Itunes 11 fixes I've found so far

So, with all the pretty bells and whistles this new iTunes comes with, there are more problems than welcome changes.   I really was fine with the previous version but thanks Apple for shitting the bed once again in the last 4 months. If your awesome maps app wasn't great enough.  Yeah, I almost missed a flight back to Los Angeles when I was working in Dallas.  You put me on an overpass 5 miles from the airport telling me clearly it's the airport. Guess what Apple Maps, it wasn't. 

Now, to the problems that seem to bother me most with this newer version and the fixes I've found on other blogs.  Because Apple seems to refuse to admit it made mistakes and didn't properly test this application.  Did quality control at Apple get buried with it's late founder?


Fixing the Play Count

Some of you may have noticed the play counter not properly counting the amount of times you listened to a track.   Yes, the new iTunes doesn't count your plays properly.  I actually enjoy going back after a month and seeing what new music I seem to have played the most.  And sometimes doing that through out the year to pull up older songs I liked but haven't played recently.  It's a useful tool for us music junkies.

If you have crossfade on, like most of us do because it's the default setting, then it will not count the plays of all the tracks past the first played.  The fix:  Go to Preferences.  Select Playback.  Click off "crossfade."  Problem solved. Below is the screen grab if you have trouble figuring it out.

Fixing Problems With Adding New Songs

The other problem I've come across recently is simply adding songs to iTunes.  Something as simple as dragging songs into the iTunes library now is a task.  Thanks again Apple. The problem seems to stem from Apples want to track all your purchases with it's store.  I suggest going in and turning off anything that helps Apple keep tabs of you in iTunes. Most importantly, if you turn off all the things that communicate directly with the iTunes store it seems to solve the problem. Some people on message boards have suggested that it still doesn't fix the issue.  It seemed to do the trick on my end.  Basically do as I did below if you have that issue of adding songs that weren't bought in the iTunes store itself.

Hopefully that helps all the iTunes users out there and music lovers.  I don't blog tech things on here but hey, this is music related, folks.   If you have any other fixes, please post them on the site to help others and me as well. Thanks.