Skip rant and head down to the solution if you're already fed up with iTunes.
I hate iTunes. I really do. Before iTunes, I was a very happy user of Windows Media Player. Not that it's the most awesome player on earth. I just feel that it does quite a decent job.
Unfortunately, I got a ipod shuffle as a mp3 player as a birthday gift. It's a great gift for sure, I loved every bit of having it, except when I had to sync songs from my computer. At that time, I thought the only way to do it was through iTunes.
iTunes had A LOT of problems. I do mean a lot.
For one, it has very little intelligence or initiative. Everytime my computer acquires new songs, iTunes have no clue about it as opposed to WMP and a number of other players. Its because many other players have such "intelligence" and because I've been using WMP for years, I thought this was a basic standard feature to have. For someone that didn't have to "teach" the player to learn that I've new songs, doing that became a chore.
Another thing is, I've a habit of reshuffling my music folder hierarchy. Perhaps breaking a directory that have grown huge into smaller ones. Or that I finally found time to sort out a bunch of songs into their respective directories. I have to tell iTunes they've moved. No biggie right? Just the same chore. Well no, iTunes library will display duplicates - the old location and the new location. There is a way to remove duplicates and believe me, it is tiresome to set it up. The basic idea is to perform set theory on a few auto playlists. -_-" Sure I've already set it up once. But it just made me hate iTunes all the more. I'm working for a feature that is also considered basic.
Syncing used to be another cranky thing for iTunes. It's been improved. Still, no love from me for iTunes.
Unfortunately, I got a ipod shuffle as a mp3 player as a birthday gift. It's a great gift for sure, I loved every bit of having it, except when I had to sync songs from my computer. At that time, I thought the only way to do it was through iTunes.
iTunes had A LOT of problems. I do mean a lot.
For one, it has very little intelligence or initiative. Everytime my computer acquires new songs, iTunes have no clue about it as opposed to WMP and a number of other players. Its because many other players have such "intelligence" and because I've been using WMP for years, I thought this was a basic standard feature to have. For someone that didn't have to "teach" the player to learn that I've new songs, doing that became a chore.
Another thing is, I've a habit of reshuffling my music folder hierarchy. Perhaps breaking a directory that have grown huge into smaller ones. Or that I finally found time to sort out a bunch of songs into their respective directories. I have to tell iTunes they've moved. No biggie right? Just the same chore. Well no, iTunes library will display duplicates - the old location and the new location. There is a way to remove duplicates and believe me, it is tiresome to set it up. The basic idea is to perform set theory on a few auto playlists. -_-" Sure I've already set it up once. But it just made me hate iTunes all the more. I'm working for a feature that is also considered basic.
Syncing used to be another cranky thing for iTunes. It's been improved. Still, no love from me for iTunes.
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