After researching what the hell the itunes installer meant by “error code 2738″ and fixing it i was finally able to upgrade to the newest version of itunes. I was surprised to find out Its not just a regular security update, its filled with a lot of meaningfull stuff that is quite handy.
One of the biggest things in 8.0.1 is the Genius Playlist. I can’t quite put my finger on how it works but i creates playlists based upon a song your are currently listening to, and it works better that you’d expect. I was listening to some “rap” and the genius playlist managed to call up some pretty great tunes that did have revelance to the original song. However it doesn’t work for all of you songs in your collection. I have some unrealeased songs from an Indy band, which made the Genius function seemed to spazz out, I guess it only works on purchased songs or songs found exclusively in the itunes store. The genius playlist also calls up alot of songs that you might have neglected due to the large size of your library – awesome. I only found I had to make some corrections to the playlist it created because one-I hate Kanye, and two- some songs didn’t belong. Over all the Genius feature seems too elaborate to work, but it surprises you when you see that it works just as it should.
Another great feature that isn’t elaborate but more eclectic is the new way your music library is displayed. Its a mix of coverflow and song lists, it looks awesome. Overall this new itunes version is great and gives your music collection, that once seemed to be growing stale, some replay value!
