◊ iTunes: How do you feel about it? ◊

I've been hearing alot about people disliking iTunes, and switching to Songbird or other Media Players.

So whats the problem with iTunes? and are other players better?



Personally, I think iTunes is awesome, how it integrates with the rest of Mac OS X and the balance of features, i blive theres nothing wrong with iTunes.

What do you think?

 kmkl

At first I didn't like it at all, but since I really started messing around with it I grew to like it. If I don't feel like adding the tracks to the library, then I use VLC, otherwise iTunes works quite well.

You need another option for those of us in the middle!

lifeafter2am said:

At first I didn't like it at all, but since I really started messing around with it I grew to like it. If I don't feel like adding the tracks to the library, then I use VLC, otherwise iTunes works quite well.

You need another option for those of us in the middle!

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what do u mean by adding tracks to the library? u mean like just playing/previewing? i see... couldn't u just use quicklook? or u dont have leo? (so many questions )

i thought of putting another option of Like it but... maybe i should have

(i don think i can anymore)

Best library sorter, that's it. Absolutely sucks when you want to make MP3 cds. I hate how it's proprietary, it's equalizer is ok. iTunes doesn't have much going for it other than that. It's also a big resource hog.

kmkl said:

what do u mean by adding tracks to the library? u mean like just playing/previewing? i see... couldn't u just use quicklook? or u dont have leo? (so many questions )

i thought of putting another option of Like it but... maybe i should have

(i don think i can anymore)

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Quick look is a pain though. Basically a friend and I send each other tracks back and forth (DJ tracks), so I might get 30 tracks to listen to, I don't want to quicklook one after another and so on, so I throw them into VLC which makes a quick little playlist. I rarely keep them, so I don't want to add them to the library.

when i had a dell laptop i really didn't like it...but i kinda had to use it for my ipod nano...but now that i have a macbook it integrates so well with everything...i haven't tried any other players but i don't think i would be as please with others as i am with iTunes...

It's ok. I wish I could resize the window and completely customize it to my liking. I didn't vote because I don't love it or hate it.

lifeafter2am said:

At first I didn't like it at all, but since I really started messing around with it I grew to like it. If I don't feel like adding the tracks to the library, then I use VLC, otherwise iTunes works quite well.

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I do the exact same thing.
I wasn't too fond of iTunes at first and only used it to sync my iPod. But I came to realize how powerful an application it was!

It just makes owning a Mac even better. It's the greatest thing since doughnut holes.

It's a great program, but like lifeafter2am, I too use VLC or Quick Look to preview music before adding the tracks to my library.

Eggo said:

Absolutely sucks when you want to make MP3 cds.

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Why's that?

i only miss the capability to queue up tracks...love it tho...not the best on pc's...but rock solid on macs

rohan said:

i only miss the capability to queue up tracks...love it tho...not the best on pc's...but rock solid on macs

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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the whole purpose of having playlists??

What is Quicklook? Do they have a link?

ebay said:

What is Quicklook? Do they have a link?

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http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quicklook.html

Thanks for not clobbering me.

Love It!

I think it's great. There's probably something I don't like about it, but nothing comes to mind.

I have no real issues with iTunes at all. If I thought really hard I am sure I could come up with a few small things, but it's my favorite overall. I do feel though it's smoother on OSX than on Windows.

I voted "Love it" because im a heavy user of iTms which btw does an awesome job

ITunes on a mac connected to a NTFS network has it limits. with a larger library it is slooooow. mediamonkey has better performance but is windows based. dosnt seem to be an alternative for the mac these days.