Comments on: Need help with two iTunes annoyances

Question: Need help with two iTunes annoyances

ontic — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:33:35 -0800

Any way around these two (Mac) iTunes annoyances? First, iTunes apparently cannot remember my password for "Check for Purchases". Second, iTunes always jumps the focus back to the next song it's playing despite how much further down I'm browsing and adding songs to playlists.

I take it that the first one has something to do with security, but given that my Mac is willing to remember every other password it comes across, how do I get it to remember the password for "Check for purchases"?

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:50:10 -0800

They seem to have deliberatly programmed it to ask for your password again, presumably so you can check for purchases on a second account, so I don't think there's any getting round it.

More to the point, why are you selecting Check for purchases often enough to care?

By: chairface

chairface — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:00:55 -0800

Hm... Mine prompts for the info but always remembers the password.

The password is under the Keychain Access application. The name is the email address, the kind is "iTunes Store password", the account is the mail address, and the where is "iTunes Music Store". I'd double check all that in KA first, and manually add the password there if it is missing.

What version of MacOS are you running?

I can't help you with the jumping part, sorry.

By: ontic

ontic — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:18:45 -0800

Running the latest everything here, OS X 10.4.8, iTunes 7.0.2.

Unless I'm wrong (very possible), the only way to get television shows you have a season pass for (like the Daily Show) is to do "Check for Purchases", and they frequently come out at different times each day.

I'll try manually adding it.

By: ontic

ontic — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:23:46 -0800

Huh, it's in the keychain exactly as it should be, but no automatic password entry.

By: olecranon

olecranon — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:03:02 -0800

Regarding the second annoyance you list, the only way I know of to avoid the focus change is to use the party shuffle or another playlist to play from, not the library.

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:04:37 -0800

Focus problem.

Try double clicking the playlist that you're using and see if it ignores it. Alternately try double clicking the playing play list. Hopefully with it being a 2nd window it ought to ignroe what you're doing.

By: chairface

chairface — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:20:12 -0800

I'm also running 10.4.8 and 7.0.2. The only other difference I can think of is that I'm using an Apple ID and you're using an AOL ID.

Also, it's supposed to check automatically every 24 hours for new purchases but if it isn't remembering your password then it probably won't.

By: chairface

chairface — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:20:40 -0800

Oops. Should say "you MIGHT be using an AOL ID".

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:55:00 -0800

Unless I'm wrong (very possible), the only way to get television shows you have a season pass for (like the Daily Show) is to do "Check for Purchases", and they frequently come out at different times each day.

You can get them to email you as soon as they're put up. There's a setting in the account section of the iTunes store.

By: ontic

ontic — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:12:03 -0800

Unfortunately not using an AOL ID. This is really mysterious. None of my three Macs remember the password, but it looks like some Macs do...?

cilit bang: Yes, I get emails several times a week telling me that new shows are available for download. It would speed up the process of getting them to my computer to not have to provide the password every time I download them.

By: ontic

ontic — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:16:54 -0800

Ah, so if you turn on the "Automatically Check" option in preferences, then it remembers your password. You'd think then it wouldn't need it...

Thanks for everyone's help!