Column Browser - It's back in - fully functional - 10.15.2 beta - also the mini player with artwork is exactly like it was in iTunes
Very good news! Is it also possible to display the cover art in front of the song list?
Column Browser - It's back in - fully functional - 10.15.2 beta - also the mini player with artwork is exactly like it was in iTunes
Very good news! Is it also possible to display the cover art in front of the song list?
Now if only the bloody filter bar would persist between playlist changes!
Or even inline editing of Playlist names!Apparently that is harder to do than putting the "Column Browser" back - lol
Column Browser - It's back in - fully functional - 10.15.2 beta - also the mini player with artwork is exactly like it was in iTunes
Not yet unfortunately. Hope soon.Very good news! Is it also possible to display the cover art in front of the song list?
"also the mini player with artwork is exactly like it was in iTunes"
The MiniPlayer is exactly the same as it was with the first Catalina release, and even in the betas. What you may think is different is that initially it would open with only the controllers visible; you could just drag from the top of the controller window to expand it and display artwork.
iTunes Library.xml v. ITLibrary
A couple of years ago, Apple added a new option to iTunes Preferences:
This, and the fact that the support doc for this feature referred to the "Legacy library XML", was Apple's way of telling developers that the XML was going to go away.
The iTunes Library.xml file is a condensed version of the iTunes Library database periodically exported as a property-list-like text file by iTunes itself, generally whenever a change occurred to the database: you played or tagged a track, created or deleted a playlist, and so on. It can easily be imported and parsed quickly by an application, even an AppleScript. You've probably used an AppleScript from this site that asked you to turn the "Share" option on, right?
A year or two before the "Share" option was added, Apple introduced the ITLibrary framework, which is an API that developers can use to get info about the iTunes library (and now the Music and TV apps) instead of having to use the iTunes Library.xml file.
So anyway, the XML has finally gone away, effectively, since it is no longer automatically exported.
I've been trying to incorporate the ITLibrary framework into my projects whenever I can, especially for apps that need to display lots of tracks or playlists (like Media Folder Files Not Added).
But ITLibrary was apparently last updated for macOS 10.13. And now that iTunes has been split out into the media apps, it's usefulness over the XML file has not been improved.
(And please. Don't let me hear anyone suggest some groovy way of exporting the XML automatically. Forget about the XML. Unless it's for backups or something.)
And I'm sure I've run into other minor impediments. Wait, bonus gripe: converting decimal persistent IDs to hexidecimal. (Strangely, the ITLibrary required you codesign your app in order to use it, but I'm not seeing this prohibition in Catalina. Am I missing something?)
- ITLibrary does not know about Work and Movement tags.
- ITLibrary does not know the difference between playlists in the Music app and playlists in the TV app. You can ask for discrete music tracks or TV tracks or movie tracks, but not discrete playlists from either app.
- ITLibrary does not know what a subscription playlist is. It's an Apple Music playlist you have added to your library. ITLibrary sees it as a Regular playlist.
- Ditto Loved and Disliked for tracks
- Ditto Loved and Disliked for playlists
- ITLibrary does not distinguish among types of cloud tracks (uploaded, matched, duplicate, etc)
- ITLibrary does not provide a Track ID which is used to correlate the tracks in a playlist to their library entries and vice versa.
It would be great if someone over there could give us a dusted up version of ITLibrary. Meanwhile, there's still AppleScript.
Just as an FYI, Doug of Doug’s Scripts are starting to come around on Music. There’s a lot of updated scripts over at http://dougsscripts.com. As well as some technical information on the state of ITL:
Okey, so I hate that when you go back from an album to the library view it doesn't remember the position on the library and I have to scroll back manually... that's awful like what are you doing Apple????
Why we don't have a simbol or any mark to know if Music app is connected to Apple Music servers? in iTunes we had it so we can try to reconnect..
I'm very disappointed with this app, it doesn't do anything better than iTunes. I hope they can update it to have a smooth experience, it's disappointing..
Honestly I'd rather them just go back to the album opening in-line without opening a window. The very idea of having the back button seems like a useless extra step.Okey, so I hate that when you go back from an album to the library view it doesn't remember the position on the library and I have to scroll back manually... that's awful like what are you doing Apple????
No.Is any of this fixed with 10.15.2 beta?
thanks!
Honestly I'd rather them just go back to the album opening in-line without opening a window. The very idea of having the back button seems like a useless extra step.
No.
Yep, this is a bad bug with Music and iOS syncing (among various bad bugs with Music and iOS syncing). I've reported it to Apple via the developer bug program, and have also been in contact with Executive Relations and advanced product support, so I know they are aware of the issue.So, wait... did I just read that the Music app doesn't retain playlist song order/sequence after syncing to your iPhone or iPad? Isn't that the very purpose of a playlist? It is to me. I guess I need to hold out a bit longer...
I can add and delete music from my iPods (5th Gen and Classic), but there are several things I could absolutely do in iTunes that are no longer possible (PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong):
search files on the iPod
edit metadata on files on the iPod
play files from on the iPod
Some iPod sync problems can be resolved by installing iTunesAccess https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/has-anyone-gotten-an-ipod-shuffle-2nd-gen-to-work.2196567/Probably because the sync app is now part of the finder?