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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: More iTunes Oddities
Date: 3 Aug 2015 02:09:40 GMT
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On 2015-08-03, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> iTunes 12.2.1.16 / OS 10.10.4
>
> I've been reworking a lot of iTunes databases and here's a couple of 
> things that Apple seems to have changed--unless of course there's an 
> option-click in the vicinity that I don't see! ;-)
>
> I note that now when I create a smart playlist, that it comes up in 
> some kind of default format where I can no longer add or remove 
> columns.  Under View > View Options... is now greyed out.  I use to 
> simply press CMD-J and pick what I wanted to see or remove. No more. 
> That makes the display of a smart playlist dramatically less useful.

You must not have noticed the Playlist layout menu where you can switch
to different layouts: 

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/usenet/itunes/playlist_layout_menu.png>

The "Songs" layout is what you are probably most used to using.

> Also, in the one place where CMD-J is still available, the main music 
> window, I can remove the iCloud column by going to View > View Options 
> > Show Columns and then toggle iCloud Download off, where it will stay 
> until I quit the program. The next time I run the program--it's back 
> again!

Same behavior here. Probably a bug in iTunes. The column doesn't take
much space; so I wouldn't worry about it.

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