Comments on: 5 Tips to Make iTunes 11 Look Normal Again

By: rocketmouse

rocketmouse — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:57:03 +0000

THANK YOU!
When I got back here from the hospital (in another state) “something” insisted I download and install the new iTunes before I could use it. (Oh man, I’ve forgotten what it was already–I don’t recommend breaking *anything,* in-state or out….) But then I couldn’t figure out the new look, and I’d forgotten the side bar was called that and not side menu. None of my searches panned out, except this one, of course. Thank you again!

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:01:36 +0000

Sorry it took me 5 months to find this. Awesome help here, because iTunes 11 sucks. I wish technology companies would innovate their technology instead of mucking around with UIs. Users like consistency and the radical changes that Apple put into 11 as an “improvement” were flat out #fails.

Thanks!

By: christine

christine — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:16:53 +0000

Why are the icons so huge? can I make them smaller again?

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:30:53 +0000

Thanks so much for this! I was so confused for ages

By: TheGooch

TheGooch — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:16:48 +0000

The “songs” tab solution given here really isn’t a solution. You have to do it every time that you restart iTunes. I’d like to make it the default as most of my songs are singles and it’s rare that I have 3 songs from the same album.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:10:46 +0000

This may have been covered but I don’t have time to read through everything. The problem I am having is that any time I am on my iPod itself and then click back to the music on the computer, it goes back to the top of the screen and I have to scroll down or search for the last artist and it’s so annoying. I wish it stayed where I left it. Is there any way to disable this?

I hope I make sense.

By: The Lizard

The Lizard — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:14:41 +0000

Easy to do that. Plug in your iPod, click on the iPod icon in the left tool bar, click on summary. On there it will give you Options. Un-check the box that says “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected”

By: Crispytwo

Crispytwo — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:03:48 +0000

Thank you, thank you, for all the great tips and for your user friendly site, OS X Daily! Wish I’d found you a long time ago.

Of all the things that Apple could be improving, the upgrade to iTunes 11 was the very last thing on the list for me. iTunes has evolved to be the hub, the umbrella for so many functions, including commerce with Apple. With the addition of iTunes Match(what a colossal joke, they can’t even get the Beatles songs to the correct albums!), iCloud so all your devices can sync to become the exact same thing; revamping the ‘look’ plus adding some new and stupid features, like “Up Next” (who cares), has just been infuriating!
It’s like someone coming into to your meticulously arranged office in the middle of the night and totally revamping it.
Apple, get the current functions to work optimally before you go changing the furniture around for the sake of, let’s decorate, let’s reinvent the iTunes look. Really? Yes you did. There are professionals in media that use iTunes, because it ‘was’ straight forward with a clean/simple way to organize. Now? It’s bubble gum, it makes me think of bubble gum when ever I need to use it.
This site, OS X Daily, is the best thing I’ve come across since, maybe ever. Keep up the good work, and a sincere thanks to your ability to communicate so clearly. Cheers

By: iTunes, I am disappoint.

iTunes, I am disappoint. — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:10:41 +0000

Actually I just found a better way!
Click on the small arrow next to the magnifying glass and un-check the option ‘Search Entire Library’.

By: iTunes, I am disappoint.

iTunes, I am disappoint. — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:05:16 +0000

I was really irritated by the new search function also. Luckily I found a way to make the results show up like they used to.

After you type in your search, hit ‘enter’ and it will show the results normally.

By: Anon Ymous

Anon Ymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:24:50 +0000

Anyone else frustrated by the search? I went to “Songs” view to get back the old iTunes feel. But when I search for music, I seem to have no choice but to play it. Often I just want to search out the file in my iTunes to look at it, edit it, etc. But when you click on the search results, it switches away from “Songs” view.

Such an awful awful update. This is almost as bad as the loss of control over applications getting brought to the front. (I know which order I clicked the applications and do not need Mac to bring them to the front automatically. ERG!!!!)

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:57:51 +0000

Thanks – the only post I could find on Google that explained how to get the left hand tool bar to show again – and so simple to do.

By: sally

sally — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:45:21 +0000

I just want the “now playing” artwork that shows in bottom left corner back…. can anyone please help?

cheers

By: Stinky McGhee

Stinky McGhee — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:06:25 +0000

I just got an iPod touch, my first Apple device ever. I’m glad that I was able to expense it and not have to purchase it myself. I would have taken it right back. I’ve had an Android phone for over a year.
The ONLY reason I got the iPod is for business reasons. My company has an app in the (cr)App store and I have to test and demo to clients.
I must say that the Apple cult is everything I knew it would be. The Apple sycophants are more obsequious than I imagined. The “geniuses” are about 50 points shy of retarded on an IQ test.
What do I hate so much? The simple fact that I cannot (or have not yet figured out) how to stop iTunes from opening every time I plug my iPod into my computer.
To be sure, Windoze and Microsloth have definitely pissed me off in the past, but this is NOT a good first experience with (cr)Apple.

By: PacBrad

PacBrad — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:43:36 +0000

Click on the album cover.

You will then see a window open. Roll over it to see the track progression.