On 12/20/2015 7:24 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/20/2015 6:55 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/20/2015 6:32 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:13:45 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/20/2015 4:55 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:52:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
Even when you download iTunes
and install on a Windows based computer it takes forever. That was the
first thing I noticed on the iMac when updating the OS. Come to think
of it, even the OS revisions for the iPad take a long time.
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That's because the first thing that iTunes does is lay claim to all of
your music files, rename them, and restructure your music directories.
It took me a week to get everything back to the way I wanted it.
You are right. I had forgotten that. I deleted iTunes from this and my
previous Vista computer because I got tired of doing everything to do
with music files the "Apple" way. Much better saving the files where I
want them, not where Apple thinks they should be.
You can put the music files wherever you want. Mine reside on my server, a
non-apple product, and are accessible via all our devices, via hardwire, wi
fi or via data sources off the premises.
AKA avoiding Apple when you can
That was my conclusion. I tried using iTunes for my music files but
found it to be convoluted and way too complex to use. I stored the
music in folders I created and organized instead. I kept iTunes on all
the computers (the Vista laptop and this Win 7) while I had the iMac
and was trying to get used to it. When I got rid of the iMac I also got
rid of iTunes.
I remember once that iTunes automatically started changing mp3
extensions to mp4 which ****ed me off. The older Vista computer
couldn't read mp4 so, in order to send a file via the wifi network from
the iMac to the Vista, I had to manually change the extension back to
mp3. Don't know why Apple decided to make that change. It started
after one of the many iTunes "updates".
Yeah, it was really difficult. I set up a directory on my sever and pointed
itunes at it. Whew! 😅 guess some would find that . . . Tough.
I didn't say it was "tough". I said it ****ed me off because I didn't
want them stored as mp4 files. I saved them as mp3 but iTunes decided
they should be mp4. There was no notice of the change whenever they
decided to start doing this. I discovered by accident that right
clicking on the file allowed me to transfer it via the network as a mp3
rather than an mp4. Another one of those "intuitive" Apple things that
you should just *know*, I guess.
I make oldies mp3s CDS from iTunes for a buddy. Easy.
I used to make oldie CD's often but CD's are so old fashioned now. :-)
My lawyer buddy has an unbelievable music file collection with just
about every album or single by just about every artist, dating from
the late 1930's up to the 1980's. He's a Mac nut and actually worked
for Apple helping develop applications. On my 60th birthday he gave me
an external hard drive on which he had copied tunes from the late 1940's
up to the 1970's. Many I had long forgotten about. It's fun sometimes
to plug the hard drive into my computer and I'll end up finding songs I
haven't heard in years.
If you are ever looking for a particular song and can't find it anywhere
give me a shout. There's a good chance it's on the hard drive even if
it was the "B" side of a single that no one remembers.