Here's a blog post that helped me. It contains five tweaks but I didn't use all of them. Still, I think two or three of them made things pretty normal: http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/29/5-tips-make-itunes-look-normal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29
HTH! -Marc On 12/1/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > Marc, > > Can you please summarize the few tweaks you're referring to, so I can make > sure to get these taken care of right away after upgrading to iTunes 11? > > Thanks in advance. Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Marc Rocheleau > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 1:08 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iTunes 11 is out > > While I agree in thinking people will begin to base more and more of > their laptop/desktop purchases to compliment their smart phone needs*, > I think it's a bit premature to say that apple won't continue to take > accessibility into consideration for iTunes on the PC. > > With a few tweaks, the new version of iTunes works just as well, > almost exactly as well in fact, as the previous versions of the > software did on Windows. It's easy to bring back the side and menu > bars and the only thing broken is the labelling of the File, View, > Control, etc... menu titles -- the menus themselves still work. Once > you learn the new layout and make the necessary tweaks, the program is > hardly inaccessible -- this small thing is not a dealbreaker and using > it as proof that apple will abandon PC accessibility is a bit > ridiculous, imo. > > Now if you had used the iCloud manager and website as an example when > they were released, that'd be another story. :P > > * I am actually switching to a mac mini because I am strongly > contemplating the purchase of an iPad mini and will be upgrading to > the next iPhone when my contract is up in August. > > -Marc > > > On 12/1/12, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is just my own conjecture, but I'm not surprised Marco is thinking >> of getting a Mac to enhance his mobile computing experience. I think >> we'll see more and more of this in the future. For those people who >> mostly consume content, they'll think of a smart phone or a tablet first >> and then if they want to add a lapttop or a desktop to the mix, they'll >> base their decision in part on what will work best with their smart >> phone / tablet they've chosen to use. >> >> I'm also not as convinced Apple will continue to care about iTunes >> accessibility on the PC. Again, this is just my conjecture, but I don't' >> think this is a priority for Apple now. I would be surprised if they >> didn't focus first on iTunes accessibility with VoiceOver on the Mac. As >> the Mac becomes more and more popular, I think Apple will continue to >> lower the priority of iTunes on Windows in general and on it's >> accessibility under Windows in particular. Also, with more and more >> functionality showing up in the Cloud, there's less and less need to use >> iTunes under Windows. The lack of iTunes accessibility under Windows >> won't be a reason for people to not get an iPhone, and Apple's answer to >> the people who want or need to use iTunes may just be, OK, great, go >> ahead and get a Mac. >> >> I do see companies like GW Micro and Freedom Scientific doing everything >> they can do to keep iTunes accessible under Windows I don't see MS doing >> much though since they compete with Apple across the board. >> >> On 30/11/12 22:43, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>> Hi Marco, >>> >>> I love my iPhone and I am sure there are many happy Mac users out there, >>> but >>> I think your logic to buy a Mac just because you think you may have a >>> better >>> iTunes experience to me at least makes no sense at all. iTunes works >>> just >>> fine with Jaws and while I am only planning to install iTunes 11 >>> tonight, >>> from the messages I read it sounds as if things are working well and >>> that >>> using the menu button is an easy work-around at this point. In any case, >>> the >>> way I use iTunes, I don't even have to use the menus very often and I >>> wouldn't be surprised if this issue with the menus not reading properly >>> will >>> be fixed fairly soon. >>> >>> Apart from that I doubt you get a much improved iTunes experience on a >>> Mac. >>> Don't forget that there is still a huge majority of iTunes users world >>> wide >>> who use Windows computers and Apple will not stop improving iTunes for >>> Windows and I doubt Freedom Scientific will stop trying to make Jaws >>> work >>> well with iTunes either. >>> >>> Of course if you have been looking at getting a Mac anyways just to >>> learn >>> the OS and Voiceover because you like this type of stuff then it's >>> perfectly >>> justified to do so. I am personally a huge Windows and Jaws person, but >>> I >>> am >>> also tempted sometimes to go out and buy a Mac Mini. Unfortunately I >>> know >>> I >>> wold not be happy with the basic $699 version or whatever it is and the >>> upgrade to an SSD, a faster CPU and more RAM would put that Mac Mini >>> around >>> $1,000 to $1,100 and I could get one heck of a nice Windows desktop or >>> laptop for that or, for that matter, I could buy myself an unlocked >>> iPhone >>> 5 >>> and an iPod Touch Fifth Generation for it. 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