[iTunes] iTunes behind the times

[Michael Prete]

On May 21, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Louis wrote:

> Am I one of the first to want to do away with CDs and
> convert all my music to MP3s?

Not by a long shot.

> iTunes's antiquated features makes this a dicey
> proposition.

iTunes is antiquated? My impression is that until iTunes, everything  
else sucked so bad that non-geeks never felt comfortable manipulating  
MP3's until it came along. Given that the combination of the ease and  
convenience of iTunes combined with the superior design and function  
of iPods, iPods have now crushed the market, gaining over 75% of total  
market share. That didn't happen with the other software that existed  
before iTunes.
>


> iTunes not only provides poor filing/organization
> options, the few options that they do offer (e.g.
> playlists and folders) cannot be copied or backed up
> to an external memory device. At least that i know of!
> This is a major drawback.

You reveal the weakness of your argument. You simply don't know what  
you are talking about. There is a specific backup function under the  
File menu (in the Mac version) called, wait for it, "Back up to  
disc...". If you didn't know that, which is not difficult to find and  
is logically placed, I suspect you also simply don't know how the  
excellent filing/organization options work either.

Perhaps you might consider taking advantage of the excellent tutorials  
that Apple offers that would show you how to use this application?

http://www.apple.com/itunes/tutorials/

> Does anybody know of a more up-to-date MP3 program
> that offers better file management? And reproducible
> file features?

I'm not aware of any. Notice that I acknowledge when I don't know  
something, rather than just state that "There are none".
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Michael Prete

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