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The author needs iTunes Match. For some reason doesn't want anyone knowing about this service but it's the only way to sync your own music in Music.app. Of course, he could have just used Files.
Only works on Windows or MacOS right?
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Apple never said they were switching the iPhone to USB-C, unless I missed something. Do you have a source for that?
Here is an ars article to back up the claim that they will switch to usb-c. Some devices like ipads use usb-c already. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/apple-confirms-it-wi...
We need regulators to do this so Apple doesn't change their mind and make "Lightning 2". Even if Apple did have a full USB-C switch on their roadmap, every company in FAANG needs a healthy fear of regulators. Europe cracking down on the App Store and Apple's silly proprietary cables are the start of this, and a fantastic first turnout so far.
I read/heard something last week like "you won't get recognized for making things work properly (aka bugfixes, etc, etc).. only for bigger things" (within apple/google). That's exactly where the problem lies.
Their performance review systems have nothing in common except that they exist, so that's kind of silly. Generally doing random old bugfixing is low impact, but also it's likely to break things worse instead of make them better. Especially when binary compatibility comes up.
There are many many plain simple bugs which are annoying. I'd be happy to work a year on ironing out various things in macos/ios.
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Only works on Windows or MacOS right?
It will sync music between all devices, so the music will show up on your phone (unless it's "big", in which case Music silently fails to upload).
I've always hated Music.app's and iTunes's concept of a "Library". I already have a library for my media--it's organized, hierarchal, consistently named, and fully-integrated with my computer's operating system. It's called "the filesystem". I don't need the app to re-invent the concept of a filesystem on top of my existing filesystem. This isn't really limited to Apple applications, either. For a lot of applications…
a majority of the people don't have your idea of library so it makes sense to have some kind of unified system that automatically sorts the library.
I appreciate all the work they're doing now curating lists and writing bios of the artists in Apple Music, but I feel like they threw away useful stuff they had before.
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> so many people have only a phone now, so no reason to try to sync. Wait until the AR glasses come out. I pretty much guarantee that media syncing will be a huge deal, and Apple had better get their iCloud act together by then. iCloud is a shambles; and I say this as an Apple user for more than thirty years, and has pegged his career to Apple.
We've seen this before, it's a bit like the "no outside food or drink" policy at the movie theater. Apple (and Google, Microsoft, et. al) want to stop you from using your media so you're funneled into buying theirs. If people can easily play local files, it diminishes the value of a streaming/music management tool. Probably explains why Groove Music and Play Music failed, while Apple Music still has a surprisingly de…
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It will sync music between all devices, so the music will show up on your phone (unless it's "big", in which case Music silently fails to upload).
But iTunes only runs on Windows or macOS so I think you're stuck to having one of those around with iTunes running on it. I was hopeful, Id love an iPhone but have SO much music and no way to get it onto the phone without buying another computer.
> iTunes used to be if not the, then certainly a flagship app for Apple. I have used iTunes off and on for around two decades and it has never been a great or even mediocre experience. It was always bad. The author is fondly remembering a time which might never have existed.
I write a lot of music and like to be able to play it on different devices (phone, HomePods, in the car, etc.). It took me a while to figure the above out!