11/23/2023 0 Comments Latest version of itunes 11.1![]() ![]() Big, new featured items revolve horizontally with an arrow button on each side if you want to speed it along. Learn more about using the Up Next feature.Īlong with the updates to the interface for browsing and using your content, the iTunes Store got a few interface tweaks of its own.Īlbum, movie box art, and app icons are bigger, showcasing the colorful artwork to catch your eye. ITunes has sorely needed a way to control music for a long time (usually left up to third-party apps) so it's nice to see this addition in the software. From the list you also have the option to jump back into full-screen mode to view all the albums by the current artist, all the songs in the current album, or view the artist in the iTunes Store. This "Up Next" list, which I mentioned above, lets you add, remove, or move songs around to create the perfect playlist for what you're doing right now. But the best feature is the ability to add songs to your playlist without ever opening the main interface. You have buttons for sending the music to another device via AirPlay and a search field for quickly grabbing a new song without opening the main interface. With a song playing you can see a small icon of the album cover on the left side of the MiniPlayer and the name of the song with basic playback controls. It makes for a great way to discover new music or get more from the artists you already know. Clicking "In The Store" matches your currently selected album with the same content in the iTunes Store to show you top songs and albums from the artist, and recommended songs and artists that have a similar style. From here you can click to play songs, add a track to "Up Next" in the MiniPlayer (more on this below), or get more content from he iTunes Store. When you click an album, it expands in place to show the track list on a backdrop with the same theme as the album cover. The most impressive new features are when you look at your music in Album view. Only when you view your entire library, playlists, or radio stations do you see the list-type interface found in earlier versions of iTunes, but for these categories the list view makes more sense. ![]() It's the same when you switch to genres, with albums and song lists on the right and with genres you can choose in a scrollable window on the left. Switch to Artists in the buttons at the top, and you'll get album covers with song lists over on the right, with artist names in a scrollable window for quick navigation on the left. ![]() ITunes still uses a left-side navigation bar for some things, however. You can also go back to the traditional sidebar view, if you'd like. When you choose other media libraries, you get buttons across the top appropriate to that media type. Below you'll see only content from your music collection. So if you choose Music from the drop-down menu, for example, the buttons across the top let you sort by songs, albums, artists, genres, videos, playlists, and radio. All you see in the main window is content from that specific category. Now, you have only a drop-down menu on the left to pick the type of media, and buttons across the top to drill down in each category. When you open iTunes in the full window, the left-side navigation that housed your various media libraries from earlier versions is no longer the main interface to look at all your content. As such, it will probably take some getting used to, but my initial reaction is positive. This is the first time iTunes has had a major change to the design scheme since its inception 12 years ago. Still, there's little question iTunes needed a refresh, and Apple appears to be on the right path.
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