macbrush
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You can simply set iTunes not to manage your music, or/and not import your music to leave them in where they're, just access them as necessary. You can also right click a song, and choose "Show in Finder" then it immediately takes you to the song file be it iTunes managing the files or not as well as imported or not. Basically what it means is that you can also manage your own files, and ask iTunes to catalog the directory that you're managing and take advantage of the iTunes database which is incredibly flexible and fast.
That's total control for the owner, and on the other hand, you can choose not to care and let iTunes to import and manage everything without even knowing where it stores the files.
If you hate Apple, i honestly don't mind, i am not a Apple shareholder (even if I am). But please do not make comments on products that you obviously know nothing about...
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That's total control for the owner, and on the other hand, you can choose not to care and let iTunes to import and manage everything without even knowing where it stores the files.
If you hate Apple, i honestly don't mind, i am not a Apple shareholder (even if I am). But please do not make comments on products that you obviously know nothing about...
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Originally Posted by fwojciec /img/forum/go_quote.gif I want *my* music playing/managing application to give me a transparent access to *my* precious music collection and I expect it to be flexible enough to enable me to easily do what *I* want to do with it. It needs to know its place, in other words, and not overstep its authority. Itunes, by default, takes control of your music collection, hides it from you under a shiny gui, gives you only a limited access to it, and tries to influence what you can and what you can't do with it. And I know that you can wrestle some of the control away from itunes, I know, it's just the principle that offends me... And why would I want to wrestle with it anyways when there are much more, hmmm, congenial alternatives available. Other issues, such as it being a resource hog and such, are not that important compared to the above. If you're happy with how itunes works all power to you, though. Call me a "hater" if you will Go, linux hackers, go! That didn't take too long, did it? |