Yesterday I received a message on my MacBook Pro that the newest version of iTunes 11 needed to be installed. I went through it and it has been nothing but issues since. After the install I could not get it to sync with my phone. After much searching on-line, I did a complete system and iPhone reboot. Then performed a sync, and the computer indicated that it synced fine. This morning I get into my car to drive to work, tried to turn on my phone to play music in the car, and EVERYTHING is gone from my iTunes library on my phone except for ONE SONG. ***?
Yes, I checked everything on the computer after the install to insure my music was there. Yes, I have backup versions. But I don't do backups to prevent this type of stupidity. And I didn't think that I needed to check my phone (and every single app in it) to make sure the upgrade had not wiped my phone clean of things. In particular my iTunes library. I also looked closely at the sync settings to insure that nothing had changed as I sync with both my Mac and a P/C (for calendars and outlook contacts)
If history is any precedent it appears to me that Apple has decided to go down the Microsoft route of "don't get it right, just get it out". Short of that I am losing faith in their products and their upgrades in particular. They are becoming MORE bug infused than ever. Mountain Lion was a disaster, Final Cut Pro X literally froze me out and required tech support to get it running again and they had no idea why it was trashed.
If I get home and find my MacBook Pro has for some strange reason now lost all of my music, it will be even more conclusive that this is the path they have now taken.