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Originally Posted by stonetools
While Itunes has its quirks, I have not found it to be a dog. What problems do you have with it?
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I agree with him - iTunes almost turns me off the iOS. I connect my devices as little as possible.
Number one, it's insanely slow, even on a recent computer. It handles its own library of music, even to the point of making second copies of your library in its own folders. When you shut that feature off (which I have, so maybe there's a better way around it that I'm not aware of) you end up having to manually rescan your library when you add music. It ignores the Windows convention of the folder.jpg - it's not really an iTunes issue but I can't stand the way Apple deals with cover art. I scan my own CD covers so that I can have a large enough file to use as a screen saver while music is playing. I don't WANT a copy of that file embedded in every song on an album. A single copy per album should be adequate.
Luckily I use my Zune for music more than either of my iDevices. The Zune software handles music very well and you can easily shut off any automatic updating of files. It's also less of a performance hog. On the flip side, I much prefer the way iTunes handles TV series videos. On the Zune software, each video gets an entry, so if you have a lot of series ripped to mp4, it can take a while to display all of the thumbnails. iTunes creates an entry for each season, so you don't see the thumbnails unless you actually want to.
Needless to say, this is all on a PC. iTunes on the Mac is smooth and pretty, almost like it was designed to run there.
