iTunes 11.1.2 "Now Playing" bar stuck on Apple logo

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iTunes 11.1.2 "Now Playing" bar stuck on Apple logo

So as the title stats above, whenever I choose a song to play on my iTunes (11.1.2), it wont show up on the "Now Playing" bar in the middle between the "Skip buttons/Volume" and "Search". I also noticed a glitch, if you could call it that. When I slide fours fingers up on my track pad to reveal other apps open, iTunes shows up with the bar actually displaying track info, how long the track is, etc. But when I choose to switch to iTunes the Apple logo just appears and theres no way to fix it. I tried the up and down button to reveal more but nothing shows up either. Here look:

Keep in mind, theres is a track currently playing:

and heres proof it does show up but only if I do the "reveal" action:

So yeah, is it just a typical "update" error? Thank you for the response!

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 12:31 PM

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Answer 1

Baggas

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Oct 23, 2013 3:38 PM in response to JJaimeLopezz

Exact same issue here - not showing the now playing track, iPhone or iPad sync status - just the Apple logo. Clicking on the arrows doesn't make any difference, but revealing all running Apps does show the info as the original poster described.

Is this a bug, or is there some way of fixing it? Quite frustrating.

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Oct 23, 2013 4:22 PM in response to JJaimeLopezz

I too have this problem. If you enlarge the play to full screen mode, the now playing features return. But I don't like having Itunes in Full Screen.

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Oct 23, 2013 8:16 PM in response to JJaimeLopezz

me too. But, as i was Googling around for an answer...the control bar appeared! I have no explanation. Now, I did go full-screen, and the controls did not show up, then exited full screen, switched back to Safari to do some stuff, came back to iTunes...and it was there!

Definitely a case of your mileage may vary.

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flexeril

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Oct 23, 2013 8:52 PM in response to JJaimeLopezz

****** apple! how come they always miss the details! fix it!

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Oct 23, 2013 9:43 PM in response to JJaimeLopezz

Yeah, the same thing is happening to me when I upgraded, and I'd really like to have the song title and length/how much is left up in that title bar.

However, I did out that if you make it full screen, you'll notice in the left side of the title bar is the album/CD cover. If you click on that a small, seperate square pops up and if you then exit full screen, it stays on the desktop. When the next song comes up, it changes. If you scroll over it, then controls that use to be in teh title bar show.

*Shrug*

I'd prefer the old way, but maybe it's just a matter of the human adapting to the new software.

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ruan4ie

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Oct 24, 2013 3:01 PM in response to JJaimeLopezz

I found that restarting my mac seemed to resolve the problem for now. However, only restarting itunes hasn't. I suspect that this might me a Mavericks problem rather than an Itunes problem.

Hopefully it can be resolved soon!

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