iTunes 8 question

[REDVAN]

Hey everyone,

I have an iPod and an iPhone, so before anyone tells me I should use another program, this is the one I use!

But the newest thing in iTunes 8 is bugging me, you know, the genius bar. How do I turn it off so I don't see it. I like seeing album titles, all that stuff, and I hate scrolling over to get around the genius bar because then I don't see track title. Any ideas?

Otherwise, anyone noticed anything else in iTunes 8 that is worthy of mention?

Edit: isn't that what usually happens? make a thread then fix the problem. Looks like you can "hide it" by clicking the button in the bottom right. Thanks anyway, I guess this thread can die.

[Eddie Bronze]

Turn it off: There is a 'Hide Sidebar' button right in the Genius Sidebar. Click the button, it disappears.

Oh and I see there is also an arrow button in the bottom right corner. Click it once, Genius goes away. Click it again, it comes back. Stupendous!!!

[REDVAN]

Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze

Turn it off: There is a 'Hide Sidebar' button right in the Genius Sidebar. Click the button, it disappears.

Yeah I am a dumbass. You use the genius thing?

[Eddie Bronze]

No namecalling please. It could be an easy miss!

Have not tried it. First thing I thought when I saw it was, how do I get rid of it?

[REDVAN]

I tired it, not the worst thing in the world for making cool playlists, but yeah, was annoying when I could not turn it off.

[llama64]

The sidebar is basically pointless. As far as I can see, it's simply a link to the store and shows you titles that Apple thinks you should buy. The icon on the bottom right (square with a triangle in it) will hide the side bar.

You can still do the Genius playlist thing using only your library by selecting a song and clicking on the Atom symbol.

For a free product, I can't knock it since I've been using my Genius generated playlists since I installed version 8.

[Bobblehead]

Anyone heard issues with iTunes 8 in Windows. Apparently 7 was fine, but now in 8 when you plug in the USB users are getting a BSOD. Apple has been blaming MS, but users are saying if 7 worked fine and now 8 is blowing up that it is something Apple should take care of.

So has anyone on here had any issues?

[Rathji]

None here for Itunes 8, but I have only plugged in a couple times in the last week or so.

[FanIn80]

Yeah the Genius Bar gets in the way for sure. I never buy my music from iTunes, I only buy CDs and rip them myself (lossless > lossey).

I love the Genius playlist creator thingy though.

[Russic]

I've really liked genius so far. I constantly find myself in moods where I'm skipping through a playlist looking for something that "does it" for me. Now when i find the one song I i can hit a button and a playlist is created that suits my ever-changing mood.

I also find the sidebar useless and will be disabling it shortly.