iTunes 8.1 is out

[scottjf8]

iTunes 8.1 is now faster and more responsive. You will enjoy noticeable improvements when working with large libraries, browsing the iTunes Store, preparing to sync with iPod or iPhone, and optimizing photos for syncing.

In addition, iTunes 8.1 provides many other improvements and bug fixes, including:

- Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
- Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ
- Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows
- Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs
- Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods
- Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus
- Includes many accessibility improvements
- Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls

[danipoak]

Maybe now my 60k song library will quit crashing...somehow I doubt it.

[acosmichippo]

faster itunes is always nice.

thanks for the heads up.

[psylichon]

Originally Posted by danipoak

Maybe now my 60k song library will quit crashing...somehow I doubt it.

????? woooooow, you must be rich.

As usual, the speed improvements seem to be much more so in the Mac land than the PC land. Syncing does seem to be a bit faster, though, so I'm happy.

My biggest complaint as a PC user: Every time I update iTunes, my shortcuts break. Even though it's installing to the same directory and the same .exe, it's like a whole new program to XP. Why??

[styfle]

You use safari for windows...
I don't even use it on my mac haha. Mostly because I couldn't get used to it after using firefox since v0.8 but for itunes one windows is pretty crappy what with all the processes that it adds. I can't image safari for windows.

[Ramesh]

Originally Posted by psylichon

????? woooooow, you must be rich.

As usual, the speed improvements seem to be much more so in the Mac land than the PC land. Syncing does seem to be a bit faster, though, so I'm happy.

My biggest complaint as a PC user: Every time I update Safari, my shortcuts break. Even though it's installing to the same directory and the same .exe, it's like a whole new program to XP. Why??

This has to be you. I've never had that happen, nor anyone at work (all PCs)

[psylichon]

Originally Posted by styfle

You use safari for windows...

Doh, I meant iTunes of course. Edited for clarity.

[drumthrasher109]

It usually breaks my quick launch iTunes icon, which is kind of inconvenient.

iTunes has always seemed faster on OS X (on my PC) that it has on Windows. For Windows, it has always seemed sluggish...

[Londonrockz568]

Originally Posted by psylichon

????? woooooow, you must be rich.

Dont have to be rich at all if you are savy.

[Woofus]

Originally Posted by danipoak

Maybe now my 60k song library will quit crashing...somehow I doubt it.

When I first read this, I kept thinking that 60k for a library is tiny!

Then it clicked....

60 THOUSAND

not

60 kilobytes

(Dear god I've gone braindead)