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Q: Lists Wanted not Icons

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When I look at Songs in iTunes I get a nice list like this.

When I switch to Albums I get a page full of icons which I find confusing to navigate.

How can I get a simple list in Albums that's like the list I get for songs?

 

Cheers,     John

Posted on Mar 13, 2016 11:07 AM

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Q: Lists Wanted not Icons

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  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Mar 13, 2016 12:45 PM in response to ttibsen
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    Mar 13, 2016 12:45 PM in response to ttibsen

    Once you are in Songs view, click the column heading for Album to get everything sorted together by Album.

     

    If you click it a few more times, you will see additional options, including "Album by Artist."  Keep clicking and pick the sort you like best.

  • by ttibsen,

    ttibsen ttibsen Mar 17, 2016 7:31 PM in response to ed2345
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    Mar 17, 2016 7:31 PM in response to ed2345

    I think I get what you are saying.

    Selecting Albums gives you the opportunity to sort by the following criteria

    Title

    Artist

    Genre

    Year

    Rating

    You select one of the above for your first criteria and then select one of the remaining four for your second criteria so that both your

    Sort By

    Then

    windows are filled in. I get that but at the end of the process I am still left with dozens of icons when what I really want is a concise listing as I have illustrated in my first diagram. I simply want the words - no icons. I thought that perhaps there would be something in the View menu that could achieve this but if there is I don't know where it's hiding. So thanks for the reply but it doesn't solve my issue.

  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Mar 18, 2016 5:08 AM in response to ttibsen
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    Mar 18, 2016 5:08 AM in response to ttibsen

    at the end of the process I am still left with dozens of icons when what I really want is a concise listing

     

    Ttibsen,

     

    In iTunes, Albums view gives you those icons.  If you want the list (columnar) view, choose Songs view.  However, Songs view does not offer the secondary sort.

  • by ttibsen,Solvedanswer

    ttibsen ttibsen Mar 18, 2016 6:26 AM in response to ed2345
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    Mar 18, 2016 6:26 AM in response to ed2345

    Too bad you can't get a list view in Albums is all I can say. Why you can see a list view in Songs but not in Albums is beyond me - both should be available.

    Thanks for your help with this.

     

    John