03-17-2007, 12:26 PM

Hi guys, I'm a switcher and not unfamiliar with iTunes. I've had an iPod for two years, been using iTunes that whole time. I've never seen anything like this.

When I go the mac yesterday iTunes worked just like on my PC. I could browse my shared music from the PC as usual. (Click the hsared library on the list on the left side. Then see list of files in the main window area to play.)

iTunes asked to update and I let it. Now I have a problem. The file list is gone. No matter what I click on (Music, Shared Library, a playlist, etc) I just get shown the iTunes store homepage.

And the iTunes store is also useless because while I can go to an album or movie there I never get a track list so I can't even preview music. What in heaven's name did I do wrong guys and how do I FIX it. The only way I can play music now is using the remote. For some reason FrontRow can browse music but the regular iTunes view can't. Help??

03-17-2007, 12:33 PM

try updating itunes

03-17-2007, 12:56 PM

iTunes is updated. That's how this started. It asked to update, I let it. Bam, problem.

03-17-2007, 01:17 PM

Hmm, something not right. Now FrontRow won't come up and iTunes crashes if I try to do anything at all in it. That stupid iTunes store homepage that has taken over won't even scroll.

*sigh*

03-17-2007, 01:49 PM

What Mac do you have, and have you run all the system updates?

Also, have you tried repairing permissions?

03-17-2007, 02:59 PM

Its a new MacBook. Just arrived yesterday. I have run the system updates and the iTunes update.

From what I've read permissions shouldn't be the issue here. iTunes should understand permissions and not be overwriting them. I'll check those again though. Its just utterly bizarre.

03-17-2007, 03:13 PM

Nevermind, found the problem. I moved the iTunes application in the Applications folder into a subfolder (makes it neater) however, its more complicated an install than the other programs I did this with (none of THEM mind) and it breaks things. So iTunes gets left alone from now on.

03-17-2007, 03:29 PM

I was just going to ask if it started acting up after you messed with the Applications folder you talk about in another thread...

See? Leave that Applications folder alone! LOL

03-17-2007, 03:47 PM

Doesn't seem to bother anything that is just a drop in install. But if it uses an actual installer app then it causes problems. Ah well.