iTunes version 12 birthing problems (esp. "lost" files)

[stubbsonic]

There are times when Apple (and probably lots of other manufacturers) will make some decisions that are based on weird psychological trends. "If we keep making things smaller, thinner, lighter, that will make them more appealing."

No matter if we remove functions & features, those functions & features were for a relatively small portion of users.

With iTunes and with hardware, there could always be two releases-- one being the most inviting, pretty and immediate-- and the other being the most flexible, powerful and efficient. Apple will always go with the former. And when they nuke features in the interests of ease of use, more seasoned users continue to get more cautious about updates.

[bayswater]

Perfect car was built around Jan 1962 and released in the 1963 model year. It was called the Thunderbird. It also had great acoustics for music playback.

When was the perfect car built, or are we still waiting?

Mine was built sometime around March, 2013. After having a Prius V, that's all I want in a car. Unless they learn to make them run on air. Seriously, I know what you mean. I'd like it better if it knew who got in the car without being told, and automatically set everything to their preferences, which it learned without asking.

Shoosh

Why did I know you guys would come up with perfect cars?

You're both wrong of course. It's the Miata (MX5 for the rest of the world). I have an original and it's still going.

As for Aliases: try SymLinker. It's a GUI for the Unix link command. It makes a 4K file (isn't that as small as it gets?) OS X reports the symbolic link as an alias, but it works even in cases where an alias won't.

[cuttime]

Great tip on getting the old Info Window back:
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/11/03/how-to-s ... itunes-12/

[BobK]

Great tip on getting the old Info Window back:
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/11/03/how-to-s ... itunes-12/

Thanks, cuttime. I much prefer the old window.

It'd be great if someone came up with a hack (script, terminal command, etc) to make the old one the default.

What the heck? APPLE!