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# iTunes 12.woe
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/itunes-12woe/
- Published: 2014-10-23T09:11:35.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-23T09:11:35.000Z
- Description: By Peter Getty from PeterGettyMusic.com Man, I loved iTunes (and, of course, the iPod) when it first came out. After toying with it for about two minutes, I knew I was done. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/10/itunes-12woe.html]
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- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Business, Music Tech, Apple, Beatles, Garageband, IOS, IPhone, IPod, iTunes, Spinal Tap, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![Itunes12](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb079defba970d-150wi "Itunes12")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb079defba970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

By **[Peter Getty](http://petergettymusic.com/author/petergetty/?ref=hypebot.com)** from [PeterGettyMusic.com](http://petergettymusic.com/itunes-12-woe/?ref=hypebot.com)

Man, I loved [iTunes](http://www.apple.com/itunes/?ref=hypebot.com) (and, of course, the [iPod](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod?ref=hypebot.com)) when it first came out. After toying with it for about two minutes, I knew I was done with my PC. I've treated my iTunes like an extremely exclusive club ever since, and I give its members the red carpet treatment. **I go to some lengths to track down the best copies of the original artwork, the correct lyrics, the proper year of release and the composers – information that was left out or, in the case of release date and artwork, very often incorrect in digital purchases (including [CD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%5FDisc?ref=hypebot.com)'s).** I am told, incidentally, by people who knows these things better than I do, that lyrics websites are notorious for malware and viruses and whatnot, but that’s another topic.

Anyway, yes; I was quite the avid curator. **In a few cases, I went so far as to transfer songs into [GarageBand](http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/?ref=hypebot.com) and make my own edits when I thought I could improve them (being careful to note it, of course, when I put them back).** I could spend hours a day at this, no joke. I figured out how to get the umlaut over the N in [Spinal Tap](http://www.spinaltap.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and the pictographic arrow (as it is should appear) in [Talking Heads](http://www.talking-heads.net/?ref=hypebot.com)' "Love Goes to a Building on Fire."

Now I fear I may have been too trusting with [Apple.](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.33182,-122.03118&spn=1.0,1.0&q=37.33182,-122.03118%20%28Apple%20Inc.%29&t=h&ref=hypebot.com) It might be the new phone (yes; I ran out and got the enormous new one), it might be this new Yosemite whatever I immediately installed the moment it appeared, because Apple, it might be the glitchy new [iOS](http://www.apple.com/ios/?ref=hypebot.com) (it is whispered a new fix will be available soon). But my iTunes, on this phone at least is profoundly screwed up. **The artwork I hunted the web for has been replaced with whatever Greatest Hits compilation came out most recently. Proper capitalization of song titles has reverted. Composers names have changed. Information about the [Beatles](http://thebeatles.com/?ref=hypebot.com) has been replaced improperly. THE BEATLES**

[![Whyitunessucks](http://a6.typepad.com/6a016766638dee970b01b8d082d596970c-450wi "Whyitunessucks")](http://a6.typepad.com/6a016766638dee970b01b8d082d596970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

**Did I click on something stupid without reading it? Did I place too much faith in Apple's ability to leave perfection alone?** Might I possibly have a lemon [iPhone](http://www.sprint.com/iphone?ref=hypebot.com)? Or might this nightmare vanish when the new iOS comes out? I smelled trouble when that stupid "Genius" thing showed up. And the whole "cloud" pointlessness made all these baffling duplicates show up in my iTunes (apparently I can "hide" these, but not get rid of the damned things).

**My old iTunes is mostly backed up — there are a few new purchases I've made — but be on the lookout for iTunes weirdness, and check your Beatles for new mistakes that weren't there.**