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6
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Australia
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Jul 10, 2008
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iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
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Jul 10, 2008 9:20 PM
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Every song I play that has a non-standard English character is getting renamed as soon as it starts playing.
An example:
Artist: Sigur Rós - Song Title: Ágætis Byrun
will be retagged as
Artist: Sigur RÛs - Song Title: ¡gÊtis Byrjun
There are a lot of songs in my library that will be afflicted by this problem if this problem continues. I've done a re-install of 7.7 but the problem is still there.
iMac 2.16GHZ C2D
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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107
From:
China
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Oct 7, 2007
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
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Jul 10, 2008 11:31 PM
in response to: blakeables
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This also occur to non-Unicode Chinese characters.
ThinkPad R60 94602EC
Windows Vista
PowerBook G4 15" 1.5GHz
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1
From:
Germany
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Jul 11, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 11, 2008 12:40 AM
in response to: blakeables
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Same here with iTunes 7.7 (43) german localization.
iTunes is defininately not usable at the moment because it messes up the song info permanently.
How can i inform apple directly of this bug?
How can i reinstall the previous version?
iMac 6,1
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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5
From:
France
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May 23, 2005
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 11, 2008 6:42 AM
in response to: jens-erich
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HI,
Exactly the same problem occurs with itunes 7.7 on both powerbook on 10.3 and mac mini on 10.4. Don't know if it appears on 10.5.
As far as I'm concerned, I've detected it when reading french and brazilian songs
which often used characters with accentuation. Seems to be a i18n bug.
The strange thing is that it appends only when reading. Didn't check if it change the id3 tags of the files also or if it is only the XML file which is modified.
Mac Mini Core 2 Duo 2 Ghz; Powerbook G4 15" 1,5 Ghz
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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2
From:
Portugal - Italy
Registered:
Jul 11, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 11, 2008 7:08 AM
in response to: blakeables
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This bug is very annoying. I have to rename back my non-English songs to their correct title, after having listened to them.
For the time being I will stop using iTunes, until Apple fixes this.
PowerBook G4 12"
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
PowerBook G4 12" Rev D 1.5GHz 1.25GB SuperDrive
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1
From:
Glasgow, Scotland
Registered:
Jul 11, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 11, 2008 7:30 AM
in response to: blakeables
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Having the same problem, which renders iTunes fairly unusable until this bug is fixed as a lot of music is affected.
iBook G4 14.1-inch (Mid 2005)
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Jun 8, 2002
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Reinstalling from (archived) download
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Jul 11, 2008 10:40 AM
in response to: blakeables
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Helpful
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Hi,
I've reinstalled my previous iTunes (good thing I usually download the standalone installer and keep that around...).
First run: "This version of the iTunes library was created by a newer version" -> quit.
Lucky guess: ~user/Music/iTunes/ -> voila! There is a folder "Previous iTunes Libraries", and in there was the (automatically created by iTunes) backup. Copied this over to /iTunes, renamed it (it had the current year/month/date added), and I'm back up and running with the right Umlauts under iTunes 7.6.2
Apple, QA much...?
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Jul 11, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 11, 2008 7:48 PM
in response to: blakeables
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Same here, all non-conventional characters are changed for good, but only my Intel Mac, not in my iBook, both with 10.4.11. Not to mention that iTunes freezes for 3 minutes when my iPod Touch is connected via USB (also only in iMac Intel). iTunes in that machine is in effect unusable.
Apple is getting just as reliable as Microsoft when it comes to releasing bug-ridden software. It's not the first buggy iTunes release in the recent past either. Or maybe 50% success is what they are aiming at now and I didn't read the press release.
iMac core 2.0 GHz
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Aug 19, 2003
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 11, 2008 10:58 PM
in response to: blakeables
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Those who are seeing this:
1.What version of Mac OS X are you running?
2. What is your preferred language in International Prefs? (what language is iTunes running in). Does the problem happen if you put English as the preferred language?
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8
From:
Maleny, Queensland, Australia
Registered:
Feb 3, 2006
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 12, 2008 12:40 AM
in response to: iTunes Mike
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I am having this same problem. I just had to fix up 500 odd tracks played before I realised the fault. I will keep away from iTunes until it is fixed. I am unhappy with Apple - this sort of bug should not creep into a well established product.
I use Mac OS 10.4.11 on an Intel MacBook Pro.
MacBook Pro 17-inch (July 2006)
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Upgraded to 2Gb RAM
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Sep 26, 2005
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 12, 2008 1:26 AM
in response to: MalenySteve
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No problems with iTunes 7.7 so far I have to say. Examples:
Artists: Frank Sinatra feat. Antônio Carlos Jobim, Opús, Âme
Songs: Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?, Veinte Años
No change after/during play. All songs encoded in either MP3 or AAC
iMac8,1 24" 2.8 GhZ
Mac OS X (10.5.4)
750 GB Harddrive, 4GB RAM
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1
From:
NYC
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Jul 12, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 12, 2008 2:33 AM
in response to: iTunes Mike
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I'm getting the same problem, with the same setup as one of the guys above: Mac OS 10.4.11 on an Intel Macbook Pro, with English as the preferred language. I renamed all of the files (which took a while) and that seems to have stopped the renaming bug for now.
Interestingly, the problem didn't seem to occur with Russian or Greek characters.
Message was edited by: BealeOfSteel
Intel Macbook Pro
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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6
From:
Australia
Registered:
Jul 10, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 12, 2008 2:55 AM
in response to: iTunes Mike
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1. 10.4.11
2. English (Australian)
iMac
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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5
From:
Germany
Registered:
Jul 12, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 12, 2008 3:22 AM
in response to: blakeables
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I also have this REALLY annoying bug. At the moment I have 10.000 songs in my library and don't want to rename them all. Until Apple fixes this problem, I will have to use my CDs again...
OS is 10.4.11 (German) on a Mac Mini (Intel 1.66), ITunes is 7.7 (43)
I didn't expect that something like that would happen on a Mac!
Message was edited by: danielberlin
Mac mini Intel
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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From:
Portugal - Italy
Registered:
Jul 11, 2008
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Re: iTunes 7.7 bug - renames tags
Posted:
Jul 12, 2008 4:27 AM
in response to: iTunes Mike
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10.4.11, English, and I have the problem.
PowerBook G4 12"
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Rev D 1.5GHz 1.25GB SuperDrive
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