Hide genre while browsing in iTunes 8
I've happily used iTunes since 2003. I think it's great. But, upon updating to iTunes 8, I was rather frustrated to find that the option to hide the genre list while browsing had been removed. When I want to listen to music, I listen to an album by a particular artist. When I want to listen to music by various artists, I make playlists. I've never wanted to sort my library by genera. Ever. Logan is the only one I know who actually utilizes this feature, and he does so by keeping his library pathologically organized--something I'm physiologically incapable of doing. In case you too are bothered by the removal of this feature, this tip is pour vous.1) Close iTunes
2) Open Terminal.
3) Enter the following text and hit enter:
defaults write com.apple.itunes show-genre-when-browsing -bool FALSE4) Close Terminal and open iTunes.
You're done! To reverse this operation, just replace 'FALSE' with 'TRUE' in the Terminal command.
PS - Am I the only one who's kind of afraid to activate the new Genius feature?
posted by B S Goldsmith at 9/10/2008 08:57:00 AM
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PPS - You can use this one to turn off the iTunes store arrows:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool FALSE
I turned on genius at my work computer just today.
I guess it's alright.
Here's what I got when I generated a playlist based on Lost In A Supermarket.
Keep The Car Running Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Intervention Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Where It's At Beck Odelay
The Stars Of Track And Field Belle & Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister
Good Better Than Ezra Deluxe
So Here We Are Bloc Party Silent Alarm
Lost in the Supermarket The Clash London Calling
Clampdown The Clash London Calling
Miss Alissa Eagles of Death Metal Peace Love Death Metal
Glass Danse The Faint Danse Macabre
Hate to Say I Told You So The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious
Steppin' Out Joe Jackson DJ Kicks: Hot Chip
The Good Ones The Kills No Wow
Off The Record My Morning Jacket Z
Mistaken For Strangers The National Boxer
Gronlandic Edit Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Debaser Pixies Doolittle
Monkey Gone To Heaven Pixies Doolittle
Gigantic Pixies Surfer Rosa
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb (alternate version) Spoon Get Nice!
I Summon You Spoon Gimme Fiction
Casimir Pulaski Day Sufjan Stevens Come On Feel The Illinoise!
Be Good Tokyo Police Club A Lesson In Crime
The Good Life Weezer Pinkerton
Surf Wax America Weezer Weezer
Sorry if that's messed up I just copied and pasted from itunes.
I played with the Genius. It seems to work pretty damn well to me. Of course, it appears I only like a few bands (based on its recommendations).
Also, I don't quite understand what you mean about needing to hide the genre list. I have had it hidden as well... and it didn't reappear when I updated.
I was able to hide genre also. I wonder what's up with yours. The arrow links one is useful for me though, thanks.
I don't understand why Ben wouldn't just tag all of his music -- it wouldn't be that hard to label everything as EMO.
All join the chorus and voice my approval of the Genius feature [although I don't know why they didn't just call it Smart Shuffle -- it seems like it is diluting the Apple Genius brand].
The Genius Sidebar is far less useful. Having a bunch of links with pricing doesn't exactly inspire me to explore new musical frontiers. It would be much better off if Apple could somehow negotiate a Pandora like feature -- steaming music off the iTunes Store library with the ability to purchase songs that catch your ear.
On a slightly unrelated note, the iPhone 2.1 update has been a huge improvement in 3G receptivity and software performance.
I totally agree with Logan about the naming of Genius. Odd choice.
Yeah. Genius is a weird name. Even stranger... it takes like 20 minutes before you can use it.
How much do you think Apple will make off our personal data?
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