ITunes 11.1.2 shuffle on by default?
Having just upgraded from 11.0.5 to 11.1.2, I find that when I play a podcast, iTunes it will automatically continue playing random podcasts even though I have NOT turned the shuffle feature on.
To disable the random shuffle feature I have to click on the shuffle icon which makes it light up blue.
What I can't understand is:
(1) Why I have to deliberately click this icon every time I run iTunes in order to disable shuffle when it wasn't like that before?
(2) Why is random shuffle DISABLED when the icon is lit up blue?
Is this a deliberate feature? If so, I will be sticking with 11.0.5
Alan
Solved it by rebuilding my library. Here is how it works (steps 7-10):
http://www.ehow.com/how_6185461_troubleshoot-itunes-not-launch.html
Took a good day for the 390,000 songs. Works like a charme now: faster than ever.
My library has been probably suffering from 10 years of upgrading.
I also purchased this piece of software to clean the library up:
http://dougscripts.com/apps/tracksiftapp.php
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(* Put This In That
v2.0 april 22 2008
- runs as universal binary
- adds "Show" tag
- consolidated code
- saved as script bundle
v1.7 October 3, 2006
- adds "Album Artist" as option
v1.6 October 28, 2004
- works around iTunes 4.7 selection bug
v1.5 ('04/1)-- adds "grouping" tag
Get more free AppleScripts and info on writing your own
at Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Get a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
or visit http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-- CONSTANTS
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ITunes doesn't recognise iPod as the default player for audio files.
A few weeks ago my husband completely re-installed our laptop, without properly looking at how to backup my iPod touch. Everything was lost and I have had to start again, however the system still comes up with this message each time I plug the iPod in:
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And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Are you sure it wasn't referring to making iTunes the default application for audio files as described in this Apple support document? Worth a shot anyways.
[iTunes for Windows: How to make iTunes the default application for music and audio files in Windows Vista and Windows 7|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3202]
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I did some quick testing and found:
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HELP! itunes cannot detect ipod shuffle
My itunes cannot detect ipod shuffle after connected to the device.
The ipod shuffle is newly brought.
I cant even set up and try to open it!Hello Sunmera,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3716
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Hello,
For years I use in my computer Windows Media Player and/or Media Player Classic to play my music and video files and I know quite well all their operation options. My problem is that since I install the iTunes program, mainly for servicing my iPod Touch, every time I connect my iPod to the PC or open iTunes, the iTunes program without any warning or authorization auto configurate as default media player overriding my Windows and Classic Media players, so each time I have to open iTunes and go to the Advanced Preferences Menu and unselect the option " Use iTunes as the default audio application" so to be able to use my favorite media players.
My question is: ¿What I have to do to avoid or prevent iTunes to auto configurate or autoselect as default media player or override my favorite media players, each time I open it or connect my iPod?
Plese your help,
Regards,
PablHello BPeery,
I would go through ALL the steps here:
iPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
Let us know how it goes.
Hope this helps.
~Julian
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