Changing playlist background color itunes in ver.12.2.2.25

Thanks for this. The all black backgrounds were driving me crazy.

At first I was confused by your instructions though. I was looking around under the "Edit" drop down.

I believe you meant to say:

Under "iTunes" on the top left (between the Apple icon and "File" drop down), click "Preferences"

Select the "General" tab

Uncheck the box that says " Views: Use custom colors for open albums, movies, etc."

Yes, First of all the new version of iTunes does not have this option available anymore. The script writers at Apple made iTunes idiot proof and therefore taken away another one of our options in doing so.

You see people didn't want to take the time to look up certain tricks and hacks for iTunes but instead complain about the way their playlist looked so instead of changing the default when writing the software, Apple just removed it altogether. Here is the image you are seeking but can only be found in the last 12.4.3 or earlier versions and not anything after this like the 12.5..

Hope this helps someone.

tutusfive: Actually, the original instructions given by the person who started this thread were perfectly clear. I mean no offense but your instructions make no sense at all. Just do exactly as the original poster said.

I like having a darker color on my playlists, but not the default colors it gave me. So you can simply download a dark colored picture to somewhere on your computer, click on the square in the top left corner of the playlist that has the album artworks and use the picture you downloaded to change the background and text color to your liking.

If the new feature bothers anyone and they prefer the "vanilla setting" (the alternating gray/dark-gray rows), I noticed you can also switch between display options using the drop-down menu at the top right of the screen. Playlist will give you the album-cover-as-background, which I actually prefer but it was only showing up on a few of my playlists (I don't know why iTunes had half of them set differently...); Songs will give you iTune's "vanilla settings" with the header only using the album color; and there are a few others of course.

Hope that helps as another alternative!

thanks so much for figuring this out. it was driving me crazy, as my vision is no longer up to reading the yellow on brown it was giving me. I don't mind apple making changes, but they shouldn't make those changes be the default.

Hi Kaioke, thanks for your advice to change the colour in my ITunes folders. It worked in my PC but the folders still have different colours in my IPhone, which is so annoying. Any idea of how I can change them to plain colours, which are easy to see? I did Sync the phone after I changed the colours as per your sugestion and I also turned phone off and on again. It still didn't change the colours in my IPhone. Please help....thank you.

Just did this.

Created and saved a white background .jpg to my desktop. Then in iTunes I clicked on the square in the top left corner of each playlist that has the album artworks and used the white .jpg to change the background and text color to white.

Then synced my iphone.

Now all playlists on the iphone have a white background.

Hi Dwhatty, Many thanks for your reply. I tried doing what you suggested but it didn't work. Can I pls ask you for a detailed process on how you do it?

For example, I have one of the playlists in front of me. Then I click on the square on the left hand side. I get stuck there. So do I have to click on Library,

get album artwork?? I did this and it comes up with a message. I am not sure if I need to click on it. Please help. Thanks so much.

Yesterday I went to the apple store and the guy that was serving me said that I was the first person asking about this. I said to him, maybe have a look in

the Apple support page, you will see how many people are unhappy about it. Anyway, he said that the colours can't be changed. Not happy.

Thank you for your assistance, I appreciate it. V

If you do a double click on that album artwork square, a pop up iTunes panel showing "This PC > Pictures" should appear. Go in there to wherever you put the .jpg you created and click on it. Then click "open". That should substitute the .jpg for what had been in the square.

Do this for each playlist. Then sync your playlists to your iphone.

I assume that you have already first done "Edit>Preferences>General" and unchecked the "Use custom colors etc." box?

Psychotron71 wrote:

I have this problem at the moment after updating to version 12.6.1.25 except the view option to use colors is missing any ideas?

This thread is now out of date. The original post and most of the answers are nearly two years old, since which iTunes has been updated more than once. RLNTEX's response from last year mentions this.

I suggest you start your own discussion and explain in your own words what problem you are experiencing.

Thanks for figuring that out. I hate it when Apple just decides it going to change things for me without an explanation!!

I don't see what you're on about? Could you explain to me on this image where "use custom colors for open albums, movies etc." is? Is your explanation only for PC users and not Mac users?

Yeah, I agree. I really find it annoying when Apple pushes these things on people without any explanation of how to undo it or fix it.