Here's the list of tips from tonights show. Hope to clean up the thread sometime this week and create a sticky I'll also move the recent tips into one thread as soon as I work out the best organization.
Managing the 25000 track iTunes Match limit This article describes a work around for the 25000 track limit for iTunes Match
Fixing some annoyances of iTunes 12 All iTunes tips below are part of
this article
You can bring the sidebar back, sort of, but it’s not called that any more, and it doesn’t give you access to the same content as it did in the past. When viewing any of your media libraries—accessible by clicking the icons at the top-left of the window—just click Playlists in the navigation bar at the top-center of the iTunes window.
If you prefer the older window, a la iTunes 11, for entering tag information you can use it. Just select one or more files, press the Option key, right-click on the selected file(s), and choose Get Info. You’ll see a window almost exactly like that of iTunes 11 and earlier. You must use the right-click contextual menu to get this option.
Mini Player Window iTunes 12 changed the way this window is displayed, and it can be a bit confusing. Three different ways ti display that miniplayer now.
Music Videos
Fortunately, music videos are still in your Music library, and you can get to them easily. While in your Music library, click Playlists in the navigation bar; you’ll see an entry for Music Videos near the top of the sidebar.
On IOS devices when using apps that permit text entry you can use voice dictation to enter text. Do this by bringing up the IOS keyboard, tapping the mic icon, then speaking your information.
If you are in Messages this works as well. Tapping the mic icon at the right side of a message window allows you to record an audio message that gets sent with your message.