#itunes 12.4

iTunes 12.4 applies song ratings to albums and destroys Smart Playlists

“In iTunes, you can rate songs and albums separately,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville. “For example, you can rate a song five stars, and an album four stars.”

“If you do this, iTunes considers that every track that is not rated specifically inherits the album rating,” McElhearn writes. “And the album rating – if you have not set it expressly – is computed from any song ratings…

How to work with the ‘new’ sidebar in iTunes 12.4

“Apple has resurrected the sidebar in iTunes 12.4, making it an essential element for navigation your media,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville. “At first glance, it looks a lot like the sidebar that was in iTunes back in the day, but there are some differences.

“To navigate among the various media kinds, you use what Apple calls the Media Picker,” McElhearn writes. “That’s the menu…

Yeah sure! What I did was first quit iTunes, and assuming you have a Mac, go to your Finder > Music > iTunes > Previous iTunes Libraries. In that folder, hopefully you see documents with the extension .itl with a date precedent to when you updated your iTunes to 12.2. 

Given that you have that one file, go back to the main iTunes folder and find a file that is named “iTunes Library.itl” and rename it to whatever you want, as long as it is different. I just added “corrupted” at the end of mine. If you also see a file named “iTunes Music Library.xml”, rename that too.

Now going back to the file you found in your “Previous iTunes Libraries” folder, rename it “iTunes Library.itl” and drag it to the main iTunes folder. 

Now, open up iTunes, and this should have restored your songs from the moment prior to the update you made. 

The 12 most important things Apple just changed in iTunes 12.4

“Apple yesterday released iTunes 12.4, an update that introduces a few user interface tweaks that should help you get around it a little better,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld.

“Have you been using the Heart button to tell iTunes which tracks you like best so you receive better music recommendations?” Evans writes. “Probably not, as it only appeared when you hovered your cursor…

Apple releases iTunes 12.4

Apple today released iTunes 12.4.

Now enjoy all of your music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more in a simpler design.

Navigation. Now you can use Back and Forward buttons as you navigate between your Library, Apple Music, iTunes Store, and more.

Media Picker. Easily switch between Music, Movies, TV shows and more–and Edit to choose just the items you want.

Library and Playlists.U…

iTunes 12.4 sắp ra mắt sẽ được làm mới, hỗ trợ tốt hơn Apple Music

Hồi tháng Hai, Eddy Cue có nói rằng một phiên bản mới của iTunes sẽ ra mắt cùng với OS X 10.11.4, mang đến một giao diện đơn giản hơn và giúp người dùng dễ dàng sử dụng Apple Music. Tuy nhiên bản cập nhật này đã không “đúng hẹn” khi OS X 10.11.4 phát hành. Tuy vậy chúng ta vẫn có một số ảnh chụp màn hình của phiên bản iTunes này trong quá trình thử nghiệm để có cái nhìn rõ hơn về những thay đổi…