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I made the switch to iTunes on OS X after finding out that some of the international artists I was looking for actually had a decent catalog on iTunes. Nowadays

I made the switch to iTunes on OS X after finding out that some of the international artists I was looking for actually had a decent catalog on iTunes. Nowadays it's more of a balance act between the features I like and the annoyances it throws at me. The most recent issue, which appears to be the result of one of the last updates, is that iTunes keeps on connecting to the store in the background for some reason, even when you're just on the normal Music view and not doing anything with the store. This wouldn't really be an issue, if it wouldn't complain every 1 to 2 hours with a popup message that it's unable to fulfill the store request. However, iTunes on OS X is still only mildly annoying for me compared to the disaster that is the redesigned Music app on iOS. It took me a while just trying to figure out how to navigate it and then its features no longer match the iTunes on OS X behaviour, making it even more difficult trying to figure out how to use it. The search feature is the one I've been fighting the most with, as it no longer allows you to play the listed results like in the desktop version, so that you have to resort to custom playlists, if you are trying to play music that is not from the same artist or from the same album.

FussyZeus 11y ago
Oh I hate the new Music app. I have a mount for my bike's handlebar that holds my iPhone and I use it in landscape so it doesn't wiggle quite so much, and that app in landscape on a phone is pure pain to use.
dkonofalski 11y ago
Just FYI, if you have the Genius or Recommendation features turned on for your library, iTunes will connect to the store to grab that information. If you don't want it to do that, just sign out of the store and turn those options off (but maybe not in that order). That should stop it from trying to connect in the background.
- OSButler 11y ago
  Thanks, I was hoping this might be it and just checked, but those settings are already disabled in my account. I would report it as a bug if I knew what caused it or had a way to reproduce it directly, but it's just a stock error message without any kind of additional information that occurs maybe once every 1-2hs.

FussyZeus 11y ago

Oh I hate the new Music app. I have a mount for my bike's handlebar that holds my iPhone and I use it in landscape so it doesn't wiggle quite so much, and that app in landscape on a phone is pure pain to use.

dkonofalski 11y ago

Just FYI, if you have the Genius or Recommendation features turned on for your library, iTunes will connect to the store to grab that information. If you don't want it to do that, just sign out of the store and turn those options off (but maybe not in that order). That should stop it from trying to connect in the background.

OSButler 11y ago
Thanks, I was hoping this might be it and just checked, but those settings are already disabled in my account. I would report it as a bug if I knew what caused it or had a way to reproduce it directly, but it's just a stock error message without any kind of additional information that occurs maybe once every 1-2hs.