Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
What gives?

BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
matter what other programs are running.

Jim

Jim Webster wrote:
> Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> What gives?
>
> BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> matter what other programs are running.
>
> Jim
>
Me too. I figured in my case, iTunes was just getting too big for my
333mhz G3 iMac (512Mb RAM), with only 400Mb remaining on a 6.0Gb HD.
In my case, a song will pause, even with iTunes in the foreground I
think, then kick in 3 seconds later. It's only happened with songs that
were imported from mp3, but that might be coincidence, as I only use
iTunes about twice a week.
GW

Jim Webster wrote:
> Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> What gives?
>
> BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> matter what other programs are running.
>
> Jim
>
Me too. I figured in my case, iTunes was just getting too big for my
333mhz G3 iMac (512Mb RAM), with only 400Mb remaining on a 6.0Gb HD.
In my case, a song will pause, even with iTunes in the foreground I
think, then kick in 3 seconds later. It's only happened with songs that
were imported from mp3, but that might be coincidence, as I only use
iTunes about twice a week.
GW

Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> What gives?
>
> BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> matter what other programs are running.

iTunes 4.9 doesn't skip for me but I have a lot of CPU to waste
(dual 2.5 Ghz G5). What I have noticed about 4.9 is that iTunes'
UI gets slow sometimes for no reason I've been able to determine.
I typically notice it while using Party Shuffle. I'll see some
songs in the upcoming list that I don't want to hear and I'll
select and delete them and there will be noticeable pause before
the list updates. Normally list updates are immediate. Quitting
iTunes and restarting it makes this behavior go away. But the
behavior comes back after a while.

Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> What gives?
>
> BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> matter what other programs are running.

iTunes 4.9 doesn't skip for me but I have a lot of CPU to waste
(dual 2.5 Ghz G5). What I have noticed about 4.9 is that iTunes'
UI gets slow sometimes for no reason I've been able to determine.
I typically notice it while using Party Shuffle. I'll see some
songs in the upcoming list that I don't want to hear and I'll
select and delete them and there will be noticeable pause before
the list updates. Normally list updates are immediate. Quitting
iTunes and restarting it makes this behavior go away. But the
behavior comes back after a while.

Kyle Jones wrote:

> Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> > routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> > What gives?
> >
> > BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> > processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> > matter what other programs are running.
>
> iTunes 4.9 doesn't skip for me but I have a lot of CPU to waste
> (dual 2.5 Ghz G5). What I have noticed about 4.9 is that iTunes'
> UI gets slow sometimes for no reason I've been able to determine.

Try it on my G3....jeez, I hadn't noticed that trait until now, but 4.9
is killing me...The scroll wheel on my mouse barely works and the
spinning pizza keeps coming up.

Anyone know how to retro to 4.8, or .7 or whatever was before this
update a few weeks back?
TIA,
GW

Kyle Jones wrote:

> Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> > routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> > What gives?
> >
> > BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> > processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> > matter what other programs are running.
>
> iTunes 4.9 doesn't skip for me but I have a lot of CPU to waste
> (dual 2.5 Ghz G5). What I have noticed about 4.9 is that iTunes'
> UI gets slow sometimes for no reason I've been able to determine.

Try it on my G3....jeez, I hadn't noticed that trait until now, but 4.9
is killing me...The scroll wheel on my mouse barely works and the
spinning pizza keeps coming up.

Anyone know how to retro to 4.8, or .7 or whatever was before this
update a few weeks back?
TIA,
GW

On 2005-07-21 23:05:35 -0400, Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> said:

> Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> What gives?
>
> BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> matter what other programs are running.
>
> Jim

I have no problem with 4.9 on a year and a half old eMac but I am
running 10.3.8, not 10.3.9 because when I upgraded to 10.3.9 it
secrewed up everything, including locking out all users but the
administrator, so I retro'd to 10.3.8 (with much swearing and cursing
and after 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple) and everything,
including iTunes 4.9 runs just fine.
--
Michael | "He's dead, Jim."

On 2005-07-21 23:05:35 -0400, Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> said:

> Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> What gives?
>
> BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> matter what other programs are running.
>
> Jim

I have no problem with 4.9 on a year and a half old eMac but I am
running 10.3.8, not 10.3.9 because when I upgraded to 10.3.9 it
secrewed up everything, including locking out all users but the
administrator, so I retro'd to 10.3.8 (with much swearing and cursing
and after 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple) and everything,
including iTunes 4.9 runs just fine.
--
Michael | "He's dead, Jim."

> > Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> > routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> > What gives?
> >
> > BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> > processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> > matter what other programs are running.
>
> I have no problem with 4.9 on a year and a half old eMac but I am
> running 10.3.8, not 10.3.9 because when I upgraded to 10.3.9 it
> secrewed up everything, including locking out all users but the
> administrator, so I retro'd to 10.3.8 (with much swearing and cursing
> and after 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple) and everything,
> including iTunes 4.9 runs just fine.

You guys have reported this to Apple, right? The sooner they learn of
it the sooner they can fix it.

> > Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
> > routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
> > What gives?
> >
> > BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
> > processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
> > matter what other programs are running.
>
> I have no problem with 4.9 on a year and a half old eMac but I am
> running 10.3.8, not 10.3.9 because when I upgraded to 10.3.9 it
> secrewed up everything, including locking out all users but the
> administrator, so I retro'd to 10.3.8 (with much swearing and cursing
> and after 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple) and everything,
> including iTunes 4.9 runs just fine.

You guys have reported this to Apple, right? The sooner they learn of
it the sooner they can fix it.

richard schumacher wrote:

>>>Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
>>>routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
>>>What gives?
>>>
>>>BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
>>>processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
>>>matter what other programs are running.
>>
>>I have no problem with 4.9 on a year and a half old eMac but I am
>>running 10.3.8, not 10.3.9 because when I upgraded to 10.3.9 it
>>secrewed up everything, including locking out all users but the
>>administrator, so I retro'd to 10.3.8 (with much swearing and cursing
>>and after 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple) and everything,
>>including iTunes 4.9 runs just fine.
>
>
> You guys have reported this to Apple, right? The sooner they learn of
> it the sooner they can fix it.
After ten minutes on the **** website (apple.com) I give up on how to do
that. Anyone have the appropriate email address, to report problems?
GW

richard schumacher wrote:

>>>Recently I updated iTunes from 4.7 to 4.9. Not a good idea. Now songs
>>>routinely skip if iTunes is in the background, which it almost always is.
>>>What gives?
>>>
>>>BTW I'm still running 10.3.9, haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Memory,
>>>processor speed should be no issue (768 MB RAM, 800 MZ). Skips happen no
>>>matter what other programs are running.
>>
>>I have no problem with 4.9 on a year and a half old eMac but I am
>>running 10.3.8, not 10.3.9 because when I upgraded to 10.3.9 it
>>secrewed up everything, including locking out all users but the
>>administrator, so I retro'd to 10.3.8 (with much swearing and cursing
>>and after 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple) and everything,
>>including iTunes 4.9 runs just fine.
>
>
> You guys have reported this to Apple, right? The sooner they learn of
> it the sooner they can fix it.
After ten minutes on the **** website (apple.com) I give up on how to do
that. Anyone have the appropriate email address, to report problems?
GW

In article <oDyEe.30573$aA5.18345@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
Geoff Welsh <geoffdubya@some.rr.com> wrote:

> richard schumacher wrote:
> >
> > You guys have reported this to Apple, right? The sooner they learn of
> > it the sooner they can fix it.
> After ten minutes on the **** website (apple.com) I give up on how to do
> that. Anyone have the appropriate email address, to report problems?
> GW

Go to apple.com. Click the Mac OS X tab. Click on the Feedback sub-tab.
That brings you to this page:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

Remember, the sooner Apple learns about this, the sooner they can ignore
it and instead release Mac OS 10.5, with over 200 new features and 100
new bugs.

--
Karl von Laudermann - karlvonl(a)rcn.com - http://www.geocities.com/~karlvonl
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "complex";w=39;m=2.0;w.times{|y|w.times{|x|c=Compl ex.new((m*x/w)-1.5,
(2.0*y/w)-1.0);z=c;e=false;49.times{z=z*z+c;if z.abs>m then e=true;break;end}
print(e ?" ":"@@");puts if x==w-1;}}

In article <oDyEe.30573$aA5.18345@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
Geoff Welsh <geoffdubya@some.rr.com> wrote:

> richard schumacher wrote:
> >
> > You guys have reported this to Apple, right? The sooner they learn of
> > it the sooner they can fix it.
> After ten minutes on the **** website (apple.com) I give up on how to do
> that. Anyone have the appropriate email address, to report problems?
> GW

Go to apple.com. Click the Mac OS X tab. Click on the Feedback sub-tab.
That brings you to this page:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

Remember, the sooner Apple learns about this, the sooner they can ignore
it and instead release Mac OS 10.5, with over 200 new features and 100
new bugs.

--
Karl von Laudermann - karlvonl(a)rcn.com - http://www.geocities.com/~karlvonl
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "complex";w=39;m=2.0;w.times{|y|w.times{|x|c=Compl ex.new((m*x/w)-1.5,
(2.0*y/w)-1.0);z=c;e=false;49.times{z=z*z+c;if z.abs>m then e=true;break;end}
print(e ?" ":"@@");puts if x==w-1;}}