Two reports on odd behavior in iTunes. For you. For Apple. For Google. For us.

iTunes Forgets View Preference Upon Clicking Altered Arrows

This is something you have probably never experienced, but it’s annoying nonetheless.

If you reverse the default action for your iTunes arrows — that is, change one of the iTunes hidden preferences to make the arrows redirect to your library instead of the iTunes Music Store — iTunes will always go back to list view, even you’ve set it to display album artwork. I’ve taken a short video to show you what I mean.

The first time I click is the default behavior — redirection to the iTunes Music Store. Going back to my library, all is preserved. The second time, though, when the arrow’s behavior has been altered, clicking the arrow lists the entire library centered on the song I’m listening to and forgets that I had set the view to “album art” mode. It’s slightly annoying.

Of course, this is a hidden preference, so it’s completely unsupported, and I don’t imagine Apple is too eager to help me avoid their Music Store by fixing it.

The second issue, though, is one you may have run into.

iTunes Forgets Scroll Location when Leaving Library View

Are you using the “Browse” viewing mode in iTunes? You know, the one activated by this button in the lower right-hand corner:

It activates the display of scrollable columns of artists, albums, and maybe genres above the list of tracks — convenient if you have hundreds of unsorted genres or more than a dozen artists or albums. Unfortunately, if you’re anywhere in the middle of those scrollable lists, you’re going to lose your place if you leave the library window. I’ve made a video demonstrating this as well.

Now that just doesn’t make any sense. Has this bothered you? Have you even noticed?

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