow, trying to navigate through songs--and especially albums--is awkward and, in many cases, simply doesn't work. In the middle of a playlist, and iTunes jumps to the next song? The interface doesn't change. You have to (command-L), then click to see any change. It goes on and on like this. If this is a hint at what we can expect from the post-Steve Jobs Apple, then it bodes very poorly for Apple's future. A huge dumbing down of a once elegant interface.

Summary

A huge dumbing down of a once elegant interface. If this is a hint at what we can expect from the post-Steve Jobs Apple, then it bodes very poorly for Apple's future.

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1.0 stars

"What a disaster"

December 6, 2012  |   By marthal118

Version: iTunes 11.0

Pros

Long story short -- no pros here.

Cons

Too numerous to count. Cannot open a window for my playlist alongside of the window for my entire music list. This was a deal breaker for me. Too many little icons to click without much indication about what these do. Took me 3 days to downgrade to iTunes 10.7. So happy I had backed up to Time Machine one month ago so I could retrieve my old iTunes library.

Summary

I hate to give it even one star. Don't do it!

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