It's no secret that at the end of last week came the long-awaited firmware update the player and the content manager for Apple's devices - iTunes 11. When I uploaded the first time launched a new "tuna", the response has been quite controversial. On the one hand, I really liked the modern, stylish design. On the other hand, I constantly found myself thinking: what happened to all the buttons and how to use it is now.
I'm sure many readers will agree with my opinion. However, for me this is not surprising, because any interface change usually helps a storm of indignation and criticism from users, especially when it 'change for change's sake». If you have a desire to return to the previous form iTunes, you come to the right place - in this post We'll guide you how to install some of the old UI controls in iTunes 11.
Turn on the left column of the display devices and playlists
The absence of the left sidebar, which traditionally have displayed a list of connected devices and playlists, really confused me. Whatever Apple or guided thoughts when disconnecting the left column by default for users, this area It has been the main tool to switch between the tabs of the application, so her disappearance has put many in dead end. By Wait, turn on the left column to display playlists and devices is a snap:
- Enable iTunes, in menyubare select «View» and click «Show Sidebar».
To view all music with the songs of the sort
New album view looks cool and innovative, but it seemed quite impractical, because few tracks is displayed on the screen. Back to the usual display of the music collection is quite simple, just the bar at the top of the application click on the button Songs. Now you are returned to the familiar list of songs, sorted songs individually.
Return to the place of the status bar
Status bar in previous versions of iTunes has been one of the most useful features - it displays the number of songs in your music collection, and their total duration and size. With the help of the status bar can be, for example, to quickly determine whether the selected album is placed in the completed memory iPhone or iPod. Apple developers and designers, for some reason, decided to disable this feature by default, so return it to the place you need to manually:
- The system menyubare click «View» and select «Show Status Bar».
Display the podcasts
If you subscribe to a variety of tape and listen to podcasts issues quite often, probably you would like to have handy button to quickly view your subscriptions and new releases. Enable the display is easy, just select the appropriate checkbox in iTunes 11 settings:
- Open iTunes preferences using the system menyubara OS X or keyboard combination CMD +,
- In the tab «General» activate «Podcasts» item.
Set the constant background color
In Playback mode, iTunes 11 albums change the background color depending on the cover selected album. If you like the simplicity and consistency, this feature is disabled without problems in the program settings:
- Go to the tab «General» in the iTunes settings 11.
- Uncheck «Use custom colors for open albums, movies, etc».
Bonus: change icons
Among other things, the iTunes application icon 11 has changed. It is not much different from its predecessor, but, nevertheless, I had the idea to change it to something more recent. The other day, for example, the designer Lewie Mantle released a new set of icons for iTunes 11 (Screenshot above).
- To change the icon of the application, locate it in the Applications folder, click «Show Package Contents», continue to move the corresponding .icns file in the Resources folder.
And how do you interface the new iTunes 11? Do you know any ways to restore the old design elements? Write your opinion in the comments!