iTUNES = INFURIATING!!

Danny · 19-01-2007, 11:12 AM

Hey all,

Quick question to anyone who is iTunes Savvy.

Personally I hate the program, but when you shell out $400 of your hard earned for one of the fruity corporations glorofied MP3 players, its use is paramount....

Mate came over yesterday, popped in a disc of music, began clicking on each song to show them to me. By default, iTunes rears its sleek looking head and begins to play the songs. Mate pulls his disc out, looks at his watch, heads home.

Fast forward now. Simply, the songs off his CD are now stuck on my iTunes!!
No problem you say? Well becasue he took out the disc, they are unplayable. A friendly little "!" sits in front of them meaning that they will not play when commanded to by yours truly!

Next problem. iTunes WON'T LET ME DELETE THEM!!!!! I've pushed delete while highlighting the offending tracks to no avail, and everytime i open the edit menu, the "Cut" button is glazed over like you cant use it!

How the hell am I supposed to get rid of these!!!????? I hate APPLE!!!!!!!! Ah, now time for a prozac...

GCFordChic · 19-01-2007, 11:21 AM

All I do is right click on the song name, then select delete from the drop down menu that appears, then a confirmation message comes up double checking that I want it removed from the library, then ta-da, all gone....

photn · 19-01-2007, 11:31 AM

GEt the Original CD back. put in computer. Copy Songs to your computer then delete them.

Unless they are in a Playlist, you can simply delete the play list.....

I use MAC so it may be differernt for a PC...

eXtremist · 19-01-2007, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Danny

the "Cut" button is glazed over like you cant use it!

Sounds delicious!

Glazed :sm_drool:

Boss 260 Ute · 19-01-2007, 03:37 PM

Can you delete them one by one?

**DJM83** · 19-01-2007, 05:13 PM

iTUNES=crap

XR8-260 · 19-01-2007, 06:05 PM

The reason why you can't play the songs when the "!" mark shows up is because you must enable the option which copies the songs into the intunes music folder. Otherwise itunes just acts like a player - when you take the CD out the song title remains but the music file is gone

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AU2PWR · 19-01-2007, 06:40 PM

Just Set Windows Media s the Default Player

Panda · 19-01-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TE50 056

iTUNES=crap

Seconded

Kenaz · 19-01-2007, 09:27 PM

iTunes is good. I've never had a problem with it.

Venomous · 19-01-2007, 09:42 PM

Yeah i've never had a problem with it either.
Although lately it''s been playing up with vista a bit.

FordACE · 19-01-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenaz

iTunes is good. I've never had a problem with it.

I agree. I think it's more the people that dont' make an effort to learn the software that whinge about it not doing what "they" think it should do.

Quasi · 19-01-2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny

.......but when you shell out $400 of your hard earned for one of the fruity corporations glorofied MP3 players, its use is paramount....

Seems that most of those commenting didn't read the OPs original entry very well. Sounds like he's using an iPod, not a PC....which makes most of the replies invalid.

Mind you, I can see why those replies were entered:

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Originally Posted by Danny

Mate came over yesterday, popped in a disc of music, began clicking on each song to show them to me.

Now, IT Geek or not, I am no iPod guru, but fail to see how he put a disc into your iPod.

Quasi · 19-01-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny

I hate APPLE!!!!!!!! Ah, now time for a prozac...

It's always easy to blame the technology when it isn't used correctly. As stated, get the CD back.

Venomous · 19-01-2007, 10:42 PM

Lol Quasi,
He's saying he brought a ipod, which is why he has to use itunes.
That's what he's complaining about the $400 for.

Quasi · 20-01-2007, 12:21 AM

_2: That would be the point of my comment

Venomous · 20-01-2007, 12:25 AM

Ah k,
I get it now lol

MITCHAY · 20-01-2007, 12:33 AM

LOL at Apple. I would never buy an iPod, namely because I got my phone. My mate has complained about iTunes many times and doesn't use it because of it.

Deadman · 20-01-2007, 12:43 AM

Yeah, iTunes is crap (and yes - I "know the software"). I'm not to happy with my iPod either. Don't think I'll waste my iMoney in the future

MITCHAY · 20-01-2007, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Deadman

Yeah, iTunes is crap, and I'm not to happy with my iPod either. Don't think I'll waste my iMoney in the future

Not even for the iPhone

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Deadman · 20-01-2007, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Not even for the iPhone

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUiruUEah-I

rodderz · 20-01-2007, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenaz

iTunes is good. I've never had a problem with it.

me neither...took a bit of looking around to see how to do things but fine now. When i put in a cd it automatically rips the songs off, then you can delete if wanted then move them into the Ipod once connected.

There are a few settings you have to alter, it makes things easier to move/delete if you click on the manually manage music and video's, and turn off the synch so you only put in the saongs you want

MITCHAY · 20-01-2007, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Deadman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUiruUEah-I

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LeadFoot81 · 20-01-2007, 11:02 AM

Are you guys using iTunes on Mac or PC?
On a Mac the program is bulletproof, on PC however...
Cant blame Apple for Microsoft's dodgy OS's.

Quasi · 20-01-2007, 12:12 PM

Never had a problem with it in a WinXP environment...don't know what all the fuss is about.

Deadman · 20-01-2007, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Inline6

Cant blame Apple for Microsoft's dodgy OS's.

ROFL ;)

**russellw** · 20-01-2007, 01:47 PM

I've had no issues with it although some of the iPod models themselves are crap.

I do, however, wish someone would kick Nokia up the rear end for the truly awful excuse for a pice of software known as Nokia PC Suite. One of the things I've always used it for is archival of important messages as a secondary record but it has now developed the charming habit of dating all saved messages with some weird date (01/01/1601) and even though they can be read on the phone they are blank when viewed via the suite. At least they fixed the constant crashing in this version.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

cheers
Russ

**DJM83** · 20-01-2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MITCHAY

LOL at Apple. I would never buy an iPod, namely because I got my phone. My mate has complained about iTunes many times and doesn't use it because of it.

Same here i use my fone aswell, Nokia N73 with 512mb card works fine and never had a prob with PC suite either

normxb · 21-01-2007, 01:41 AM

I bought a Pentium 4 1.7 ghz (same as mine) computer for the kids & put it in the loungeroom for their use only (DON'T touch mine kids) , mine is hooked up to the stereo & P.A. system for recording my LP's and multitrack recording software . When we kept to this agreement I had No Problems .

But of course "kids know better" and their computer is always stuffing up " not my fault" they say as they download all the crap under the sun .

Anyway , daughter buys an Ipod & has trouble setting it up on their computer , so while dad's out I'll use his ! ! ! !

NOW my recording software doesn't work properly , won't default to Media player (even using set program defaults) , only ITUNES , it won't Defrag anymore , and runs slower than my old Pentium 3/500 . Looks like a full Format coming up . I can't get rid of the other junk no matter what I do .

So guess who would LOVE to burn an Ipod & it's ****** Itunes

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XR8-260 · 21-01-2007, 02:36 AM

Lol. I'm sure your daughter got a big talking too when you got home.