Apple’s changes to iTunes over the past few years have
certainly been controversial, especially the recent jump to iTunes 12 in OS X
Yosemite. Some users bemoan the limited sidebar functionality in the new version, others hate the album-focused and
effects-heavy album views. Here at TekRevue, however, the thing we dislike the
most is the new Get Info window. Apple completely redesigned it for iTunes 12,
and we’ve found it to be buggy, less attractive, and overall just plain harder
to work with.
Thankfully, there’s still a way to get the old Get Info
window back in iTunes 12. Users can view
the old Get Info window by highlighting a track or album, holding the Option
key, right-clicking on the track(s) and selecting Get Info.
The old iTunes Get Info window will appear, fully functional
just as we remember it, with a bit of styling to match the new look in OS X
Yosemite. One caveat, however, is that you must perform these steps with the
mouse. Longtime iTunes users know that you can normally open the Get Info
window by pressing Command-I, but adding the Option key to that shortcut
doesn’t work in iTunes 12. In fact, nothing happens at all. You need to use the
right-click menu and select Get Info to see the traditional Get Info window. Of
course, pressing just Command-I works in iTunes 12, but it brings up the new
Get Info window.
It’s not clear why Apple preserved the old Get Info
interface in iTunes 12, although Mr. McElhearn proposes that it might be an
indication that Apple isn’t entirely set on the new design, and may return to
the old design as the default in the future. Until then, users who prefer the
traditional Get Info interface will have to use this (admittedly inconvenient)
workaround. We’re still hoping that a hidden preference file or Terminal
command will let users choose the old window design by default, but we haven’t
seen any progress there just yet. We’ll be sure to update this article if
another workaround is found.
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