New skip count feature in iTunes 7!
Loading ...So iTunes 7 has hit, and overall I’m pretty impressed… been hunting round the app to see if I could spot any new features that, in typical Apple style, were left to users to figure out.
Well I’ve found one!!
Open iTunes and hit command - j (not sure what the command is on the PC), this will bring up the view options window. Spotted the new addition(s) yet?
SKIP COUNT!
I’ve been wondering how long it would take Apple to implement such a small but interesting feature and here it is! It will allow you to, over time, build up a subconscious record of what tracks you don’t actually like all that much. Could help when you need to clear out some tracks to free up HD space, but for me it will come in most handy when I’m trying to decide on what songs to include on my pod… sure you could use Play Count to tally up your favourites but I want the songs on the thing to be ones that I really like listening to ALL THE WAY THROUGH (so you don’t have to keep skipping tracks all the time which is my worst pod habit). By balancing up the skips and plays I will now be able to get only my very favourite tracks on my pod, because of this I’d have to say it’s a pretty cool new feature, and iTunes 7 is a worthy download. (Apart from the buggy interface and the re-positioning of certain buttons that is… wtf is up with Apple and beta software these days?! Hope they put some fixes out it soon!)
Anyone else spot any announced improvements?
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Very nice find! Keep looking, let us know if you spot anything else. You’re totally right, though, I could see this being VERY useful!
Amarok has had this kinda stuff and iPod support for over a year now. I don’t know what the fuzz is all about. Amarok is simply and blatantly better than iTunes.
Plus, the first time I hit Backspace on the wrong focused list… I lost music in iTunes!
Maybe i am dead blind but i dont see an option to enable skip-count display. i can only enable “last-time skipped” column.
I have not used it yet but have just discovered it. If you think it is good for songs, then think how amazing it will be for podcasts. I set my smart podcast playlist to only synchronize episodes that have never been played. iTunes considers that something has been played if the last few seconds of the “song” was played. So if I got tired of a boring podcast then I could fast forward but I had to ensure that I played the last few seconds. Otherwise the offending episode stayed on my iPod forever, until I eventually remembered to delete it on my computer.
Toby…
Wow, nice blog….