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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2008iTunes 7.6 loses non-DRM, custom genre songs
Since upgrading from iTunes 4.9 to iTunes 7.6, I have been unable to seach for or delete songs in my Music folder, or in any Playlist, that uses a custom genre. These are non-Digital Rights Management songs (like free podcasts and CD rips). I can view the songs in their custom smart playlist folders, I can play them in iTunes and on my iPod, but I cannot find them in the iTunes Spotlight search, I cannot delete them in any view, and they do not show a "Last Played" date even when I know they have been played and other, non-custom genre files show a Last Played date. None of these problems existed before upgrading (I didn't want to upgrade from 4.9, but Apple forced me to do it to regain access to my purchased songs). I have an iPod mini and I keep all my songs on my iPod (with the exception of purchased DRM songs downloaded from iTunes store, which are in a folder on my computer). Any ideas how I can force iTunes 7.6.x to treat my custom genre songs like any other non-DRM song and allow search, deletion and play history? Thanks. In article <b438a25e-e3c2-4697-8238-3c783adbfed5@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, > Since upgrading from iTunes 4.9 to iTunes 7.6 What kept you, until just now, from avoiding three full version upgrades and numerous, interim, incremental updates? > I have been unable to search for or delete songs in my Music folder Right-click or [control]-click an item in iTunes then select Show In Finder and it should take you to that item. > I have an iPod mini and I keep all my songs on my iPod (with the > exception of purchased DRM songs downloaded from iTunes store, which > are in a folder on my computer). Why aren't ALL of your songs on your computer? iTunes, the application that an iPod depends upon to manage almost its every function, is on your computer. So should all your tracks. I suggest you put *ALL* of your tracks on your computer, in the iTunes Music folder, and let iTunes do its thing. > Any ideas how I can force iTunes 7.6.x to treat my custom genre songs > like any other non-DRM song and allow search, deletion and play > history? Sorry, no. :( I have long since forgotten what it was like under iTunes 4.9. It sounds as though you have (or had) gone out of your way to make it difficult, apparently in some cases, impossible, for iTunes to manage what you wish it to manage. Since making such a long "jump" to the new version of iTunes and considering that you apparently have a mere 6 GB (or less) of stuff, you would do well to start from scratch with a new iTunes Library and re-import EVERYTHING into iTunes. BTDT. Good luck.  Signature:) JR > In article > <b438a25e-e3c2-4697-8238-3c783adbf...@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > :) > JR Your reply boils down to "Sorry, No." you don't have an answer. You should have left it at that. I did not upgrade from 4.9 until I was forced to do so because higher versions changed the simple 4.9 user interface, gobble memory and deliver no new functionality for my iPod mini (which doesn't display video). Tell me, did you thoroughly beta- test iTunes 7.6.x before deciding to upgrade, or did you just follow the herd and download what Apple's marketing department suggests? Users worldwide report problems with 7.6.x's handling of genres. About SafariSorter, which I'm using with the MBA now: The trick is to copy the application to ~/Applications/, your designated local apps folder. I run it from there as a startup item. -André SignatureMay as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb! Linkstation/KuroBox/HG/HS/Tera Kernel 2.6/PPC from <http://hvkls.dyndns.org> * André Berger (2008-05-04): > About SafariSorter, which I'm using with the MBA now: > > The trick is to copy the application to ~/Applications/, your > designated local apps folder. I run it from there as a startup item. Sorry, tried to cancel this one, unsuccessfully it seems. -André SignatureMay as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb! Linkstation/KuroBox/HG/HS/Tera Kernel 2.6/PPC from <http://hvkls.dyndns.org> In article <b438a25e-e3c2-4697-8238-3c783adbfed5@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, > Since upgrading from iTunes 4.9 to iTunes 7.6, I have been unable to > seach for or delete songs in my Music folder, or in any Playlist, that > uses a custom genre. Something else is wrong, it is not iTunes 7.6. I have about 99.9999% non DRM tunes on my computer and a majority of them have custom genre tags and they all can be found, sorted, and deleted just as they always have. > In article > <b438a25e-e3c2-4697-8238-3c783adbf...@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > DRM tunes on my computer and a majority of them have custom genre tags > and they all can be found, sorted, and deleted just as they always have. Maybe something else is wrong (with Windows, something else is always wrong) but the problem is reported worldwide on many machines. Thanks anyway. In article <c9829101-68ce-4fa9-be82-a94e43ca66df@q24g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, > > In article > > <b438a25e-e3c2-4697-8238-3c783adbf...@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Maybe something else is wrong (with Windows, something else is always > wrong) but the problem is reported worldwide on many machines. I'm unable to view the original post. The quoted text above doesn't give any details about what happens when you try to search for a song that uses a custom genre. Can you explain how to reproduce the problem, and what results you see? SignaturePlease send all responses to the relevant news group. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. I do not read posts from Google Groups. Use a real news reader if you want me to see your posts. JR > Any ideas how I can force iTunes 7.6.x to treat my custom genre songs like > any other non-DRM song and allow search, deletion and play history? If I understand what you're asking about, then I have created several "custom genres". At this instant I'm playing all the "Ragtime" tunes, selected using iTune's search function (so I get not only those in the "Ragtime" genre but also things like Bessie Smith's version of "Alexander's Ragtime Band", which I had for some reason put in the "blues" genre). As far as I can tell, they're treated no differently than any other genre in iTunes 7, which was updated just this morning. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. |
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