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Are You Impressed by iTunes Genius?

Thu, 09/18/2008 - 9:00am by geeksugar
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At last week's Let's Rock event, a little thing Steve announced was overshadowed by stuff like new iPods and a fix-all iPhone update: Genius! Part of the iTunes 8 update, Genius is a fun new feature for iTunes and iPods, which, I admit, didn't impress me at all when I was first hearing about it.

How silly I was! A week later, I'm obsessed with Genius. Why? Getting suggestions of music to buy is OK, but I really took the perk of having automatically-made playlists for granted. As someone who listens to my whole library on random at work and with the iPod on my iPhone, Genius brilliantly puts together stuff that sounds great together and somehow matches my mood. How does it know, based on one song, exactly what I want to hear next? I guess that's why they call it "genius." Seriously, sometimes I get so blasé about new technology and gadgets, wanting to see bigger faster and stronger all the time that when something comes along that's so simple, I forget how much little things can make a difference.

So tell me, are you impressed by the little Genius like I am? Or is it just another thing that makes you go 'hmmm'?

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  • sundaygreen's picture
    sundaygreen
    4

    I haven't done the update because the last time I updated iTunes my Vista didn't like it at all. Damn!

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • Rivercat0338's picture
    Rivercat0338
    5

    Not sure why I'm so resistant to iTunes, but I won't use it. (Maybe because you have to install it just to see what they have?)

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • elizabeth1689's picture
    elizabeth1689
    6

    i've been completelyyy obsessed since i got it, but it keeps putting the same songs together, which is understable. i just get a little annoyed hearing "love and memories" every few songs

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • BostonChick's picture
    BostonChick
    7

    I haven't used it and wish I hadn't updated the itunes. I lost a lot of artwork. Sad I'm still made about that to use a new feature.

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • Calekey's picture
    Calekey
    8

    I'm still very anti-apple/mac, simply because I'm raised as a PC windows&microsoft girl, although I won an Ipod nano 3gen. so i use it since my other mp3 broke, I like the simpicity of itunes, but because I don't have an iTunes account for the store, genius is not a feature i'm able to use, though I really don't care.

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • emms's picture
    emms
    9

    I think its a good idea but I HATE that it doesn't work on your music in you iPod. I usually erase my music once it's on my iPod so I don't take a lot of space on the hardrive. But when your iPod is plugged in and you click on a song, Genius does not work. Stupid!

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • kelliegonzo's picture
    kelliegonzo
    10

    i haven't updated by itunes because of the mandatory Bonjour and Safari and other crap they cram in there making the file 64 freaking MB.

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • BostonChick's picture
    BostonChick
    12

    Really, emms? Because I do the same thing with deleting a lot of the music from my computer.With the exception of the music I've bought off of itunes that is. I guess I won't even try to use it now. haha

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • valleydiva's picture
    valleydiva
    13

    My iBook is too out of date for the new update! I can't wait till I finally get around to getting a new computer! Just got to find the money somewhere first lol. Mac's don't come cheap!

    16 weeks 23 hours ago Report Comment
  • LilGlamDiva's picture
    LilGlamDiva
    14

    I upgraded but I haven't figured out how to use it yet! I should get on that!

    16 weeks 23 hours ago Report Comment
  • apma's picture
    apma
    15

    Sundaygreen: If you do this recent update, I have a feeling your vista will hate it too. Mine did.

    I think Genius is a pretty cool feature but I don't foresee myself using it much.

    16 weeks 22 hours ago Report Comment
  • BarStar's picture
    BarStar
    16

    I think Genius is not that great--the songs don't actually go together that well. I just Geniused "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt and the first two songs were "Criminal" by Fiona Apple and "You Oughtta Know" by Alanis Morissette. How does that make sense??

    16 weeks 21 hours ago Report Comment
  • MissMarisol's picture
    MissMarisol
    17

    I like any service that would recommend music based on my taste like Pandora, Last.fm and now iTunes. I haven't played with it too much but from what I saw on the few times that I tried it, I was pleased

    I wish I had the Genius on my 80GB classic ipod. That playlist would rock on long road trips.

    16 weeks 20 hours ago Report Comment
  • leeluvfashion's picture
    leeluvfashion
    18

    Yes, I like the Genius feature. It is still new so some songs don't really go together however it is almost always accurate.

    16 weeks 17 hours ago Report Comment
  • macgirl's picture
    macgirl
    19

    I think it is great. I not only like the genius playlist of music from my own library, I like the Genius Sidebar that shows me music that I might like. I have found so much!

    16 weeks 17 hours ago Report Comment
  • rickimc's picture
    rickimc
    20

    It's annoying me because when I use it to create a playlist it starts playing that instead of what I was listening to when I want is to see what it suggests. Urgh!

    16 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • smart blonde's picture
    smart blonde
    21

    Genius is great IF you're listening to a band that sells their music through iTunes. One of my favorite bands is AC/DC, which does not. When I'm listening to them, my Genius doesn't know what to do with itself and it just recommends whatever's selling the best.

    16 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • geeksugar's picture
    geeksugar
    22

    smart blonde, that's interesting, since my Genius uses all my music to make playlists, and most of my music is from CDs and non-iTunes sources.

    16 weeks 4 hours ago Report Comment
  • tdamji's picture
    tdamji
    24

    i love it! i didn't know about the new Dar Williams album that just came out, but it was in the sidebar when i was listening to Jenny Lewis, so i am totally psyched about that feature for sure! i love the playlists that it makes - i am always wanting to make playlists that have similar types of songs on it, but it is very time consuming, so this works out really well for me. Smiling

    15 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment

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