Re: More iTunes Oddities

From	Alan Baker <email@domain.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: More iTunes Oddities
Date	2015-08-02 22:31 -0700
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On 2015-08-03 05:27:47 +0000, gtr said:

> On 2015-08-03 02:09:40 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> I just moved from a 27" iMac to a MacBook Pro.  "Not much space" has 
> changed for me.  I sure wish they'd leave iTunes alone rather than 
> making it the rosetta stone for they whole Apple kingdom.

Dude: I don't know is happening on your machine, but it isn't a 
deliberate thing by Apple.

It works just fine on my machine.

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More iTunes Oddities gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-02 18:26 -0700
  Re: More iTunes Oddities gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-02 18:33 -0700
    Re: More iTunes Oddities gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-02 18:56 -0700
      Re: More iTunes Oddities Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-02 21:26 -0700
  Re: More iTunes Oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-03 02:09 +0000
    Re: More iTunes Oddities gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-02 22:27 -0700
      Re: More iTunes Oddities Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-02 22:31 -0700
        Re: More iTunes Oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-03 13:31 +0000
          Re: More iTunes Oddities John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-08-04 07:51 -0700
            Re: More iTunes Oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-04 16:37 +0000
            Re: More iTunes Oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-05 09:13 -0400
              Re: More iTunes Oddities John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-08-05 22:45 -0700
          Re: More iTunes Oddities Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-05 09:09 -0700
            Re: More iTunes Oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-05 16:17 +0000
              Re: More iTunes Oddities gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-05 10:28 -0700
          Re: More iTunes Oddities awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 14:48 -0700

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