Talk:iTunes

Mystery Songs

What is the information value of this statement: "These "mystery songs" have been frequently removed from playlists by iTunes users, because they know little about the songs."? My suggestion is to delete this sentence.

84.177.53.126 (talk) 11:48, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I was just thinking the same thing, and came to the talk page for that reason. I deleted it. I also rewrote the rest of that paragraph. Chris Loosley (talk) 07:45, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

De-hyphenization of dates

Moved to Talk:QuickTime#De-hyphenization of dates

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*Not* a msuic / video management system

Whilst iTunes might originally have been for managing music and videos, this is now, arguably a secondary role. iTunes is now the *only* way, short of jailbreaking, of loading 'Apps' onto an iPad, iPhone, etc., and also the way in which the various i-devices are baced up, reset, etc.

As such, the primary purpose of iTunes has evolved into that of device management, which is much more central to the core use and maintenance of the devices than just playing and controlling of media. The article should reflect this current place of iTunes, even though the name has become, in fact, a misnomer, if not actually misleading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.219.91 (talk) 22:23, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Apple's description of the software is as such:

iTunes is a free application for your Mac or PC. It lets you organize and play digital music and video on your computer. It can automatically download new music, app, and book purchases across all your devices and computers.

Given that copy, Apple still states that the primary purpose of the software is that of a media player with an integrated store. Apps can be loaded directly onto iOS devices without iTunes. And with the advent of iCloud, devices can be synced, backed up, reset and even activated without ever having to use iTunes. So, no, device management is not the primary function of the software. --Jtalledo (talk) 17:23, 15 February 2012 (UTC)