Comments on: Nine things I hate about iTunes

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:11:57 +0000

I have really disliked having to live with Itunes because…

Its 80mb to download being an hour on my connection
Updates keep trying to force software I don’t want upon me and they are huge
It runs in the background even when I kill it
It sorts my music via id3 tags where my music has file names as titles
It converts lots of my music into itune files so I end up with duplicates eating space
It does funny things when you try to use the same ipod on different PC’s
It hogs system resources and crashes when uploading tracks to the ipod
It requires SP2 or 3 on XP which makes my PC hang

So much so, I am selling the ipod to get a usb car stereo after two years of putting up with its frustration. It was a (quite pricey) gift to my girlfriend but it has caused so much inconvenience it has to go.

I hope someone who drives the iTunes project would steer it into a more efficient and future proof product. A power adapter and an installation CD would be a good start!

I used Apple macs back in the 90’s, but after this experience I have lost all faith in the brand.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:40:42 +0000

I agree with your comments.
I once again had all my music deleted from my
iPod this morning while trying to simply “sync” a video I downloaded from TED.com.
iTunes said it “synced” it, but the truth was much more evil – it not only NOT copied
the video to iPod but also cleaned out the music collection from the device.
I guess I haven’t mastered all those sync-control check boxes scattered all over
multiple tabs. Heck, what do I know; I only write software for a living.

By: Malinda

Malinda — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:07:27 +0000

Oh as for the person that said that you can do a manual sync, well that only works for your videos and music. This will not prevent the STUPID program from deleting your apps. As was the case just now when I plugged it in and it automatically started syncing and I noticed that it was deleting my apps before I could click File, move apps to library manually. Luckily I noticed before it removed too many from my iTouch. STUPID iTunes. There, I feel slightly better. Thanks for listening everyone.

By: Malinda

Malinda — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:03:06 +0000

I completely agree. As yet agin, I sit here having to rebuild my Freakin library. With over two days worth of music on my computer, and just spending the better part of Easter weekend going through my library deleting duplicates and building FINALLY a favorites playlist, the damn thing is gone again!!! This has happened more times than I can count and I’ve only owned my damn ITouch for a little more than a month. Not only is the damn program deleting my library, it’s deleting my applications (over 6 pages (60 apps)). I HATE THIS FREAKING PROGRAM! And if I didn’t love my iTouch so much, i never would have installed this damn program. Sorry for the rant, I’m just completely sick of iTunes!!!

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By: Jamison

Jamison — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:18:11 +0000

I have a folder on my desktop called “I hate itunes” it consists of all the MP3s i had to create the long way by burning, ripping, standing on one foot, holding my tounge out, and all the other insane things to have to do to get an MP3.

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By: Jaymz

Jaymz — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:57:58 +0000

Regarding all the ugly things that were said about iTunes . . . I just want to say this:

iTunes is MUCH WORSE than that! iTunes sucks ass in ways yet untold . . .

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:37:00 +0000

9. The way it keeps deleting all my songs

This just happened to me. I plugged my shuffle in to charge it and now I have no music.

dwr50 Says:
July 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
You may not like it, but the other choices are worse… be honest.

So NOT true. I used this program called Anapod, and it does exactly what I wanted; transfer music between my hd and my ipod with ease. Not everyone wants podcasts and browsing other people’s music on a LAN and all those other features.

Features should be exactly what the word means; extra stuff if you want it. It shouldn’t make the simple processes that are the basis of the program any more annoying to use.

Itunes is the dumbest POS I have ever seen…