Column Browser is disabled.

When I connect my iphone 4s to itunes, the column browser is totally disabled and "greyed out" when I need to find something. It just shows a giant liste view. When I'm using iTunes regularly and going through my library, the column browser works fine. Is this just a really irritating new feature that the design clowns at Apple decided to bestow upon everybody to make them switch to Samsung?

Hello Tom,
Do you have the *Manually manage music and videos* option ticked from under your iPod's Summary tab? If not, it may explain your inability to browse through your music on your iPod via iTunes.
B-rock

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I have literally too much music to auto load it to my iPhone. I used to use the column browser while looking on my device to quickly select music to add or delete. Is there an easier way to quickly manage and browse music manually while in "On This Device" mode now that the column browser feature is disabled in this situation?

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Is it just me? But I used to be able to hit Cmd-B in order to look at the column browser in iTunes in any playlist I created. I looks like it's been taken away in iTunes 11. What gives?

The column browser doesn't make as much sense in your playlists as it does in your library and does seem to be gone. It does still work in your library. While you're in the Music tab, choose Songs to see everything. Cmd-B will still bring up the column browser.

Why can't I use the Column Browser for my iPod when connected to the computer?

In iTunes 11, I can use the Column Browser while viewing my music library on the computer. But it's inexplicably not available for viewing the music on my iPod when it's connected to the computer to sync.
The Column Browser is the simplest, easiest, most elegant way for me to review what's on my iPod, and create Playlists from my music and CD books. It was available in 10.7 and is available on the computer, why not the iPod????!!!???
Why mess around changing something that isn't broken - after all these years why can't that option still be available? It doesn't have to be the default, just be available. Will I have to downgrade to 10.7 yet again????
And you don't even have a relevant category for me to choose from below!! It makes sense to me that you provide a general "Using iTunes" category.

Thanks for your reply, but I've already done that and the Column Browser options are completely grayed out. I've taken a screen shot and hope I can paste it in here. You'll see I have the sidebar open. That's the way I prefer to deal with iTunes.
This happened after I updated to iTunes 11.0.4. Perhaps that changed the setting options. I think I had the Column Browser option prior to that, but I just got a new iPod and I was busy loading stuff, so not completely sure if it worked before the update. But I think I would have noticed, because it bugs me so much not to have the option.

Can't see album art in Songs view in iTunes 11, column browser issues

The column browser is still the most effective way for me to navigate my music, but in iTunes 11 it's only available in Songs view. This kinda makes sense, the column browser would be somewhat redundant in the other views, but Songs view is now missing the album art on the left side, which makes it a lot harder to view my music. This is what it looked like in iTunes 10:
In iTunes 11 it looks like this:
The album art was't just pretty, it had a great function of visually separating each of my albums in the list view. Now they all mush together. Sure, I can see the art now in the Artists or Genre view, but not with the column browser. I want to be able to sort by Genre, Artist and Albums - all three. Not one or the other. The column browser is the only way to do this and it just got uglier.
On top of all this, now if I navigate to a certain place in the column browser and then click on anything else in iTunes, like the Artists view, Movies, Podcasts, etc and then jump back to the column browser, the whole column browser is reset and I've lost my place. This never used to happen in iTunes 10.
It's like Apple is trying to marginalize the column browser till no-one wants to use it anymore.

I found this in another discussion about iTunes 11:
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Go to prefernces >general and uncheck use large text. Go to Artist view > view > options > check group compulations. then clik on all artists and all you music will appear in list view with the art work on the left This is great for me as I recognize my music by art work not title, artist, ect.. Wish I could do additional sorts/see info in this view such as date added, BPM, last played ect."
can you try it and post a screen shot?

Why can't I use Column Browser when looking at the music that is on my iPhone.

I have upated to iTunes 11 and I am running Windows 7. I have the Manage Music Manually checked on the settings for my iPhone. When I look at the music that is on my phone in iTunes 11, I get the list view with no other options and no column browser. I have checked several forums and all of them deal with the Music that is in the Library. I may be wrong, but wasn't column broswer there in earlier versions for the connected devices? If so, why take it away? I guess what I want to know is, is this going to be permanent?

The column browser doesn't make as much sense in your playlists as it does in your library and does seem to be gone. It does still work in your library. While you're in the Music tab, choose Songs to see everything. Cmd-B will still bring up the column browser.

The column browser is no longer available when trying to view music in iTunes. I'm only able to use the column browser only when viewing playlists. Why?

I noticed that after one of the recent updates to iTunes, I am unable to view my music using the column browser type view. Only when I select one of my playlists is the music displayed with the column browser. When I select Music to view the contents of my library, only the album covers are displayed on the right side. The old column browser type display is not available any more - it is grayed out. I do have "show list views for all media" checked in my Preferences / General tab.
Did Apple screw up or is it me?

You're welcome.
tt2

Why is the column browser greyed out when viewing iPod music?

Hello,
I can not display the "column browser" for my iPod Touch, like I can for my iTunes Music Library (iTunes for Windows)
To confirm we're on the same page: the column browser is the specific display/view with "Artists" and "Albums" filters (and optionally 'Genres" , "Composers" and a few other not-so-useful options) in Columns at the top of the screen: selecting different combinations allows you to easily filter the "results" panel below, which displays all the individual songs that match those filters.
I have seen other questions on how to display the column browser, which relate more to the iTunes Library Music, opposed to the iPod touch music. (FYI the fix for the Library is to click "songs" and then the option for column browsing is available in "View/Column Browser/Show Column Browser")
If i display the sidebar, and select 'Music' under my iPod Touch, it just displays ALL songs. The option for "show column browser" is greyed out and not selectable. If i hige the sidebar, and click "Music" in the top left column under the name of my iPod, i get the same view. If i click "Music" from the big centered bar at the top of iTunes (but below the standard File/Edit menubar) this just shows my Sync options...
So question is: How do I display the column browser for my iPod music?
If i can't, question is: Why did you hide this feature and can you please bring it back?
And a general comment: Please let the brilliant Jony Ive loose on the iTunes design ASAP: it desperately needs a designer's eye to make this interface more intuitive. There are about 5 incongruous button/menu themes utilised at different places, and none of them are particularly well thought out. I'm a student of the school of thought where you can (if needed) utilise a few different interface design styles on one application to suit different users and different scenarious: but they need a talented designer to harmonise. The current iTunes is like years of changes piled on top of each other with no clear direction. Not an enjoyable experience!

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Why can't I use the column browser on my playlists?

I use large playlists to load my ipods, ipads and apple tvs. The column browser use in playlists was a huge advantage in previous Itunes versions but is not available in Itunes 11.

I read in another thread that if you click on songs, and then hit Ctrl+J you can choose the columns.

Albums not showing up in column browser

I am using itunes 11.0.1.12. Along the top, I have the "songs" tab checked. Then underneath I have "genres", "artists", and "albums" in the column browser. When I go to "rock" in genres, then "Beatles" in artists, I only have 1 album (Sgt Pepper) show up in the genre list but I have 4 albums by them! I see all the songs and albums in the main view and can play them all, but for some reason only Sgt Pepper shows up in the album field on top in the column browser. This is also not unique to the Beatles. This is happening with other artists as well.
I did not have this problem with earlier versions of itunes, where genre, artist, and album were originally on the left instead of on top. It was working perfectly. I have not changed any fields in any songs or anything else for that matter. Just a simple upgrade to the newet version of itunes.
Please, any help would be greatly appreciated as this is incredibly frustrating.
Thank you

You've picked the correct place to post regarding iTunes for Windows. (Or the post was relocated.)
Select one track from one album that hasn't appeared where you expect it to. Press CTRL+I to Get Info and look at the summary tab. Where does iTunes tell you that the file is? Where do you think it should be? A common issue is files going into the Compilations folder when you might expect them to be listed under the Album Artist.
tt2

Why can't I see the column browser in iTunes 11.4?

Why can't I see the column browser in iTunes 11.4?
Just imported a CD of rare folk music that a friend gave me and want to edit the title, album name, etc like I used to.
In iTunes under "View" the column Browser options are greyed out - not available.
Seems that this is the view where editing is possible.
What can I do to bring back column browser?
Steve

nevets2 wrote:
Why can't I see the column browser in iTunes 11.4?
Just imported a CD of rare folk music that a friend gave me and want to edit the title, album name, etc like I used to.
In iTunes under "View" the column Browser options are greyed out - not available.
Select Songs (not Artists or Albums) at top and you can use the Column browser.

Where is the column browser in itunes 12

I recently upgraded to iTunes 12, and I was surprised to find that my column browser was gone. I've searched around, and I've found several articles that say I can activate it using the View > Column Browser option, but I don't have a Column Browser option in my View menu. Any tips on how I can restore my column browser?

Hi,
This is what I see for my iPod and iPad:
Is this what you're looking for?
Jim

Scrolling with mouse wheel in column browser starts from the start of the list

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else has been encountering this problem with iTunes.
Ever since updating to 10.5, whenever I use the mouse wheel to scroll in the column browser, it starts from the start of the list, regardless of which artist or album is highlighted.
For instance, I press the M key to jump to artists starting with M, then use the mouse wheel to scroll down the list, in iTunes 10.5 it jumps me back to the As.
The strange thing is that if I then use the mouse wheel to scroll down to the Cs, then jump down the list via a key press, mouse wheel scrolling will start me back to where I last scrolled (C).
How can I fix this problem?
I'm using iTunes 10.5.0.142 on Windows 7 Home Premium.

I can confirm the behaviour. It would seem iTunes is keeping a separate record of the position in the list for use by the scroll wheel, and then snapping to that before scrolling up or down a screenful. The same random jumps happen if you use the keyboard Page Up/Page Down commands and then use the mouse wheel.
I shall file a bug report.
tt2

Column Browser in Smart Playlists in 10.7.x?

We have a user with iTunes 11 running 10.7.5 that seems to be unable to invoke the Column Browser in a Smart Playlist. The option's greyed out in the View menu.
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Bug, or feature?

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