'Serenity'
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There used to be a bar at the top with several columns so you could filter by various criteria - genre, artist, album, song name, etc. And then the items in your library that matched your selections would appear below.
Now it's just one sidebar and there's no easy way to just PLAY AN ALBUM - for that you have to go into the grid view and click on the album art.
Or will that just junk up the machine? Or is AVG better?
I'd suggest Microsoft Security Essentials, it's free and unintrusive.
there's no easy way to just PLAY AN ALBUM
You're just stuck in a pre-9/11 mindset.
Actually, I agree with you. Sometimes I'll just filter for an artist (getting all songs from all albums) and then I'll just start playing the first song in the album I want. Except then it will play the album and then go on to the next one. It's crazy! Pretty soon I have dogs and cats living together....
Does switching to list view not give you that?
Does switching to list view not give you that?
List view is the one I'm talking about. I'm missing the columns at the top.
OOh. I got it back!
Change to List view, then turn on Column Browser, then put Column Browser on top. Then it's just like before.
Sometimes I'll just filter for an artist (getting all songs from all albums) and then I'll just start playing the first song in the album I want. Except then it will play the album and then go on to the next one.
The main reason this is an issue is that Dylan only ever wants to hear one thing over and over again on endless repeat. One song on endless repeat is easy (technically, not on my ears), but repeating one album is needlessly complicated.
Change to List view, then turn on Column Browser, then put Column Browser on top.
AHA!!!
That's greyed out on my work iTunes, but I think that might be because there's no music on this computer. (Just video.) But I'll try that at home. Thanks!
That's greyed out on my work iTunes
Mine too - there's a separate option to turn it on. Once that's done, it's enabled.
I'd suggest Microsoft Security Essentials, it's free and unintrusiveSeems so counter intuitive. Ha. OK, downloading now. Thanks!
As for iTunes. You can click in the search box, there is a little carat right next to the magnifier. You can change what your searching. Change to album, type in the album you want. Then make sure your columns have the track number showing, sort by that column, BAM, you can listen to that album real easy. If Dylan likes the one album at nauseum, why not make a playlist of that album? Then it's real easy to find in the left side of iTunes, as well as check box when loading to an iPod.