[Macworld]

Post your comments for Smart playlists, buggy play counts, and iTunes Match here

[gturpin]

The iTunes 11 Plays and Last Played bug is annoying I make extensive use of smart playlists based on those attributes, but I addressed the problem by going to Preferences > Playback and unchecking Crossfade Songs. I'd prefer to have a brief crossfade, but it's a small sacrifice to get smart playlists working again.

[jimtincher]

How about a good set of instructions on how to dump iTunes 11 and revert to 10? There is nothing about iTunes 11 that I like except for backing up my iPhone and when I exit the program. Apple really blew it with this along with IOS6. Both of which I deeply regret updating to.

[haldor42]

I have the very annoying problem of iTunes Match constantly Sending/Retrieving/Matching over and over... Please do let me know of a solution short of shutting the service off.

[ehren]

I have found in my experience with iTunes 11 that play counts are indeed updated, but that if crossfade is enabled the count change isn't reflected in the play list. However, if you change lists or check the recently played, it will indeed show that it was played.

[barance]

Having. Lots of problems with iTunes Store from movies purchases to not loading with iTunes extras, plays then disappears, then when I tried to put the file from my iTunes library( not media file) by dragging to desktop to put in external drive it made a copy of the extras and a whole new way to view the movie ! Now it doesn't copy to iPod classic that's a few years old maybe 4!
Also tech support talked me into buying iTunes Match since after a iPhone 4S restore recommended by a genius due to battery drain, I lost music purchased under old user ID and although content was listed as having been downloaded to my out of Warranty MacBook Pro, the music would not be found. iTunes support is horrible 99% of the time and they are so incompetent they can't find my recent movie purchase receipts unless I supply it! I am now thinking of buying movies and CDs from Amazon, better deal and less problems with permissions! Any ideas about movie iTunes extras and why they no longer stream to Apple TV or copy to IPod Classic?
Thanks
Barry

[Dr]

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How about a good set of instructions on how to dump iTunes 11 and revert to 10? There is nothing about iTunes 11 that I like except for backing up my iPhone and when I exit the program. Apple really blew it with this along with IOS6. Both of which I deeply regret updating to.

Ditto. I have 11.0.1 on Snow Leopard. iTunes freezes every single time I look at the Movies library. Reinstalls of iTunes hasn't helped.

[wn1ytw]

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How about a good set of instructions on how to dump iTunes 11 and revert to 10? There is nothing about iTunes 11 that I like except for backing up my iPhone and when I exit the program. Apple really blew it with this along with IOS6. Both of which I deeply regret updating to.

I did it and posted how back in December. I doubt he'll tell the world, he makes his living from 11. just google "revert to itunes 10"
GL
scott

[JLNYR]

Since I updated to iTunes 11 I can't seem to wi-fi sync any of my iOS devices (iPhone 5/iPad 3).

[Formac]

Kirk, regarding second question, why not have each family member use their own iCloud account, with separate user names and passwords for email, calendar, contacts, etc, but use one account and password for iTunes, creating a centralized media account.

[TimmySlapstick]

Dear iTunes Guy, or anyone else that may know,
Is there a way to disable play count tracking in iTunes? I want to disable that as I find it annoying, particularly because it remembers the play count on every device, including Google Play when I upload songs.
Yes, I already know I can reset play counts to 0.

[golephish]

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How about a good set of instructions on how to dump iTunes 11 and revert to 10? There is nothing about iTunes 11 that I like except for backing up my iPhone and when I exit the program. Apple really blew it with this along with IOS6. Both of which I deeply regret updating to.

Not really going to happen. you will need the most up to date version of iTunes to continue to backup that precious iPhone.

[AGSurfer6]

Good luck syncing your iPod Classic using lower bit-rates.

[macjournals]

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Kirk, regarding second question, why not have each family member use their own iCloud account, with separate user names and passwords for email, calendar, contacts, etc, but use one account and password for iTunes, creating a centralized media account.

This works, at least on iOS devices. In Settings, you'll notice that there's a place for your iTunes account, and this is separate from the settings in iCloud. This does what I understand the questioner to want: allows the device to share the apps and media library of one account, but use a separate iCloud account for their own mail.

Difficulty: Everyone who uses the shared account has to know its password to be able to purchase items. In iOS 6 and later, you do not need the password just to update already-purchased applications.