Where is option to have side bar in iTunes 12 ?

but eventually there will be some iOS update that requires you to upgrade iTunes to install it.

You're spot on there. I was quite happily running iTunes 10 and Snow Leopard with iOS 6 on an elderly iPod Touch. I'd previously investigated the implications of upgrading iOS 6to the latest version and dismissed the suggestion to upgrade. However, in a rash moment and not concentrating the other day, I went for the iOS upgrade. The next time I connected it up to my iMac, I was told that that version of iOS required iTunes 11. My own fault.

Having said that, the writing is on the wall for Snow Leopard - viz. no ShellShock patch - so my 'enforced' change to Mavericks was triggered by my error of judgement.

I never learn though as we all know that rash moment to upgrade to iTunes 12 which frankly *****. Should have researched first.

Check out the Logitech SqueezeServer and supporting programmes. Much much better than iTunes. You still need iTunes as the music library...just that you get a much better user interface.

ok, thank you... this might be the answer I was looking for... 🙂

SERIOUSLY WHO COMES UP WITH THESE GUI's ???????!!!!!!!!😠

its exactly the windows 8 approach from Microsoft when removed start button, Apple you are better than that.

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Indeed.. Windows 8 is annoying (more annoyng than Windows 7)... the way the mouse drags and sticks lazily onto something, and the copy-and-paste function is not very good!
Technology does what it does - it aims to 'lead' without responding to Market research(?), and we have to follow, unless we create our own!

Am happily back on iTunes 11 now. Many thanks to the poster who gave the link how to do this in an earlier post.

So, until the Apple GUI team finish drinking their latte's in the hot tub and head off to the origami tent for an intense afternoon's work and they change something else, all's well here.

I was rather frustrated with the loss of the sidebar on all screens. It was a fast and efficient way for me to move things to my iPod and my iPhone. (I never auto sync, since the 160 GB capacity of my iPod Classic can't hold all of my music. With all of my podcasts, audiobooks, videos and music, my iTunes library takes up nearly 600 GB of its own 1TB hard disk.

It wasn't until this morning, when I tried to move two of my latest Audible audiobooks to my iPod that I discovered there was a way to drag and drop items without having to sync.

This sudden change reminds me of the frustration Microsoft users have faced a when their interfaces were drastically changed. When controls and functions are moved from locations where people almost instinctively go, it makes for a very stressful time. Even now, after 18 months of using her new Windows 8 machine, my wife screams when she tries to find things on her laptop. She's reached the point to where she'd rather use her smartphone than turn on her laptop.

I personally think this "We know what you want better than you do, and will install it for you any way" attitude has now left the Microsoft world, and is now part of the Apple mindset.

The screams and frustration over the iPhone 6 release is another example... one would think that the number of people that jumped on the larger smartphones made by Apple competitors would have been a clue for the demand for the 6 and 6 plus, but Apple seemed dead set on the notion that no one would want a phone that big.

I usually do not complain a lot, i get to work my ways around programming-sense (which sometimes is not human sense), but in iTunes 12, there are obviously some things to be changed...

Bring Back the sidebar.

Why does nothing happen when i click on my iPhone/Pad in the playlist-sidebar (why is it there then?)

Without a sidebar i cannot drag&drop video files into itunes deliberately. I have to choose the little "film" button on top firs (*****)

Where has that little spot in front of every unwatched movie gone??

With my Ne Windows 8 computer, it is very tempting to hit it (the poor, innocent computer)... Only the knowledge that it can damage the Hardrive, maybe irreparably!) has stopped me from actually hitting it...
I can drag and drop to my ipod too, but it only has the one icon -instead of the music folder...
But I think i will migrate to Squeezebox, Winamp, and/or plain old Windows Media player to play most of my music. Ipods are wonderful things (although the glass has mysteriously shattered on mine in the last 24 hrs, thru no accident! 😟 ), but we need the ITunes for them, so they have got us by the lapels - or they think they have!

PLEASE Apple, return the classic/traditional sidebar. It is much more useful to see all devices, playlists, etc. in one place to quickly monitor and change between items.

See info below. Some of the comments offer solutions you're looking for.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/10/16/apple-releases-itunes-1201-designed-fo r-os-x-1010-yosemite

I'm sorry guys, but Apple will not change this back. They just won't, and no amount of complaining about it will change the fact that you are now stuck with the interface in iTunes 12. I don't care for it either.

I understand your point. However, I have seen Apple change it's mind on several occasions. There were so many complaints about iMovie 08 they gave away iMovie 06 for free. People complained about chapters being removed from iMovie, Apple put them back.

Myself, I have stopped purchasing music on iTunes because the iPod Classic was discontinued, and I'm not yet sure where my music future lies.

I have seen Apple reverse course several times. To make that happen, you MUST leave feedback. I can tell you for a fact, it does get read.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

I repeat, people should leave feedback and then chill. Re-evaluate the direction Apple is taking and see if it works for you. If not, look to alternatives. Apple doesn't make these changes to upset customers, they do it, as you said, because of their internal way of operating. They are so big and successful now I'm shocked they haven't messed up worse. Proof that Apple doesn't care about users? They've never given us a control panel to set the startup sound volume level. Can you imagine that? After 30 years? It is beyond weird.

I also agree that one can vote with the pocketbook. Three months ago, I took my iphone 4S outside and smashed it with a hammer. It was in perfect condition, but I was so weary of its toy phone and calendar features, and the virtual keyboard, I'd simply reached a breaking point. What did I do next? I dug up my old Blackberry 9630 Tour and reactivated it. The BB is not perfect, but it syncs with Google contacts, so iCloud is no longer something I'm dependent on. Other apps? Who the heck cares? The whole app thing is a distraction anyway. Serious users and business people don't use apps unless they improve productivity.

So, I cannot see ever returning to Apple for my phone products. Still love my Mac and with each new OS I pray they don't ruin a good thing. But you know what? One day they WILL ruin it, so it's a good idea not to be too attached to anything. 😀

I use the sidebar for everything. I have 4 devices and the itunes 12 is unworkable. I have large monitor and don't have a width problem, I can't imaging why Apple got rid of the sidebar. Seriously, convenience and consistency with regard to the interface are of critical importance to me. How many of us, refuse to upgrade to Windows 8 because we dislike the "new interface" - like everyone i know. How may folks stopped using Google, which they retired igoogle interface? a lot, including me.

I can think of no rational (read customer friendly) reason to get rid of the sidebar.

I was planning on purchasing an iphone 5pls, 2 new ipads(CHristmas gifts fir o my family), and an iwatch. But, I'm rethnking. My brother, a software developer has been urging that I leave apple and migrate back to android based products. It may seem like a little thing to Apple, but INTERFACE CONSISTENCY is a non-negotiable imperative for me.

IS THERE A WEBSITE OR OTHER MECHANISM THAT ONE CAN USE TO PETITION APPLE TO RESTORE THE SIDEBAR -

Or, do they give a **** what their customers think about he interface?

I really would appreciate knowing how to petition apple to get the sidebar back.

"PLEASE Apple, return the classic/traditional sidebar. It is much more useful to see all devices, playlists, etc. in one place to quickly monitor and change between items."
Thank you.

iTuines 12 is broken as far as I am concerned. Especially for those fo us who use iTunes in conjunction with an Apple TV and have loads of TV and movies.

Roger Sinden wrote:

Am happily back on iTunes 11 now. Many thanks to the poster who gave the link how to do this in an earlier post.

So, until the Apple GUI team finish drinking their latte's in the hot tub and head off to the origami tent for an intense afternoon's work and they change something else, all's well here.

I scoured this thread and I can't find the post that gives instructions or a link on how to get back to iTunes 11!! Where is that?? Some of us would really like to know!

And, what version of OS are you using?

Please post the link to the Fix Link!! Thanks!