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Apple Release iTunes 5 (UPDATE)

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005 at 1:40 PM - by Staff

Apple Computer announced Wednesday iTunes 5, the latest iteration of its popular digital music jukebox and online music store, with various new features and additions.

iTunes 5 includes a new Search Bar to make it easier for users to find what they're searching for, the ability to organize playlists into folders, Smart Shuffle, which lets the user change the "randomness" of shuffled songs, and the ability for Windows users to automatically sync contacts and calendars from Outlook onto their iPods.

The iTunes Music Store has also added parental controls and album reviews, and now features a catalog of over two million songs, making it the largest online music catalog in the world, the company said.

"We are constantly improving iTunes with new features like Podcasting and better searching because we love music ourselves and want to surprise and delight music fans around the world," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in a prepared statement.

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:41 pm

"Apple release?" Is that a typo or are you guys going British on us?

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:46 pm

Can't seem to download from Apple right now - anyone else having the same problem?

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Billy K said:

member since 06 May 2004 with 297 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:48 pm

Thank you, Dear Apple, for the Playlist Folders. What took you so long?

Other than that...meh. Search could be useful. We'll see. But...meh. I smell a bit of bloat.

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:11 pm

Billy K hasn't even *seen* it, but he's already complaining. That is, of course, if "meh" is complaining. Maybe he just puts it every sentence.

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:26 pm

Although the playlist folders are great, overall it's kinda disappointing for a major number release; seems that it's 5.0 because 4.10 seems silly.

Didn't have any problems downloading and installing.

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LaurieF said:

member since 15 Jun 2001 with 3545 posts, TMO Forum Mod, send him a message or view his profile

Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:52 pm

Guest wrote:
"Apple release?" Is that a typo or are you guys going British on us?

Well, arguably it ought to have been Apple releases..., but that's nothing to do with "going British". Pretty much the same grammatical rules apply in both English and American.

Laurie "Royal Society of Pedants" Fleming

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:48 pm

Ah yes. Golden rule. A company is an "it", not a "them". It takes the third person. Apple, actually, makes the same mistake all the time. But we don't expect too much of PR types.

In other news, coaten was sentenced to three hours "hard time" for murdering a cadet journalist who refused to learn the difference between "your" and "you're". When asked why so lenient with the sentencing, Chief Justice Possessive Apostrophe said: "I'm so sick of being invited to the wrong parties." The cadet's parents will a peal.

LaurieF wrote:
Guest wrote:
"Apple release?" Is that a typo or are you guys going British on us?

Well, arguably it ought to have been Apple releases..., but that's nothing to do with "going British". Pretty much the same grammatical rules apply in both English and American.

Laurie "Royal Society of Pedants" Fleming

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Tiger said:

member since 17 Jun 2003 with 1011 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:56 pm

Is it me, or did they make the Mac version look like the ugly PC version????

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Billy K said:

member since 06 May 2004 with 297 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:56 pm

I've seen screen shots, and I'm perfectly capable of reading a (short) new feature list. So...

Meh.

P.S. Laurie, in British grammar a company (in this case Apple) is considered a group, rather than a singular entity, so it would be "release."

For example (in British style):

"The Royal Navy release a salvo."

American English:

"The U.S. Navy releases a salvo."

Just one of the interesting, but useless things you learn majoring in a communication program. (programme?)

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LaurieF said:

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:45 pm

Bzzt - I do speak English (there's no such thing as British English, if for no other reason than the forms of English in Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland differ), not American. I think you may have been misinformed. It is incorrect in either New Zealand, Australia, South Africa or any other English-speaking country, as it is in the US, to say, "The Royal Navy release a salvo." It is wrong. It may be, even commonly, said or written, but it is still wrong.

Anyway, a group is a singular entity. There are occasions when a collective noun takes a plural verb, but the majority do not. And that's one of those cases(!).

Personally I prefer "programme", even when talking about computer code.

Back to the topic - it does seem rather like a point release, eh? Oh well, never mind, I always like applying upgrades.

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Billy K said:

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:52 pm

You're right, I was confusing the way the British handle collective nouns with person.

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