iTunes smart playlist syncing

I had a problem today with smart playlists in iTunes with multiple rules not syncing properly with my iPhone 5. Thanks to a tip in an Apple forum I found that the problem was fixed by adding the rule “Playlist–Is–Music” to the smart playlist rules. Bizarre and makes no sense, but it fixed the problem.

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iTunes 11

Apple has released iTunes 11 and are loudly proclaiming it as “simpler”, “easier” and “more intuitive. Is it?

No. Just one example in the screenshot below. In iTunes 10 there was one place (the left panel) where you could find everything you wanted (iTunes store, podcast lists, device sync screen, playlists etc.)

In iTunes 11 there are three different spots you have to go to depending on what you want, and then after navigating to that spot there may be additional clicks to get to the view that you want.

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Apple Maps #7

applemaps7I noticed today that some of the problems with Apple Maps that I reported to Apple have been corrected. Unfortunately, in some cases they’ve just replaced one error with a different error. e.g. In Canara Place, they’ve correctly added in the connection to University Drive that was missing, but added an extra connection to Sunset Boulevarde that doesn’t exist in the real world.

Update 8 Feb 2015: Two years on and they still haven’t fixed this error, even though I’ve reported it twice.

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Apple Maps #4

applemaps4Apple Maps errors – example 4.

See that road running alongside the railway line, and over a creek? I’d suggest navigating that route only if you have a bulldozer with floaties, in order to traverse the road that doesn’t exist and the bridge that doesn’t exist.

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