Is that a way to completely remove Ping from iTunes 10?

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Is that a way to completely remove Ping from iTunes 10?

hello;

so far in the less than 30 minutes I had iTunes 10 installed I do not like it.
It would have been simple to put a preference in to disable Ping.

I have removed iTunes 10 and reinstalled iTunes 9.2.1. I need to rebuild the
iTunes Library because iTunes 10 updated it and iTunes 9.2.1 is unable to
read it.

I do not like having Ping shoved down my throat whether I want it or not.
I do not like social networking sites and Ping is no exception. The only ping
I want on my computers is the unix command 'ping' used to diagnose network
issues and problems.

terry

13 in and 17 inch macbook pro, 64GB iPad, 32GB and 64GB iPod Touch, 32GB ipod-1stgen, 16GB-ipod nano, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 3 appletv, 3 - 24" imac, 1 - 27" iMac, 1TB & 2TB time capsule, 7 airport express

Posted on Sep 1, 2010 9:26 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 1, 2010 9:33 PM in response to artisticforge

I am in total agreement with you. I am waiting until someone finds a way to remove it, or Apple allows users to decide. I don't use social networks much, and I don't want it crammed into something I use every day. iTunes already got super bloated with that stupid Genius playlists and even that grid flow adds no use other than to be pretty. I am posting this from my G4 mac, but have a MacBook with the new intels in and still don't want this because I know it is going to be bigger and slower than what I have now.

Please Apple, let users decide if they want to opt-into installing this.

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Answer 2

Sep 1, 2010 9:35 PM in response to Hatchback Mustang

Why don't you guys just turn it off?

Click TURN OFF PING in your pofile..

what's the big deal?

PS. I agree Ping is dumb, I never enabled it in the 1st place.

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Answer 3

Sep 1, 2010 9:43 PM in response to chewymatt

hello;

that does not turn it 'Off' that just keeps your profile private.
Ping is still there running.

I do not use social networking sites and I really resent Apple cramming Ping down users throats
whether they want it or not.

Ping should have been written with and ON/OFF switch.

iTunes 10 does not live up to Apple's standards. There are many issues with iTunes 10.

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Answer 4

Sep 1, 2010 9:45 PM in response to artisticforge

There was an on/off option in my account settings in the iTunes Store. In fact, I had to turn it on in order to access Ping.

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Answer 5

Sep 1, 2010 9:46 PM in response to artisticforge

I clicked turn off ping and now it's not running, when I click on the ping icon it just asks to turn it on.

Looks like it's disabled and off.

Why did you enable it in the 1st place?

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Answer 6

Sep 1, 2010 9:49 PM in response to chewymatt

So the Ping option is still in the left navigation bar? Ridiculous if so.

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Answer 7

Homestar

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26 points

Sep 1, 2010 9:50 PM in response to chewymatt

He means click Turn Off Ping in your Apple Account Information, accessed by clicking on your email address in the upper right hand corner of the iTunes store when you're logged in.

I just spent a couple minutes combing through my Ping profile wondering what you were talking about. Thought I'd clarify.

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Answer 8

Sep 1, 2010 9:51 PM in response to Homestar

It's not in the Ping profile, it's in the account profile.

Sorry if I wasn't clear.

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Answer 9

Sep 1, 2010 10:07 PM in response to chewymatt

hello;

I can not check on anything iTunes 10 since I have removed/deleted/trashed that abortion.

I reinstalled iTunes 9.2.1. I will probably be stuck at that version until I die or Apple gets their act together. I am not installed iTunes 10 as is.

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Answer 10

Sep 1, 2010 10:11 PM in response to artisticforge

I would like to say that I hate iTunes, it's probably the worst and most counter intuitive application ever made but version 10 looks quite a bit nicer and I don't see a reason going back to 9, no reason at all.

If it's Ping that bugs you, kill it.

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Answer 11

Homestar

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26 points

Sep 1, 2010 10:36 PM in response to chewymatt

You know, I just don't get all the flack iTunes takes. It has its limitations as far as media codecs and containers go, and it hasn't got the best interface for editing metadata, but the playlists and library views are robust, the interface looks nice, and it's not even as slow as Firefox.

And looking at the alternatives available for OS X, I can't see anything better. I don't like iTunes' continued UI quirks (scrollbars, and now these abominable traffic light window controls and new oversized column headers), but to me it seems ultimately a decent app by Mac standards, which is saying something by Windows and Linux standards.

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Answer 12

Sep 1, 2010 10:42 PM in response to Homestar

iTunes is the most counter intuitive application that I have ever used, everything (in my opinion) is exactly *** backwards, the menus are inconsistent, it's hard to find things that you would think would be at hand, and most of all it's SUPER SLOW.

PS. I have a Macbook but I'm obviously running Windows 7.

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Answer 13

RedKamel

Level 1

20 points

Sep 1, 2010 10:46 PM in response to chewymatt

turning it off still keeps the option cluttering my already cluttered sidebar.

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Answer 14

Sep 1, 2010 11:00 PM in response to RedKamel

I agree, that part is sucky.

There must be a way to get rid of that, navigating iTunes menu system is worse than trying to figure out the privacy settings in Facebook.....UGH.

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Answer 15

Sep 1, 2010 11:16 PM in response to chewymatt

hello;

The reason for going back to iTunes 9.2.1 is simple. There is no Ping to deal with.

iTunes 10 violates many of Apple's own user interface standards. one glaring one is the 90 degree
turn in the Window Control Buttons in the upper left hand corner of the window. That is a joke.
Who sat on the user interface review of iTunes 10? That should have never been allowed to get out
into the 'wild'.
That one change can now be pointed to by Apple developers as to why their applications no longer
follow the Apple User interface standard.

I have all ready sent feedback to Apple concerning iTunes 10. I pointed out that I was canceling
several orders from Apple that totaled over $30,000.00 USD because of it. I will be talking with the
local Apple Retail Store manager about my displeasure with iTunes 10 and why I will no longer be
making the purchases that we had discussed just last week.

I just purchased an MacBook Pro for my wife, a special education teacher and part-time professor
at a state university. She was able to get the 'free' 8GB iPod Touch. She is not happy now because
if we had waited one week she would have been able to get the new generation iPod touch. She is
considering returning the MacBook Pro and everything that was purchased at the time because of
that.

iTunes 10 is just the straw that broke the camel's back.

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