Filed under: iTunes, Software Update
iTunes 9.0.1 now in Software Update
Fire up your Software Updates, gang: the new version of iTunes is here -- with bug fixes and tweaks to help those who were suffering from iTunes 9 issues. The update's fixes include:
- Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store.
- Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive.
- Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit.
- Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone.
- Fixes a problem sorting albums with multiple discs.
- Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player.
- Improves application syncing for iPod touch and iPhone.
- Genius is now automatically updated to show Genius Mixes.
The update is close to 90 MB, and like the previous iTunes 9 build it requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 and up, or Windows XP + newer. Note that the Mac version requires Safari 4 as well as QuickTime 7.6.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Carrie said 6:26PM on 9-22-2009
but will it let us rate songs as we play our genius mixes?
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kmcgrady90 said 6:43PM on 9-22-2009
Download I love stars. It sits in the menu bar and lets you rate any song being played in itunes.
Brian said 6:33PM on 9-22-2009
"Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player."
thankkkk god
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Frank said 6:40PM on 9-22-2009
this is worth an entire update all by itself!
doug said 6:53PM on 9-22-2009
I will not be installing this update until I figure a way to get rid of that "fix" I love that the green button finally acts like a normal app instead of that stupid little player.
Danny B goode said 7:42PM on 9-22-2009
good stuff!
Fernando said 9:00PM on 9-22-2009
hooray!
puhsitch said 9:13PM on 9-22-2009
doug: this probably isn't what you're looking for, but holding down the option key turns it into a more traditional green button.
Joe said 5:03AM on 9-23-2009
This change to the green button functionality brought it in line with all other apps, including the PC version of iTunes! Why change it back?
If Apple want to respond to public pressure, why don't they give us back our BLACK BACKGROUND and revert from that horrible new iTunes Store?
dniq said 6:46PM on 9-22-2009
"Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player."
Hell no! Just when they've fixed one of the most annoying things in the iTunes, they've broken it again!
WHY in the world would "Zoom" button switch to a freaking _MINI_ player??? Zoom should behave as it does in all other applications: zoom window! For Mini Player there should simply be a hotkey and a menu option.
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Brian said 6:51PM on 9-22-2009
I dunno why it does that, but thats what I use to get to the mini player, and I switch back and fourth very often. If the zoom button zoomed, and then there was a button dedicated to toggling the mini player i'd be fine.
But going from 1 click mini to full to a hotkey combination or multiple clicks/menu navigation was just awful for me. Like i said, dont mind if they make the zoom feature zoom, but in exchange give me a 1 click solution to get in/out of mini player.
Aaron Harpole said 7:19PM on 9-22-2009
I came here to say just that. What is this crap?
Jake Simonds-Malamud said 7:34PM on 9-22-2009
They switched the + button's functionality, now, when option-clicked, it works as every other + button does.
Eric Madrid said 9:19PM on 9-22-2009
The 'zoom button' should have behavior options in the preferences... then everyone's happy.
bward74 said 2:52AM on 9-23-2009
"The 'zoom button' should have behavior options in the preferences... then everyone's happy."
Agreed. I preferred it the new way, where it acts like every other app. But you get users moaning either way. Apple bottled it and returned it back to the way it was, which is inconsistent. An option in the settings will sort this out once and for all.
Josh said 6:49PM on 9-22-2009
Can anyone on Windows confirm that it requires a reboot after installing?
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iGO said 8:58PM on 9-22-2009
No reboot on Windows 7 or XP Pro....or Snow Leopard for that matter
smcassara said 6:52PM on 9-22-2009
but will it play DOOM?
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dniq said 6:55PM on 9-22-2009
@Brian: Apple violates their own Human Interface Guidelines by using non-standard action for a standard button. And for the "Mini Player" you have your keyboard on your Mac. I don't remember last time I've seen a Mac that doesn't have those media control keys (in my case they're on the same keys as F7, F8 and F9).
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Kagan said 7:47PM on 9-22-2009
@dniq I used the mini player everyday. As a fill in bass player I am, nightly, sitting in front of the computer reading song notes and chord progressions while listening to songs so I can learn them and fill in the next night. This pays my bills and then some. Having the mini player is important for me because when I reach a part that I keep messing up I can quickly navigate back to that part. The function keys are no substitute and I not going to boot up GarageBand to just navigate a song (and yes I'm aware that I can hold the backtrack button to browse backwards but it's not efficient). The mini player isn't useless, just not useful to you. And to respond to your statement to the function of the zoom button, I couldn't care either way. Holding down the option key or not, as long as I have the mini player I don't care. My only point to you is that the mini player isn't useless.