Take a breath, clear your mind, and answer me this: Which Apple application do you find most frustrating? If you answered “iTunes” you’re in good company (if you consider a good portion of Macworld editors the kind of company you prefer to keep). Much as we love a lot of Apple’s work, iTunes increasingly irks us. In this episode we explore our frustrations and what Apple might do about them. We additionally turn our critical gaze on the Messages beta application.
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Show notes
Should you wish to praise or revile one person for this discussion, that person would be the boss—Jason Snell. His iTunes: Time to Right the Syncing Ship gave birth to a lot of discussion on iTunes’ highs and lows. And if you haven’t tired of us telling Apple its business, check out Dan Moren’s iMessage and Instant Messages Deserve Different Apps.
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Author: Jason Snell
Jason has written for Macworld for 25 years, and was lead editor for more than a decade. He writes about Apple at Six Colors and podcasts at Relay FM and The Incomparable.