AppleInsider Staff
Shortly after releasing the final public version of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Apple on Thursday pushed out iTunes 12.0.1 with various design and performance enhancements in line with the company's new Mac operating system.
According to Apple's release notes, iTunes 12.0.1 is "designed for OS X Yosemite," though users of previous Mac operating systems like OS X 10.9 Mavericks can download and use the software.
Along with the usual performance boosts and bug fixes, the newest iTunes revision brings a redesigned interface with translucent elements borrowed from Yosemite. The result is added depth and a cleaner look compared to past software versions.
In addition, users can now activate Family Sharing, a feature that lets customers share music, e-book and app purchases with up to five family members. Family Sharing was introduced with iOS 8 and is now available through Yosemite.
Other tweaks include dedicated icons for music, movies and TV shows, a seamless browsing experience when switching between your library and the iTunes Store and the addition of a Recently Added category that aggregates all newly added content.
Finally, iTunes 12.0.1 features improved playlist editing with side-by-side content panes and improved Get Info windows.
iTunes 12.0.1 can be downloaded for free from the Mac App Store or via Software Update.
Apple also issued a security update for OS X 10.9 Mavericks users. The package contents were not detailed, but the download should show up alongside the latest iTunes version.
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29 Comments
What was wrong with the old way of viewing TV shows and their album artwork? What was wrong with being able to see the different artwork for each season?
I miss that. It’d be even prettier than it once was now that we have the UI that intelligently pulls out colors.
The new Get Info window really isn't an improvement at all: - Every movie, TV show or home video you add has a release date of 05/06/1905, and it's not possible to change it. - You can't add a year to a TV show unless you change its media type to Home Video first (Options tab), then change it back to a TV show. - The "Add field" dropdown shows "Always show current fields", and occasionally shows one or two other fields (except Year, see above), but those fields are already present, and so there's no reason to list them in the dropdown. - The text fields are non-standard OS X fields. - The dropdown generally don't appear (Genre, for example) when you add a new movie, TV show or home video. All you get is the double arrows, so you can't type a genre, you have to select it from the list. I used to be able to select a video, bring up the Info window, tab to the right fields and type the right stuff. I could add what I wanted in a few seconds. Now, it takes so much longer to do the same thing. This is a backwards step. I bugged all this with Apple ages ago, but they've not changed anything. Yeah, they're busy, but this is a shambles. I'd say, don't upgrade to iTunes 12 if you like the way iTunes 11 works at the moment.
Wrong. It’s December 31, 1903. Seriously, just manually change the date.
Thanks for telling me I'm wrong, but I'm not.
iTunes is showing a Release Date of 05/06/1905 for ALL of my TV shows. When I click on the release date in the Info window, nothing happens. I cannot change it.
Can you change your release dates? If not, try not to be so smarmy next time.
I would recommend one of the metadata editing apps in the Mac Store, like iDentity or iFlicks 2. It's much easier to keep your iTunes metadata correct with them.