Where is option to have side bar in iTunes 12 ?

In my experience, changing the icon is not that difficult. The hardest part would probably be getting the "old" blue icon, because the older iTunes is gone from your system. I guess you could download the 11.4 iTunes installer and use pacifier to "look" inside and extract the itunes app file - save it to desktop? I've never done that, but I have seen pacifier mentioned on a lot of threads for this purpose. Or you could use another icon that you like from another app or file.

Next, you do a "Command i" on both of your itune app files (don't open them, just get their info). With your mouse click on the little blue icon in the info screen. Do a "Command c" to copy it. Then click on the red icon in the other info screen and do a "Command v" to paste it. It should ask you for your password. Type that in and usually that does it. I have seen some files revert back, especially after updates.

Also, this is just a user suggestion. so, Good luck.

Yes you can roll back...pls see my link above

Thank you!

Horrible redesign, and iTunes has lost a lot of functionality.

While I found the sidebar, I can't click on the iPhone, nor iPad nor any other iDevice to see when they were last backed up or synced etc.

Try clicking on the little vertical rectangle at the top of the page. Next to the "..." (ellipsis character).

Apple are retards. Then need me for CEO!

There are thousands of post to this issue with the missing sidebar. It has all been said by others, I am simply adding my voice to the discontent of the sidebar removal. I don't care about all the changes. I see how the sidebar magically appears when dragging items to a device, I want the sidebar there to EASILY manage content. It does not hurt anyone to leave a classic view in place. I will continue to read this support column to find a way to revert to a previous version. I use the side bar every day.

Read back in the thread. The link is there to revert to v11

As soon as I heard a new version was coming out I flew to the Apple website and made sure I had the latest 32 and 64 bit versions of iTunes 11.4 cos I knew I'd need them.

Yep, 12.0.1 simply ***. No thought for what your CUSTOMERS want Apple. 12.0.1 Lasted 2 days and I have NUKED it and gone back to v11.4.

More over, when my plan for my iphone is up in 3 months I will be switching to Samsung.

Jony Ive, eat this:
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Sorry, can't read the entire thread.

Let's start looking at the big picture. The trends, the changes. Someone needs to provide answers, those who set the trends. Individual issues are just symptomatic of a larger problem. I won't even go into the concept of sending a message by not using the software, but that just won't happen - there are just too many people who will put up with it.

Web navigation has been changing gradually over the last few years. One main shift from the norm was to hide the traditional menu bar by default. In Chrome, it's simply not there. I'm all for progress, as long as the end result is a real improvement. But the menu bar evolved over several years and became fairly standardized in all programs and across all platforms.

I just want a reasonable explanation as to why icons, ribbons and what not are supposed to be easier or more efficient. And that's comparing apples to apples, which means giving the new way a fair trial and using a program that way for a time.

I'm in the process of creating a website that will call out the offenders, take comments and feedback, work-arounds and more. All applications, programs, platforms and operating systems are included. Users may submit their own.

Change for its own sake is counter productive. It has become just a way for software developers to keep everyone feeling left behind and keeps the revenue stream flowing.

Another issue to be addressed is the over-use of modal window popups. These are just as bad if not worse than old style popups yet, where's the outcry now? Have we just given up? Modal windows should at least adhere to a standard, providing a clearly visibly close button. We need new pop up blockers for modal windows. Yes, it's harder to do because the technology used for these provides more legit and useful functions. But sorry, can't tell me it can't be done.

Apple, you should be ashamed - no longer leading the way, but following Google. Tsk tsk.

Change for its own sake is counter productive

You have hit the nail firmly on the head there and I look forward to seeing your website. The software industry is rife with this sort of thing. Outlook redesigned there web layout to much opprobrium. Google lost the left hand sidebar to pander to narrow screened mobile phones. A task that took a single click now requiring multiple clicks. I am convinced that in 99% of the cases there are too many staff n the marketing department with not enough to do. You then get someone trying to climb up the greasy pole within the organisation, lobbying management for the time, money and resources to 'redesign' the website to 'improve the user experience'. Rubbish. It is so they can put it on their CV. What then sticks in the craw is the BS they ump out 'We've listened to our users'. Rubbish. Utter bilge.

Sadly this mania of change for change sake is not restricted to the software and web industry. The venerable UK newspaper The Financial Times (or simply the FT) recently redesigned their paper layout. What was a perfectly, beautifully and most importantly readable paper has been transformed into a night mare for readers. Tiny, tiny font..swathes of meaningless white space. A two-year old could have done it better. But then in a brilliant example of The Emperor's Clothes all the sycophantic UK design forums and companies gushed and gushed (because they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them do they ?)

Sorry, rant over.

I agree that change for the sake of change is not good. But it's not just the change that's annoying. The app seems unfinished and that leaves us with unnecessary loss of functionality and unnecessary bugs.

For instance the "get info" tabs for movies and video's. There's a great loss of functionality their: no equalizer anymore, no descriptions, no way of making compilations, managing episodes etc.

But if you press down the alt-key and hold it down while you right click and choose "get info" all the old info-tab are back and you can do what you have always done. It tells me they weren't finished as Maverick had to be pushed out, left a backdoor for us and we will probably see the full functionality in the next update.

But that's not how things should be done.

If we hadn't lost functionality and if we wouldn't have encountered so many bugs, the only issue would if been "do I like or dislike the new interface".

And personally I think the interface-changes have potential. But unfortunately itunes 12 now has a negative sound to it, mainly because of all these unnecessary flaws.