How do you stop itunes from changing the playlist window when new song comes on? It is the worst feature of this program!

I will be browsing in letter P and playing in letter B and then get kicked back to B on the next song. Why wont it just stay at P!!!!? This is a useless feature I have been dealing with for a decade now.
I cant figure it out. I hates it! Why do they have this? Why!!!!?????

There's several ways to browse to overcome this in certain configurations but they are finicky to describe and they don't get around what you are seeing in a general browse the whole library mode. It's the way iTunes is designed.
Complain to Apple. Don't hold your breath.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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TS1702 how do you stop itunes from downloading apps over and over again and again like for ever it wont stop help.

how do you stop itunes from downloading apps over and over again and again like for ever it wont stop help.
i tryed everything i can in the setting and so on , i even clicked on the downloads arrow to pause it and delete them but like i said it will now stop.
theres apps i just dont want. theres a list of them but theres not a place were i can get rid of them. it also says some stuff about icloud yeah right like i have ios 5 or 7 ha . pod touch 2 is what i have lol . plz help thanks.

to the right by search library theres an arrow there click on it : it will show you what it is downloading , from there you can pause and select all and delete them but still will continue to download them if you tell itunes to check for downloads. that download engien is crazy i tell yeah.
no matter what we do it will still download them trust me i tryed everything and i also went to icloud to see if it was there but to what i see is that there is no apps there this is some crazy itune program that needs to remade.

HOW DO YOU STOP ITUNES FROM WRITING COMMENTS IN YOUR ID TAGS!! ARGH!

I use a program to manage my id tags. I used to never use the tags, but now I have it so that the program reads in all files form a directory and edits the ID tags to only put artist - title. that's all the information i ever store. BUT, whenever you put songs into itunes and sync, itunes decides to write random, what looks like binary?, information into the comments section of your id tags. Is there a way to stop itunes from doing this?

Are you using mp3gain? Or the Sound Check function in
iTunes. Sometimes, mp3gain will write strings of
number to the comments field. I think it can happen
with Soundcheck as well. Personally, I've never had
iTunes write anything to the comments field but I
don't use either of the above.
I use MP3Gain all the time - it doesn't do this. This kinda sounds like a mismatch between what tag version are written in both programs. Make sure they both match, and I bet your problem goes away.
I use 4 different progams to edit tag info, depending on what I want to do, and I don't ever see this kind of thing. I never use all 4 on the same file, I usually use one that does batch tagging and then I use TagScanner to fine-tune. I run MP3Gain on everything.

How do i stop itunes from automatically importing playlists

Hate the new 10.4.0.80 version of iTunes. I keep an M3u playlist for each of my 1000's of albums. Recent version is the first version that imports all these playlists when i "add a folder". Then you have no way of managing all these new playlists that automatically get added. Yes I can delete them or move them to a folder - but I have to select each list one at a time to do that and I dont have the patience to do this over a thousand times. And then if i add the folder again, because itunes doesn't automatically add new music - all the playlists come back like a bad rash
Reason enough for me to abandon iTunes, which means I don't really need an iPhone and iPad instead of an Andriod.
Horrible experience. How do I turn off this feature or otherwise stop iTunes from doing this?

Mac OS X: Double-Clicking a File Opens the Wrong Application - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2291
-= Changing the application used to open all files of a certain kind (written with reference to OSX 10.4 but may not have changed) =-
1) In a Finder window highlight a file of the kind you want to change the application to open that kind of file.
2) While that file is highlighted, select File > Get Info or press command (apple or propeller icon) + i to get a file information window.
3) In the lower part of the info window there is an "open with" menu with a list of applications.
4) If your application is already in the box then it is the default application for opening that kind of file and you don't need to do anything more. Close the get info window.
5) If the application showing in the menu is not the one with which you wish to open the file then select a new application. If your application does not appear there then select the "other..." and track down the application (usually in the Applications folder at the main level of the computer).
6) If you wish to change all files of this type to open with this application in future, make sure the "change all" button is selected.
7) Close the get info window.

How do I stop Itunes from changing my library location

Is there just no answer to what should be a simple setting change?? No matter what I do, Itunes insists on changing my library location the instant there's any problem talking to my network share where all of my music is. This is absolutely ridiculous because this is on a laptop and there are times when the network connection is just not up yet, or whatever. Then it takes 10 minutes for me to change it back and let it figure everything out again. Has anyone ever been able to resolve this? I'd rather Itunes just return an error that tells me it can't read my library than to change it on me....

Have struggled with this issue in the past. In my experience, there is no simple, painless solution. I attempted to transfer my entire internal drive to my new external where there were copies of all the songs in place. Check to see how your library is organized on your network drive. Is it by media content (e.g. separate folders within /users/music/itunes/ folder such as Music, TV Shows, Movies, etc.)? Or are the various media types all lumped within a single iTunes Music Folder? If there is a discrepancy between your internal and external Library configurations iTunes struggles to cope. Can't say why this is the case, but I found that the only solution was to throoughly uninstall itunes via terminal (or using an app such as 'Amnesia'), reinstalling iTunes, and creating the library from scratch using files that are located on the external/network drive. I'm a moderately savvy programmer and I couldn't for the life of me get iTunes to build my library from an XML playlist that I modified to reflect the changed directory location of the new library on my external, but if you are more competent and patient than I am I'm convinced that the proper alteration of the Master library build would result in a seamless relocating of you media library as far as itunes is concerned. One last thing, make sure you click the 'I'll Add files myself later' option if you do choose to reinstall itunes just to cover your bases. sorry i can't give you a more helpful response--iTunes is a cruel mistress sometimes.
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How can I stop iTunes from changing tags in Widows 8?

So, this is not new to Windows 8, I've also had this problem for years with Windows 7 also. However it seems to have gotten worse with Windows 8. I've been hoping Apple would fix this but it has been an ongoing nagging problem with iTunes for as long as I can recall, maybe 2008-ish?
Here is my problem, I double click a song and the song starts playing and simultaneously disappears. I then realized the song was moved to a duplicate artist name. The reason for this is iTunes has filled in the sorting tag info for "album artist". So they have the same "artist" and "album" but different album artists. So I delete the album artist and they recombine. I then play another song and poof its gone as well. Resorted with a new "album artist". So I fight a never ending battle or keeping my songs grouped correctly because iTunes keeps changing the tags and messing up the sort order.
The next problem I have is I go though my artist list and find "Santana/Santana" or "Bob Seger/Bob Seger". Why is it changing the artist tag from "artist" to "artist/artist" on my tag? I then see two Bob Seger artists. One has an "album artist" of "Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band" the other is blank since I don't use the "album artist" tag. So for years I'm constantly re-editing tags trying to keep iTunes from separating artists into multiple listings.
As I said previously lately it is so bad that every time I click a song it vanishes into a new artist album listing creating duplicates. I've disabled every preference I could find and nothing works. So at this point I assume it is an iTunes problem. Am I the only one who has this problem?

I think even using Get Info may not reveal the change, though it is possible the behaviour has altered since I last tested it. Playing or updating the tracks location in a script such as UpdateTagInfo seems to get iTunes to re-evaluate the tag.
Assuming WMP is involved it may be best to make the necessary settings adjustments to prevent further changes, use the script to get all of the background changes exposed within iTunes, then correct as you see fit. Alternatively I do have another script called ExportImport that could be used to back up the current state of your tags (you should temporarily rename the media folder during the export phase), after which you would then run UpdateTagInfo and then use ExplortImport in its import mode to restore the corrupted data.
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How can I stop iTunes from changing my tags?

I have a MacBook Pro running Yosemite, and iTunes 12. When I play a track, iTunes often changes the tags automatically, but not for every track. It's particularly difficult with compilations, where it will take a song and change the album to something I don't even own.
Now, I have had the computer for a while, and have had iTunes addons before, so it may be a legacy, but I've had the computer so long, I don't remember all of the apps I've had and uninstalled over the years.
I have followed the directions for cleaning out plugins and extensions from the library folders, but it's still happening.
Does anyone know of an app that has this functionality, so I can check their forums, or, if there's no there a way to do a clean install of iTunes on a Mac?
Thanks.

I think even using Get Info may not reveal the change, though it is possible the behaviour has altered since I last tested it. Playing or updating the tracks location in a script such as UpdateTagInfo seems to get iTunes to re-evaluate the tag.
Assuming WMP is involved it may be best to make the necessary settings adjustments to prevent further changes, use the script to get all of the background changes exposed within iTunes, then correct as you see fit. Alternatively I do have another script called ExportImport that could be used to back up the current state of your tags (you should temporarily rename the media folder during the export phase), after which you would then run UpdateTagInfo and then use ExplortImport in its import mode to restore the corrupted data.
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How do you stop ITunes from syncing automatically every time I attach a device?

I have the option box checked that is supposed to stop devices from syncing automatically, yet ITunes STILL insists on syncing the devices automatically and overwriting gigabytes of data. I've had to spend hours finding everything again after ITunes has synced when I don't want it to. Needless to say, this is INCREDIBLY frustrating.

I no longer need an answer to this question. I didn't directly solve the problem but it solved when I was fixing something else.

How do you stop itunes from reconizing my iphone?

I am trying to backup my mom's iPhone and iTunes in not letting me download all the content. So I uninstalled ITunes and reinstalled it. I hooked up my mom's cell phone only to find out that it is still being recognized by iTunes.

What exactly happens when you are trying to backup and copy content from the phone to that computer's iTunes, and if you want to back it up to that iTunes I'm not sure why you want iTunes not to recognise the phone ?
To copy any iTunes downloads over to that computer's iTunes library you will need the iTunes account(s) that downloaded them authorised on that iTunes (Store > Authorise This Computer menu option) - no iTunes download (nor the contents of the Music and Videos apps) are included in a backup, a restore would look to pick them up from the iTunes library. If that isn't the computer that the phone is synced to then go into Edit > Preferences and on the Devices tab tick the 'prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically' tickbox.

How do I stop iCal from changing my appointment times when traveling?

Once again I missed an important meeting as I had entered it into my iPhone so that event is to start at 10 AM. Last night I flew to this city which is two hours ahead of my town. So what again happened is that iCal just decided to change the time of my appointment to 12 AM.
Why on earth would iCal asume that I would eneter the event into it in my hometowns time? I mean, when agreeing on the phone with a client, you do not say I'll be there 10 AM my time. You obviously say "ok let us meet at 10 AM".
So how do I stop this from happening.

I was having the same problem and spent some time on the phone with apple today.(new computer is under apple care). Tried a ton of stuff with different folks and ultimately I (well, me and 3 apple specialists) was able to solve this issue.
Here's the break down:
1. Quit Mail, Calendar and Messages.
2. Open: System Preference -> Mail, Contacts & Calendars
3. Delete all your google accounts (using the little minus button below your account list)
4. Restart your computer.
5. Re-add your google accounts. (Obviously, keep the calendar box checked).
6. Open calendar and wait for your google info to populate.
7. Attempt to add an event with correct time zone.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Events I created while I was having the problem still had the problem.
I simply deleted those broken events and recreated them with refreshed settings.
I've only had this working for a few hours so I'm not certain it will stay working forever.
But for now it is a relief.
I realize deleting and re-adding the accounts is annoying but it's a lot less frustrating than seeing UTC every time you add an event.
Hope that helps everyone else having this problem.

How do I stop iTunes from deleting my playlists

Recently iTunes decided that it wanted to start deleting library. It seems to happen when I shut of my computer without closing iTunes first? I'm not 100% sure, this was never an issue in the past. I feel like it began when I downloaded iCloud. So finally tonight I got so fed up I deleted iTunes and every piece of Apple software then downloaded iTunes again. I noticed that I was using 32bit and the new version is 64bit. I just wasn't sure if anyone knew why it's doing this. The annoying part is I have to add my music folder to my library again, and then make copies of all my playlists from my phone, then add them to the library, then delete all the music on my phone by setting it to manually managed, then I can uncheck that and add the selected playlists again. As you can imagine this is somewhat of a timely process it takes an easy hour or longer each time I have to rebuild my library then add it to my phone again. It also feels like each time 1 or 2 songs are "missing" when I add the playlists which is strange because when I sit there and figure out what 2 songs it was out of 350, they are still in my library and just need to be added to the playlist again.
I'm just really tired of this problem and want to find a way to stop it from happening completely.
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JL

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. Note that in iTunes 11 an "empty" library may show your past purchases with links to stream or download them.
In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
Alternatively, depending on exactly when and why the library went missing, there may be a more recent .tmp file in the main iTunes folder that can be renamed as iTunes Library.itl to restore the library to a recent state.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
I've noticed more of these missing library posts of late and a common factor to most since I started asking is AVG Anti-Virus. It seems in some cases it might be at least part of the reason why the library file disappears. Try excluding the iTunes folder from any AV scanning process.
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How can I stop iTunes from dropping my iPhone 5 when connected with USB cable? It sees it and start a backup and then it drops and tells me cannot find phone.

My HP notebook 64 bit Windows 8 after the last iTunes update will detect my iPhone 5, sync and when finished with thy sync I start a backup to my computer. It runs fine for a bit and then gives me message I have changed settings on my iPhone 5 and asked me if I want to update. I OK the question and runs a bit more and then drops the connection telling me cant find my iPhone 5. I can restart iTunes and start over and does the same thing.
ITunes update 11.1.1.62 had difficulties with the updates on 64 bit Windows 7 and 8.1 causing an error on boot other trouble. I found solution on research that insturcted to Remove iTunes, Bonjour, Apple Support and Apple Update and reload iTunes old version. I simply reloaded the new version becasue did not have the old version of iTunes. I have been working fine with the old version. I know problem is a simple setting somewhere but it is NOT SIMPLE to me since I dont know where the find the simple setting.
Will someone tell what to do. I appreciate all you smart guys.

My apologies...the version is 11.1.4.62 not as stated aboive in my problem description. I'm trying again and it just finished syncing fine and my iPhone 5 is still connected to iTuns physcially with USB lightening cable and is displaying the iPhone icon top right. I clicked on it and iTunes is now "hung' or locked up. Shows to be an active running application but can't get back to it so willl have to kill with task manager. There is some kind of problem going on with the latest version of iTunes and Wndows 7 and 8.1 or something. My iPhone 5 now has a new feature that it is now asking me if I "Trust" this computer. iTunes just came "unhung" after several minutes while I was typing this. Now I am going to start the backup to this computer HP Winsows 8.1 and iTune 11.1.4.62 and see what happens. Says it is Backing up Jerrys iPhone but the Barber Pole progress bar is not turning an iTunes is hung again and I cant get back to it from this page I am typing on. Maybe it will eventually release as it did a moment ago.

How do I stop Itunes from taking over my desktop when restoring?

Yes itunes decided to restore my ipad after a back up yesterday. Hate it when Itunes loses track of where everything is stored and then screws up my ipad programs.
So restoring the ipad and itunes keeps jumping to the front while nicely informing me it will take an hour etc. Which makes doing anything else very very irritating such as typing this query out as it keeps shifting back to itunes screen.
Another issue when the smaller window is running there is NO way to just have the itunes window sitting in the task bar just beeps at me when trying to minimise the window. May want to add the option as I want to be able to do other things while waiting an HOUR plus to restore my ipad after itunes screwed the ipad up and not have itunes window pop up every few mins.
Yes none of the main window buttons in itunes top right hand corner work while a smaller windows is running in itunes. Which means no minimise windows or resize. Great way to take over my desktop space WHEN I DON'T WANT YOU TO!!!!!
Please suggest some fixes before I get irritated enough to lob my computer out the window with itunes on it or just uninstall itunes and get on with my life with ALOT less hassle then this. After all I just want a program to work without monthly wierdness like screwing up my ipad programs where tapping on them will not work AFTER a backup and having to do a restore AND while doing said restore itunes takes over my desktop regularly enough to make me scream at the computer!!! And then the computer beeps at me as I am now typing into the itunes windows which makes me frustrated even more!!!
Thanks for the help.
A frustrated itunes user

Welcome to AD!
You can copy/paste your post into the ituens feedback page, since this is a user-to-user board. Nobody at Apple is likely to see it.
itunes menu > help > provide itunes feedback

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Limnos, Thanks for the response.
This is in Store Preferences.
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