The New iTunes Simplicity coming October 2012

As i understand the new iTunes Simplicity will have more options and availability for album artwork but, does anyone know if the new iTunes may better or improve it's ability to recognize duplicates and exact duplicates? The reason I am asking is the current iTunes has these options but, the process to go through a big media library and find many exact duplicates is tedious and time consuming. There are third party softwares that claim they organize iTunes by getting rid of exact duplicates and fine tune the library automatically but, it would be preferred if I could use the Apple iTunes software alone as its own entity making it much more user friendly.

Anyone who knows exactly what features are being introduced cannot comment here. We will all be able to see for ourselves soon enough.
In the meantime I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this thread for background.
tt2

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When is the new iTunes coming out?

Guys i dont knw when the new itunes is coming out and im curious about it and the new features, great if u could help out.

brian4bsb wrote:
Hello Chric
in fact no body knows when the itunes will be come out
but you have to wait till they show up with a new itunes
As I previously mentioned, see this -> http://www.apple.com/itunes/new-itunes/
Apple says it is coming out in November.

Will iWeb 08 be shipped as part of the new OS X coming out in October?

Does anyone know if iWeb 08 will be shipped as part of the new OS X coming out in October or have they pulled it out of the OS and put it only in the iLife bundle?

sbaden wrote:
When I purchased the last OS it came with iWeb but noticed that the new OS on the apple site doesn't list iPhoto, iWeb, etc in the features.
Your OS X purchase did not come with the iLife apps (iWeb, iPhoto, etc), they are sold as a separate software package called iLife.
OS X Leopard will not include any of the iLife apps.

Hello since i got the new itunes update 2012,my ipod has been having problems,didnt have these before the update

i have a 120 gig ipod classic,i noticed i was having problems,with itunes taking longer to sync,after spending almost 2 hours up loading all my movies music,to my ipod,then after all was done i would get an error 69 message,in the middle of the sync,then all my music would be on there some movies,music worked fine,most movies didnt except for a few,that happened once,most times after syncing there was no music movies, on the ipod,,then i would reconnect to itunes,tried to restore my ipod was taking forever,then when i clicked restore,would take longer,very annoyed,think its the new itunes causing problems for me,hoping i wont have to purchas up dates,done that before,paid 450 3 years ago for the ipod,paid for lots of music,movies,its not very old,but to apple the thing is probebly considered ancient,any help would be cool,

Read this Apple Support Article on handling error 69 it may be a bad corrupted file.
Or worst case the iPod Hardisk need to be check, as you are saying that it is taking longer than usual.
Do the iPod Disk Diagnostic as posted earlier by tt2, it wont fix your problem but helps in troubleshooting.
Have a nice day!

Will the new iTunes 11 still work for power users?

I've looked at the available screenshots, and I'm worried.
On the new iTunes page, Apple says, "Simplicity is a beautiful thing" — but I'm not so sure. I don't see any conventional list views, and I'm very worried that in simplifying it, they've sacrificed the control that so many music lovers like myself have come to rely on.
Here's Apple's info:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/new-itunes/
Anyone have additional insight?

Limnos wrote:
1) iTunes is free software. As such it isn't targeted at the "power user" nor does Apple have a specific committment to produce a certain style product.
I disagree. Apple has added many, many features to iTunes over the years that target the power user. From smart playlists, to obscure things like ID3 tag version control. Power users features are sprinkled throughout iTunes. And to say that Apple doesn't have a "specific committment to produce a certain style product" is true, but also fairly obvious/meaningless.
2) iTunes' developments over the past decade have largely been in the marketing facet. As for basic music playing not much has changed since it was developed from Soundjam. What has changed a lot is the introduction of the iTunes Store and interfacing with mobile devices.
Basic music playing has changed a LOT. You couldn't even rate your tracks in the beginning.
3) Apple is a for-profit corporation. We might like to remember them as the little-computer-that-could taking on the big corporations, but frankly they aren't that anymore. They have a responsibility to their shareholders to do whatever it takes to maximize profit. We don't really know what the October iTunes looks like (much) but if they decide to dumb it down so it is easier for people primarily interested in using iPhones to use then from a marketing perspective can't blame them. We might not like it and might yearn for the the days when Apple really was computers, but those days are gone.
This is simplified to point of meaninglessness. There's an interaction between customers and product design teams. It may not be obvious from the outside, but there's still a give & take. What you're saying is in essence is, "Shut up and accept whatever happens," which is not a rational approach.
4) If Apple decided iTunes wasn't in their interest they would drop it in a flash. Where's iDVD? iDVD was something people were willing to pay for. They still would, but Apple isn't selling it anymore even though it is clear people in general have not given up on DVDs.
iDVD is not a good comparison, because of the vastly different switching costs. I used iDVD, but was fairly unaffected by its slow demise.

I can't find the duplicates tab that i always found useful, it seems to have disappeared from the new iTunes, does anybody know what to do next?

Where has the find duplicates function gone in the new iTunes? It use to be in a drop down task bar menu in the old versions but i can't find it in the latest.
Also while i am in iTunes mode, when i open iTunes i get a message
I have checked the Firewall pane of Security & Privacy preferences and the light is green as in allow, yet the message keeps coming up every time i open iTunes, any idea on how to get rid?
All useful information greatly appreciated.

If you have iTunes 11 turn on the Sidebar. Go to iTunes>View and click on Show Sidebar. You can also do a Crtl+S to show the sidebar. The sidebar is where Devices appears. and Control+B to show the Menu bar

My iPhone 4 isn't recognized by the new iTunes

My phone worked just fine with the old iTunes, until I updated. I absolutely hate the new iTunes. It's unorganized and hard to work with. Also, now whenever I plug my iPhone 4 into my computer it charges and is recognized by iPhoto, but won't show up in iTunes. I've already gone through the troubleshooting steps Apple supplied, none of which helped. I've also looked at other questions like this but most of them were for Windows, and I'm on a Mac. Any advice? And is there a way to uninstall the new iTunes and just go back to the original? It was so much nicer.
Thanks!

ut I dont
't think you would have missed thisI found this on another thread
j8zel
Re: why won't my itunes recognize my iphone?
Oct 7, 2012 8:08 AM (in response to j8zel)
Ok so I found the solution, sadly i had to reformat my laptop to figure out the issue. Anyways, if you have a passcode (PIN) to unlock your iphone then make sure before you plug in your phone to the computer that you have already unlock your phone. Give that a try and see how you go.
But I do not think you would miss this
Here is a link to troubleshooting your issue
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

How do I get rid of the new itunes?

I have just downloaded the new itunes and it has already made my dislike for this player greater! I had originally arranged all my music into Albums, which is now art work rather than the choice of art work/List/or a mix; list is what I prefered and it takes about a week to scroll through.
So how do I get rid of this new one and go back to the old one!?

There's ways to do it without Time Machine. See below.
I gues they don't scrutinise their changes like they used to
It depends upon what you didn't like. Many of the changes were deliberate, even if we don't like them.
=Downgrading from iTunes 11 to iTunes 10.7=
You may be able to go back with Time Machine but this may involve restoring other items too (https://discussions.apple.com/message/20441404). Alternatively:
Back up your computer first, in case the unexpected happens.
Quit iTunes.
Get iTunes 10.7 from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1576 or the direct download link at: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-7195.20120912.d3uzQ/iTunes10.7.dmg
Do a few preparatory steps by making sure all iTunes components are not running and cleaning old files.   See https://discussions.apple.com/message/20475394. Do steps 3 and 4. Steps 6-8 may be also useful but I don't know if they are essential. Some of the other steps are not necessary, duplicate steps listed later in my post or are perhaps even unhelpful in the process.
Replace the iTunes 11 application with iTunes 10.7. Simply dragging the application to the trash may not work. Lion (OSX 10.7) and newer systems have iTunes integrated into the operating system and deleting is a bit more involved. Two ways to do this are:
1. Use the shareware Pacifist utility (http://www.charlessoft.com/) to install iTunes 10.7 including all associated system files. Details at http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16400819&postcount=6
2. Check this reference on how to delete the iTunes application itself:
    Delete iTunes in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion - http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/13/delete-itunes-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/
    After deleting the application there may be other files that need downgrading too. See the note about error -42408 at the end of this post. You may want to tuck these away somewhere safe until you have completed the installation of iTunes 10.7. I have not tested this but ideally if newer versions are not found then the installer will put in the old versions. This may include these files in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ which apparently get updated by iTunes 11:
AirTrafficHost.framework
CoreFP.framework
DeviceLink.framework
iTunesAccess.framework
MobileDevice.framework
After doing one of the two procedures above you will have to rescue the most recent old iTunes library from your iTunes > Previous Libraries folder. Rename it "iTunes Library.itl" and replace the existing one in the iTunes folder. A newer version of iTunes irreversibly updates your library file so you have to replace it with the old one or you will get an error message. Note, this will revert your library to the version at the time of the upgrade and you will have to update any changes made since. See:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20401436 - turingtest2 11/2012 post on rebuilding empty/corrupt library from previous iTunes library file after upgrade/crash.
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
Other issues:
- https://discussions.apple.com/message/20432309 - solution to mobile devices saying they need to be restored after downgrading
- If you encounter error -42408:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297 > Specific Conditions and Alert Messages: (Mac OS X / Windows) - including specific error codes.
Alternatively, check https://discussions.apple.com/message/20441424 which requires you have a Time Machine backup (though possibly if you remove the newer version of these files old ones may be installed with the iTunes 10.7 installer - untested). A variant of this is at: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20448184
- Persistent "Show in iTunes Store" arrows after downgrade - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4567064

Why is the new iTunes 7 SSSOOOOOOOOOOO slow?

I upgraded to the new iTunes 7 today and HOLY COW it's so slow I almost don't want to use it! Deleting a single song takes over 2 minutes! I'm not even doing anything trickey like downloading or copying - just opening and deleting are OUCH! slow! Why?

iPad running slow? How to speed up a slow iPad
http://appletoolbox.com/2012/07/ipad-running-slow-how-to-speed-up-a-slow-ipad/
If You Think iOS 7 Feels Slow Here’s How to Speed It Up
http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/23/ios-7-slow-speed-it-up/
You may have many apps open which can possibly cause the slowdown and possibly the loss of wifi. In iOS 4-6 double tap your Home button & at the bottom of the screen you will see the icons of all open apps. Close those you are not using by pressing on an icon until all icons wiggle - then tap the minus sign. For iOS 7 users, there’s an easy way to see which apps are open in order to close them. By double-tapping the home button on your iPhone or iPad, the new multitasking feature in iOS 7 shows full page previews of all your open apps. Simply scroll horizontally to see all your apps, and close the apps with a simple flick towards the top of the screen.
 Cheers, Tom

Has anyone had issues with the new iTunes download?

Unfortunately, I was one of countless folks that encountered issues with their iTunes on the previous download (mine did the whole choppy, skip thing whenever I tried to play music). I was able to rectify that with a suggestion posted here (NOWOOL was the author and many thanks by the way).
That said, I was wondering if downloading the new iTunes would be worth it? Would appreciate some feedback. Thanks!

Yep, half of my tracks are coming up displaying an error -69 ( http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302684 ) and every time I remove a track from the shuffle or update the shuffle, Itunes opens a window displaying the contents of J:\ (obviously the ipod) and hidden folder \iPod_Control.... I'm really irked with this. Been mucking around with the stupid thing for hours now.
Nothing was wrong with it until it suddenly decided to stop working, it wouldn't play tracks and Itunes wouldn't recognise it, hadn't missed a beat up till now. Sifted through the Support site for an answer and getting told I needed to update Itunes and update the Ipod software, ***?? It was working fine before. Me thinks Apple have inserted software in ipod to force users to update to newer version of Itunes. Anyway, ever since updating to the latest Itunes, the Ipod is back in action, but it is trying to tell me that half of my mp3s are corrupt (see error -69), rofl, um no, it's your stupid software Apple, I'm off to by myself a decent MP3 player without the bloat software.

I tried to install the new iTunes & I get an error message

I tried to install the new iTunes & i got an error message & i have already deleted all apple related things & reinstalled them. Now a message that says something about verify my apple mobile device keeps coming up & i have no idea how to fix this problem.

... not likely to be a LSP thing, then.
Let's try a standalone Apple Mobile Device Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of why it's not installing under normal conditions.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR:
http://www.rarlab.com/
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
Go into the folder and doubleclick the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi (or AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi) to do a standalone AMDS install.
(If it offers you the choice to remove or repair, choose "Remove", and if the uninstall goes through successfully, see if you can reinstall by doubleclicking the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi again.)
Does it install (or uninstall and then reinstall) properly for you? If so, can you get a normal iTunes install to go through properly now?
If instead you get an error message during the install (or uninstall), let us know what it says. (Precise text, please.)

When does the new iTunes comes out?

Hey guys, when does actually the new iTunes come out?

Anyone who actually knows will be under contract not to say. Anything else you hear is rumour.
Coming when it's done!
© Too many years, 3D Realms
tt2

When is the new ipod nano coming into stores

i would like to now when in the new ipod nano coming in stoers in brisbane

All we know it is actually going to be available in October in select countries.
B-rock

When one or more family members who have been sharing one iTunes account wants to create their own iTunes account can they each upload the music/apps from the shared iTunes on their devices to the new iTunes account?

When one or more family members who have been sharing one iTunes account wants to create their own iTunes account can they each upload the music/apps from the shared iTunes on their devices to the new iTunes account?

Yes. I would clarify your statement about the "shared" iTunes Library though. If you want each iOS device to have its own music library, you should create separate user accounts for them. Read:
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer

How do I use home sharing with the new iTunes to put a movie on my iPad

My husband and I each have separate iTunes accounts since we both have iPhones. However we share an apple TV and an iPad, both of which are usually under my account. It used to be that since we had home sharing activated that we could have movies that he purchased with his account on the iPad along with the movies that I purchased with my account. However when we updated to the new iTunes I could not put movies that he purchased with his account (he had a gift card so we used his account instead of mine) onto the iPad. So now we have a movie for our kids that they can only watch on his phone. I want to know what the trick is to "sharing" the movie between our accounts/devices mainly the iPad and Apple TV so that I don't have to wipe the iPad and change accounts on it just for my kids to watch a movie.

If you'd like to see a video on the topic, check out this from the New York Times => Yo Jude: Many iPods; One Computer.

The New iTunes Simplicity coming October 2012

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