Swinsian art cover5/19/2023 ![]() First, I tried a couple of applications that were essentially alternate music players, like Ecoute or Fidelia, which would let me play the music from my iTunes library without having to launch iTunes itself. But I was not interested in exploring any of the more drastic troubleshooting options (like rebuilding my library from scratch, etc.) that would be required to try and identify the cause of the bug. I was unable to reproduce the issue in a different user environment on my machine, so clearly it was a problem linked to my existing user environment and my existing iTunes music library. Given that the very process of quitting and launching the iTunes application itself is slow as molasses, that was not really acceptable either.) ![]() (The only workaround was to quit iTunes after each import, eject the CD in the Finder, and then relaunch iTunes. For example, each time I imported music from an audio CD into my iTunes library, when I tried to eject the CD from within iTunes, the application would simply freeze altogether. I had also started experiencing new bugs that were beyond irritating. In addition, knowing that this was at least partly due to iTunes constantly writing and rewriting the bloated files called “ iTunes l” and “ iTunes Library.xml” in the ~/Music/iTunes/ folder was not reassuring at all. While the iTunes 11.0.1 update released in late 2012 did address some of the worst issues introduced with iTunes 11, I still found myself constantly looking at the Spinning Beach Ball of Death, even for the most mundane of tasks (like starting or stopping playback!). Meanwhile, of course, my music collection is not getting any smaller.Ī couple of months ago, I decided that I had finally had enough. Instead, as time goes by, iTunes is becoming more and more bloated with things that are at best marginally useful to the music collector, and it’s becoming slower and slower, and buggier and buggier. But of course, hoping that Apple itself would release such a product is nothing more than a pipe dream. For years now, I have been praying for the introduction of some kind of version of iTunes optimized for music collectors - a kind of iTunes Pro, if you will. What are the options for managing these digital files? Well, on the Mac side, there seems to be pretty much only one option, which is iTunes. The CDs are effectively my hard drive backup, and the medium for listening to the music on my main sound system, whereas I listen to the digital files with the sound system in my office.) (I still buy lots of music on CD, but I convert everything into digital files on my hard drive as well. This means, among other things, that I have amassed a rather vast collection of recordings, which needs to be maintained and managed. I also follow a number of other artists fairly closely, and also have a wide range of other musical interests. (My knowledge and appreciation of these bootleg recordings might affect my perception of the artist’s œuvre, but it certainly does not have an impact on my decisions when it comes to purchasing the artist’s official releases: I still buy everything he puts out.) These recordings might not have the blessing of the artist himself, but at least there is no money involved and collecting them does not deprive the artist of any revenue. But thankfully, with the advent of the Internet, it has become possible to build a very decent collection of bootleg recordings without spending a cent. ![]() Back in the pre-Internet era, I actually spent some of my hard-earned cash on bootleg LPs, CDs, and VHS tapes. The are very poor choices in select category to select from.As a music lover, I collect, among other things, lots of bootleg recordings of live Prince concerts. ![]() ![]() Retina 5K iMac, iTunes Match (never had any issues till Apple music) 6s Plus 128g, 64g Apple TV4 playing to Yamaha. I guess with Apples push towards getting rid of downloads and leaning towards streaming only, maybe certain odd things happening is their plan? Yes, I've looked at other players like Swinsian but I want to keep the continuity of iTunes despite its many faults. There are numerous other issues with iTunes but honestly it is the only game in town for a Mac. There are quite a few more and the check mark is in the box for compilation under get info, but why? I didn't put the checkmark there. All music is sung by Dylan, I think there is one or two other artists singing but this album should not be listed as a compilation. ?įor instance, Dylan-Bootleg 8 Telltale Signs. I've noticed lately, perhaps I never noticed before that some individual artists are showing up as compilations. Music from a long time ago, ripped from cd's, downloads from iTunes and Amazon. ![]()
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