What exactly is bloated about iTunes?
Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by DockMac, Aug 25, 2011.
I've seen time and time again that iTunes is bloated. I feel it too, but I can't necessarily pinpoint it. What exactly is bloated about iTunes?
I don't find anything bloated about it. It runs fine for me, without putting too much demand on the system.
Agreed. It runs just fine on my 2006 Mac Pro with a standard SATA hard drive.
The only thing that makes iTunes "seem" bloated is the amount and differing types of data in a users library.
I don't find that at all, and mine is more than triple that size.
Should I blame Windows then?
Absolutely! You should always blame Windows!
I had massive problems w/ iTunes under windows- I have about 20,000 files and iTunes would just choke and refuse to synch my other devices. I have 0 problems w/ the same libaries on my Mac. My unscientific conclusion is iTunes Windows blows cookies and iTunes Mac Rocks. If I was cynical, I would think it was deliberate to get Windows iPhone users to buy a Mac.
Bloated? I wouldn't know since I have not done benchmarking which some people have and came to the conclusion that it was bloated.
Annoying? Yes. Ping for once is the most annoying "feature" ever. Everytime I buy something I have to close that thing over and over again.
iTunes DJ is another super failure. Genius too.
So what people really say is: we want less, which is more in this case.
No idea. I have it open or running all of the time and it barely uses any resources; if anything, it's the lightest thing I run (browsers use up a lot of RAM as I have multiple tabs open all of the time).
Meh, I think people who complain have slower machines (I have the 2011 MBP so that might be a reason I don't have any problems).
I have over 20,000 song and hundreds of apps and neither my pc or my mac have ever struggled to manage them. I use to use iTunes for all my movies too but i prefer to keep them all in .avi now, saves a lot of space when you get a big collection.
Exactly the same hardware here and it runs fine, always has.
I find the experience is poorer on Windows. On Macs its fine, on a PC it feels like a poorly executed java app written in the late 90s.
Almost like how RealPlayer 8 was on a G3 iMac with OS 9.
Generally you will find people have issues with iTunes on Windows, not sure if its Apples programming or Microsofts OS, but its not the same seamless experience as it is on a Mac unfortunately.
iTunes on Windows also tries to install Quicktime and Safari so that may be what people refer to.
Aye, it does have problems on Windows (can't really blame Windows for that, other apps work fine, it's a case of poor porting), but surely if Apple want to persuade people to buy Macs then the one Apple app people on Windows use is Apple's showcase! It should be the best they can make it. A crap iTunes for Windows is more likely to put Windows users off switching than persuade them to do so!
I have problems with iTunes on Mac anyway. Everything is fine and snappy except updating the metadata on things, which can take a couple of minutes (either for one file or a bunch, doesn't seem to matter). I have a few hundred gb of data in there (mostly TV programmes), I think its metadata db is poorly optimised, but that's just a guess.
I'm pretty sure increasing the speed of the drive or using a SSD would solve that problem; but yea, the only times I see lag or anything is when I'm editing metadata, probably due to the fact that you're writing to a lot of little files that aren't just sitting in one spot on the hard drive.