Smart Playlists? Broken!
¶ by Rob FrieselWhile everyone else seems to be harping on the “mini-store-as-spyware” angle of the 6.0.2 update to iTunes, I’ve noticed something else that seems to have gotten NO MENTION throughout this flurry:
6.0.2 BREAKS THE “MY RATING” OPTIONS WHEN CREATING SMART PLAYLISTS
In the spirit of Hofstadter: “Try it!”
Click to create a new Smart Playlist. Now set your condition to “My Rating”:
…and try to set those stars to anything but 5. Maybe 2 works, right? What about 3? 4? Snaps back to 5, doesn’t it? When I first noticed this on Malkovich (my iMac), I thought maybe it was a problem with my 3rd party mouse (a Logitech trackball which is pretty basic, as far as trackballs go, and has never before given me any problems) – – but the issue persisted when I swapped it out for the standard Apple optical mouse that ships with the iMac out of the box. CURIOUS! Tried it on KetelOne (the iBook) using just its built-in trackpad. No luck there either.
Can I get a WTF? Personally, I’m not all that worried about the mini-store thing. Hell, I practically asked for it not too long ago – – but I use these Smart Playlists ALL THE FREAKIN’ TIME. So needless to say, I’m pretty pished about this. This is Quality Control at its worst. When features – – SIMPLE UI FEATURES – – break when they’d previously worked fine. Anyone want to provide me with an excuse for that?
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