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UndyingShadow posted:It loving infuriates me that they can't stop making iTunes a piece of festering poo poo. I'm having to restore my iPad because of 30 gig of other space because, guess what, its sync process poo poo itself, like it does every time. I certainly think it's becoming very uncommon to sync a lot of music. Between iTunes Match and all the on demand services like Spotify, the need just isn't there.
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smackfu posted:I certainly think it's becoming very uncommon to sync a lot of music. Between iTunes Match and all the on demand services like Spotify, the need just isn't there. UndyingShadow, I noticed that after a (well, more like 5 or 6) flatten/reinstore that switching my iPhone to syncing over wifi seemed to be more reliable, despite it always being totally broken in the past. I finally got all my music on there and I'm terrified of switching back to USB syncing.
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Nov 14, 2014 14:42
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I would imagine a LOT of people still sync music. Think about your average teenager or old person who buys music on iTunes but doesn't pay for match. I have a ton of music in my iTunes library and syncing is more often than not a pain in the dick for me. You would think that the world's leading music purchasing platform could get music sync right over the other guys. I have a serious love/hate relationship with my iPhone. Siri is some really depressing god awful poo poo. I experimented a little with using hands free controls earlier and once again it only picks up on me saying "hey siri" about half the time. It misunderstands common words that I'm trying to text to friends. It has no loving idea what I mean when I ask for Foxcatcher show times so instead it gives me a huge list of arbitrary movies including Gone With The Wind and Sideways... what?? On top of that app switching still feels janky and not as quick as it should be. Sometimes double tapping the home button only registers like 7 seconds after I actually do it, but then I've double tapped a second time and everything needs to catch up. Turning my phone in landscape resulted in my keyboard going sideways but my text thread stayed vertical. poo poo like this has me eyeballing a Nexus 6 hard. But every time I do something like use Apple Pay (as trite as that is) or even just walk into an Apple Store I'm reminded at why I mostly put up with some disappointing experiences. Overall it's not so bad and probably better than what I would have to deal with using something else. /rant
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Nov 14, 2014 15:09
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I haven't synced my phone to my PC since I got iTunes Match, even though I still download actual albums and only listen to stuff I've got stored locally. Despite some early hiccups, it's turned out to be worth the paltry $25 a year just to avoid having to sync music through iTunes.
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Nov 14, 2014 15:20
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I rarely buy music on iTunes and rip all CDs I buy because I'm old. I have like 130 gbs of music and I have never had any issues synching. I let iTunes manage everything and I use a Mac. I guess I'm just lucky the other bug has never struck me.
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Nov 14, 2014 15:54
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ShoogaSlim posted:Think about your average teenager or old person who buys music on iTunes but doesn't pay for match. Old people, maybe. Teenagers buying music? Ha. Beyond that, I'd be surprised if the majority of people with iPhones nowaday have *ever* synced them to a computer.
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Nov 14, 2014 16:05
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Suqit posted:I rarely buy music on iTunes and rip all CDs I buy because I'm old. I have like 130 gbs of music and I have never had any issues synching. I let iTunes manage everything and I use a Mac. I guess I'm just lucky the other bug has never struck me.
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Nov 14, 2014 16:30
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I use iTunes regularly on both platforms and sync an iPhone to it all the time.. it's always worked fine for me. Anecdotes are data!
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Nov 14, 2014 16:37
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I have been using iTunes to sync my phone since the first iPhone on windows and other than ridiculous "other" sizes I've never once had a problem. Obviously tons of people have and I just figure I'm really lucky I guess.
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Nov 14, 2014 16:38
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smackfu posted:Old people, maybe. Teenagers buying music? Ha. Okay you're right. Teenagers don't buy music*, but when you pirate music you need to sync it to your phone somehow, don't you? Isn't iTunes the only way if you're on an iPhone? *I mean, some of them have to, though. How else are iTunes sales for contemporary pop junk artists so high? I doubt the majority of people purchasing Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj on iTunes are adults. I don't know exactly how reliable these charts are but the top 5 should indicate the demographic. ShoogaSlim fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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ShoogaSlim posted:Okay you're right. Teenagers don't buy music*, but when you pirate music you need to sync it to your phone somehow, don't you? Isn't iTunes the only way if you're on an iPhone? The app Media Monkey works perfectly to copy music over to an iPhone and has many options to organize mp3s, download missing artwork etc before syncing.
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Nov 14, 2014 17:41
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smackfu posted:Old people, maybe. Teenagers buying music? Ha. Teens are actually the ones that are most likely to purchase music (digitally, with mommy and daddy's credit card, of course). That's why Taylor Swift removed her library from Spotify, to encourage that crowd to buy a copy. Seemed to work, too.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:16
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Bottom Liner posted:Teens are actually the ones that are most likely to purchase music (digitally, with mommy and daddy's credit card, of course). That's why Taylor Swift removed her library from Spotify, to encourage that crowd to buy a copy. Seemed to work, too. Pretty sure her latest album rocketed up the most downloaded section on the pirate bay after that stunt.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:20
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It also set record sales numbers, so that "stunt" earned her label a shitload of money; http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296916/taylor-swift-1989-sales-1-million quote:Plus: 1989 will be the first album released in 2014 to sell a million copies. That would make 1989 just the 19th album to sell a million in a single week since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991, and Swift the first act to earn three million-selling weeks. Sources say 1989 is performing extraordinarily well in the iTunes Store and Target, with the latter carrying an exclusive version of the album with bonus tracks. Just because it was heavily pirated doesn't mean a lot of people didn't buy it as well. It was popular in all methods of acquisition. It's much easier for teen girls to buy on itunes than figure out torrents.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:23
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smackfu posted:Old people, maybe. Teenagers buying music? Ha. Given the iTunes Top 10, it appears "teens" are the main buyers of music.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:30
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iTunes, in my experience, tends to poo poo the bed when syncing large amounts of music. 1 - 5 albums? No problem. 10+ GB? welcome to never ending "waiting for changes to be applied", huge "other" data, sync screw ups and more.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:35
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I have over 7000 songs in my itunes play list, so I always have a fun time when upgrading to a new phone. Most of the time I can get it to work!. Too bad Itunes Genius doesn't work worth poo poo either.
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Bottom Liner posted:Teens are actually the ones that are most likely to purchase music (digitally, with mommy and daddy's credit card, of course). That's why Taylor Swift removed her library from Spotify, to encourage that crowd to buy a copy. Seemed to work, too. My original point, way back when, was that people are using services like Spotify rather than buying it on iTunes, so they don't need to sync to iTunes. If Taylor Swift has to pull her music from Spotify to force people to buy it on iTunes, I think that makes my point that Spotify is quite popular. smackfu fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Nov 14, 2014 18:53
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smackfu posted:My original point, way back when, was that people are using services like Spotify rather than buying it on iTunes, so they don't need to sync to iTunes. If Taylor Swift has to pull her music from Spotify to force people to buy it on iTunes, I think that makes my point that Spotify is quite popular. Yes, that is correct, but my posts were in reference to the guys saying that teens don't pay for music and just torrent it instead. Teens are the most likely to pay for music either via subscription services or direct purchases. People who pirate music and movies also spend more than those that don't, according to a lot of research.
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Nov 14, 2014 19:25
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So... When I plug my 6 Plus into my MBP iTunes no longer recognizes it. The phone will ask me if I want to "trust this computer" every single time, but it doesn't show up in iTunes no matter what. This is really weird, since it synced fine until a couple of days ago when this suddenly started happening. What could be the issue? I'm on iOS 8.1 / OS X 10.9.5 / iTunes 12.
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Nov 14, 2014 19:55
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Regarding the contacts talk, MCBackup may do the job. You can export to VCard and backup and restore via email. I've used it numerous times and it's worked well for me.
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Nov 14, 2014 20:15
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What's the easiest way to export voicemails from an iPhone? I have Sprint, so pretty sure I have visual voicemail.
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movax posted:What's the easiest way to export voicemails from an iPhone? I have Sprint, so pretty sure I have visual voicemail.
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Nov 14, 2014 22:04
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So I've been having some problems with my iPhone 5 freezing during normal tasks, particularly in Safari and Chrome. As an example, I'll be trying to access a website and it will "freeze" for 5-10 seconds, then unfreeze and work normally. I don't mean the website won't load, I mean the entire app will lock up, can't press any buttons, etc. Sometimes I have to manually quit safari to get it to work again. It tends to happen more when I have several tabs open. It's only just recently begun happening to me. I'm not sure whether it's the 2+ year old hardware or software at this point. I'm suspecting its the RAM, since it happens more when I'm using multiple tabs, but I can't exactly solve that with new hardware until next year. Has this been happening to anyone else?
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Nope, my 5 has been running just fine. I don't tend to collect a lot of tabs though.. maybe 5 tops.
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Bottom Liner posted:Teens are actually the ones that are most likely to purchase music (digitally, with mommy and daddy's credit card, of course). This, with emphasis on the mommy and daddy's credit card bit. And the shittons of iTunes gift cards they get on holidays/birthdays from extended family that has no clue what else to get a kid these days. I imagine this changes in college, though.
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xzzy posted:Nope, my 5 has been running just fine. Yeah see I'm talking like 2-3 tabs max. It's definitely not normal. I restored this iPhone maybe 3-4 months ago, but maybe I should start fresh again.
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Nov 14, 2014 22:24
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My 6+ used to have super impressive 2-day battery. Lately it's been barely making it 1 day before 20% or lower. I suspected the jailbreak but it's looking not-likely. I even wondered about 8.1. My battery usage indicates the 2 biggest drains in the last 24 hours (of which I feel my usage has been mild ) are Paper (facebook) and Awful app. (25% and 21% respectively.) I do use Awful a lot, but I don't feel like I have THAT much lately. And I barely used Paper in the last couple days. Are these apps just causing poo poo for anyone else? [edit] Paper has gone up SIX percent since I posted this 10 min ago. In that time all I did was open it twice to read s response and post a quick reply. Feenix fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Facebook apps have always been notorious for chewing through battery, even in the background with it's always-on location services. Go into Settings > Privacy > Location Services and change Facebook from "always" to "while using the app" if it already isn't.
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Nov 14, 2014 23:59
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I don't use Paper, but anything made by Facebook will have a reputation for being an unnecessary battery hog and tracking location poo poo that it doesn't need to track. edit: ^^^ yeah what he said
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Apparently Facebook uses constant background location tracking as a trick to allow the app itself to do more background update stuff than would usually be allowed. So yeah, turn that off.
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I have it (and always have) set to "only when app is used."
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Nov 15, 2014 00:33
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Wasn't it reported awhile ago that they still do background poo poo even without the option ticked?
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noirstronaut posted:Wasn't it reported awhile ago that they still do background poo poo even without the option ticked? Probably, but they have to do it within the limits set by Apple like every other app.
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Nov 15, 2014 02:38
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20% at 7:50pm in a light usage day in my 6+. Gonna restore.
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Nov 15, 2014 04:47
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Feenix posted:20% at 7:50pm in a light usage day in my 6+. I didn't see it mentioned in either thread so I'll ask: how is your reception? Guessing it hasn't changed recently.
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Feenix posted:20% at 7:50pm in a light usage day in my 6+. My usage has been pretty random, I've had days where I've ended the day at 80%, I've had days where I've ended the day at 15%
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spongeworthy posted:I didn't see it mentioned in either thread so I'll ask: how is your reception? Guessing it hasn't changed recently. Reception's fine. I spend all my time at home.
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Nov 15, 2014 05:31
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My 6 hasn't given me a single battery warning yet, and I'm on it a bunch during the day. Usually my 5 would be about 15% at bedtime.
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You say you doubt it's the jailbreak but that is glaringly the most obvious culprit. edit: sorry, for clarity that was directed at Feenix. Fly Ricky fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Nov 15, 2014 |
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