Apple Music certainly seems to be having a bit of a rough start, although personally I have encountered only minor glitches and the occasional crash. This is "beta" quality software at best and it would've been wise to announce it as such.
I think it's safe to say that anything iTunes related is easily among the least impressive of Apple's software offerings. Here's hoping they can iron out the bugs before too many people get burnt.
I think it's safe to say that anything iTunes related is easily among the least impressive of Apple's software offerings.
When I had an iPhone (back in the iPhone 3G days) the phone was nice compared to everything else, but I dreaded using iTunes, especially on a Windows box. They were wise to get away from needing iTunes to do updates.
The logical thing for Apple to do would be to replicate what they've done on iOS: have separate Music, Videos, App Store, iTunes Store, etc. apps. Having all of them rolled into one huge monster of a desktop app is clearly unsustainable in the long term.
I have some experience with long-running software projects, and I can imagine the code has grown too convoluted to achieve any kind of clean split at this point. I hope they already have a project started where they port or reimplement Mac versions of the iOS equivalents, and have a new iOS Sync app for dealing with manual syncing and wired updates.
Apple Music certainly seems to be having a bit of a rough start, although personally I have encountered only minor glitches and the occasional crash. This is "beta" quality software at best and it would've been wise to announce it as such.
I think it's safe to say that anything iTunes related is easily among the least impressive of Apple's software offerings. Here's hoping they can iron out the bugs before too many people get burnt.
When I had an iPhone (back in the iPhone 3G days) the phone was nice compared to everything else, but I dreaded using iTunes, especially on a Windows box. They were wise to get away from needing iTunes to do updates.
The logical thing for Apple to do would be to replicate what they've done on iOS: have separate Music, Videos, App Store, iTunes Store, etc. apps. Having all of them rolled into one huge monster of a desktop app is clearly unsustainable in the long term.
I have some experience with long-running software projects, and I can imagine the code has grown too convoluted to achieve any kind of clean split at this point. I hope they already have a project started where they port or reimplement Mac versions of the iOS equivalents, and have a new iOS Sync app for dealing with manual syncing and wired updates.