First Impression of iTunes 8
September 9, 2008
Real quick, I wanted to give some first impressions that I’ve had about iTunes 8. If you haven’t heard, Steve Jobs and Apple held a special event today to announce new iPod Nanos and iPod Touches. One of the more exciting things in my opinion is the iTunes 8 update. This version comes with lots of minor updates, but perhaps the most significant thing is the Genius feature. Here are some things I noticed:
- The set-up of Genius is very simple. iTunes does most everything for you.
- The playlists are actually good. I have most of my songs rated and stuff, and I’ve tried several songs out as tests and have found that the songs Genius recommended have been very similar to the selected songs.
- The right sidebar is pretty straightforward, although I’d like it if you could create that playlist in that right sidebar rather than in a new tab on the left sidebar.
- Graphically, everything looks good and clean.
Just some initial observations. Take it for what it’s worth.
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1 Comment to First Impression of iTunes 8
by Rich
On September 11, 2008 at 2:38 pm
While the genius feature is cool, I found a not so genius feature in it that I had to report to Apple. Hopefully they will fix it. Apparently if you have an artist in your library that is similar to another, whether or not the artist is in a similar genre or not, genius will remove the album cover, retag it, and associate it with the “new artist”. I just happened to notice it as I was doing some cleanup of my database. Other than that, I like it. I miss the mini store interface though.