[iTunes] I hate iTunes 8

[Jeff Carruthers]

Ken: cool tips.

I knew the shift key worked with iPhoto but hadn't realized it worked  
with iTunes.

Plus, I really like the refresh idea for setting a regular scheduled  
download.

Thanks.

Jeff
On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Ken Stevens wrote:

> Hi Becca:
>
> When you start iTunes hold down the shift key.  This should give you  
> a dialogue box
> allowing you to "create a new library" or to "choose a library".   
> Select the choose library option.
> look in your Music folder for a folder "Previous iTunes Libraries".   
> Try to open the
> most recent.  If this doesn't work you may have to open the backup,  
> even if it is a couple of months old,
> it should have all or most of your podcasts.  For further reference:
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/8.0/en/15502.html
>
> As for staying up until 3am to download podcasts -
> Change your computer clock to 3am
> Start iTunes and hit the refresh button at the bottom right of the  
> podcasts window.
> This tells iTunes you want to download every day at 3am.
> Reset the computer clock to the correct time.
>
> Is your computer set to reboot if there is a power glitch during the  
> night?  You may have a problem
> with your hard drive.
>
> Back up your iTunes library maybe once a week.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Becca wrote:
>
>> for the record, I'm on a PC running Windows XP.
>>
>> I stayed up til 3 last night so I could set iTunes to download my  
>> podcasts in the middle of the night - we have satellite internet,  
>> and get penalized for downloads during the day by having them drop  
>> us back to dialup (or slower) speeds for 24 hours after we download  
>> more than a certain (very low) amount during 24 hours. The time  
>> between 3 and 6 am doesn't count.
>>
>> when I got up this am to check, iTunes was unresponsive, and I had  
>> to completely reboot my computer. Now, when I open iTunes, it opens  
>> as if a totally new download, with the Genius bar turned on and no  
>> library attached - and I had a huge lot of playlists with  
>> audiobooks and music! I can't turn off the Genius bar, and when I  
>> try to run the diagnostics, iTunes freezes again, and I have to  
>> forcibly end it using ctrl-alt-del.
>>
>> looks like I"m going to have to totally uninstall iTunes and  
>> reinstall it... again, at 3am, to avoid the download hit. What a  
>> pain!
>>
>> does anyone know of a safe site to download old versions of iTunes?  
>> I didn't have half these problems with iTunes 7 that I'm having  
>> with 8. I know there's an apple site where one can download old  
>> versions of iTunes, but I can't find it by googling.
>>
>> -becca
>>
>
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