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Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

The Management posted:

iTunes is bad but op is actually worse. p impressive

whats the inside scoop on itunes? is it just a nightmare mess of legacy poo poo with sorta newish things bolted on each year?

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Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

and i actually like itunes. i just use it to play music and add new music to my computer and it seems to play the music fine. been doing this for years with no issue

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

vas0line posted:

itunes is bad because it uses a (heh) xml file for its library!! XD
this means that for those of us with very large libraries, itunes is slow as february dog poo poo while it parses xml file

GetElementByXPath(bigasslibrary.xml, bieber, title[1]) or instead of select titles where artist equals bieber gently caress i don't know i'm not a database guy

no, it exports an xml file but internally uses an undocumented and obfuscated binary .itl file thats about 1/4 the size of the xml file

http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/ITunes_Music_Library

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

Mr SuperAwesome posted:

serious post don't you need to re-log in to all your Appz if you do this vs the iTunes backup? (i do the itunes backup because i do not want to sign in to Appz)

no, icloud backups store all userdata/logins/whatever AND restores redownload apps for you automatically. last i checked itunes backup restores don't redownload apps for you.

icloud backups have been superior for years now. although im not sure what happens to the health data in icloud backups

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

listening to itunes right now. the bits sound good

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