On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 18:42:31 -0500, "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".

There are plenty of very capable tools in windows and even DOS. Why
would you complicate anything as simple as a bunch of "files"?
I steal them, (buy from the worthy), I manage them and I listen to
them on plenty of platforms but they are just shared files on an
antique PC running XP.