Marvellous everything seems a bit faster but now my 4th gen ipod nano is apparently corrupt and it won't sync... thanks apple...
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iTunes 8.1 Now Available for Download
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
to be honest as long as I can still rip into ALAC i don't care what they rename 256kbps AAC ^^
iTunes definitely loads the Applications, Podcasts, Playlists, and other pages very quickly. Feels a lot snappier (I never really thought it was slow before, but now it seems extremely quick).
The iTunes Store still seems extremely bloated and has way too much junk in it, but all in all iTunes feels very nice. I still wish they would strip down and clean everything out as it feels too "heavy", but it's really coming along nicely (maybe we'll see this with version 9).
The iTunes Store still seems extremely bloated and has way too much junk in it, but all in all iTunes feels very nice. I still wish they would strip down and clean everything out as it feels too "heavy", but it's really coming along nicely (maybe we'll see this with version 9).
As far as I know, yes. If someone else knows otherwise please feel free to correct me.
Slow effing download for me too. Guess everyone is going for it and rocking Apple's servers... lol
True, but with some of them, that is up to debate
It's a legitimate statement he made. Nearly every release Apple tries to break some of the methods people are using to expand the functionality of
devices.
Read below, that is what people are worried about.
Ummm.... I'm not really trying very hard here, but we could use iNsanely Snappy, or iSnappy or something
True, but with some of them, that is up to debate
Having a bad day?
It's a legitimate statement he made. Nearly every release Apple tries to break some of the methods people are using to expand the functionality of
devices.Read below, that is what people are worried about.
We need a better word than snappier. That is Safari's word, and starts with an S. I am now taking suggestions for words implying speed increases that start with an I (for iTunes)
Ummm.... I'm not really trying very hard here, but we could use iNsanely Snappy, or iSnappy or something
In short, yes. They also added support for it from the Remote App, including editing the queue, and allowing others to request songs and vote on which ones to play next
Cover Flow broken
Performance of Cover Flow under iTunes 8.1 is unacceptable. There is a significant lag between starting to scroll with the trackpad or mouse ball and the initiation of scrolling in the Cover Flow window. Additionally, once it actually begins scrolling, it scrolls so incredibly fast that I overshoot the album I'm trying to select every time.
The overall effect is like trying to grab your cat when he knows you're going to give him a bath.
Performance of Cover Flow under iTunes 8.1 is unacceptable. There is a significant lag between starting to scroll with the trackpad or mouse ball and the initiation of scrolling in the Cover Flow window. Additionally, once it actually begins scrolling, it scrolls so incredibly fast that I overshoot the album I'm trying to select every time.
The overall effect is like trying to grab your cat when he knows you're going to give him a bath.
Yeah, the new coverflow speed is darn hard to get used to... they covers fly past so quick you can't even see them.
On the other hand, grid view is much quicker to load - that's a major nuisance fixed!
On the other hand, grid view is much quicker to load - that's a major nuisance fixed!
Jailbroken iPhone with latest Remote app connects fine. DJ Request mode is nice.
iTunes looks the same to me, not brighter at all. Much faster, especially switching between Applications and music folders. Itunes recognised the iPhone being plugged in quicker without showing the spinning wheel of doom first like it used to always do. Nice.
Cover flow is faster and smoother then ever - no delay from wheel movement to album movement. SMOOOTH.
iTunes looks the same to me, not brighter at all. Much faster, especially switching between Applications and music folders. Itunes recognised the iPhone being plugged in quicker without showing the spinning wheel of doom first like it used to always do. Nice.
Cover flow is faster and smoother then ever - no delay from wheel movement to album movement. SMOOOTH.
Surely Genius with TV shows is just the genius sidebar (i.e. the integration with the store) - so it suggests what else you may want to buy, rather than creating a playlist. No idea - not had a chance to try it out yet.
WOW!
Incredible! It used to take several minutes to start up (100+ GB of songs and tv). NOW: 10 seconds.
Still blacks out the second monitor when in full screen mode. -_-
Incredible! It used to take several minutes to start up (100+ GB of songs and tv). NOW: 10 seconds.
Still blacks out the second monitor when in full screen mode. -_-
Ummm.... I'm not really trying very hard here, but we could use iNsanely Snappy, or iSnappy or something
I kinda like it. New slogan (unless there are other suggestions. I will keep the polling open till tomorrow afternoon (5ish). For now it is, iTunes-iNsanely snappy.
Sorry, it's been a weird day and my sense of humor is getting worse (more odd?) than it was before.
Wow, after having to suffer with the bloated iTunes with my aged iMac G5, I thought nothing could make it faster.
I downloaded 8.1 and noticed a significant improvement in load times, to check how responsive it was with heavier graphics load, I clicked on CoverFlow and all the artwork loaded almost instantly, it didn't even lag while zooming around! Apple really outdid itself this time.
I'll edit this when I sync my iPod 5th Gen.
I downloaded 8.1 and noticed a significant improvement in load times, to check how responsive it was with heavier graphics load, I clicked on CoverFlow and all the artwork loaded almost instantly, it didn't even lag while zooming around! Apple really outdid itself this time.
I'll edit this when I sync my iPod 5th Gen.
Still no AC-3 passthrough
Well, they haven't fixed the Dolby Digital AC-3 passthrough. Geez, what crap this is. Oh well, I still wouldn't have switched from Plex.
Well, they haven't fixed the Dolby Digital AC-3 passthrough. Geez, what crap this is. Oh well, I still wouldn't have switched from Plex.