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iTunes sync doesn't remove songs
It seems that the iTunes synchronization doesn't remove songs from the Songbird library when they had been removed from the iTunes library and vice versa. This forces me to remove every song, I don't want anymore, two times, which is quite annoying and the reason I'm not using songbird at the moment. I was able to reproduce this issue several times - even on a completely fresh & clean OSX/Songbird install, so I don't think it's an configuration issue on my side. Here is what I've done:
Installed OSX (and applied all updates)
Installed Songbird (iTunes sync is turned on for both directions)
Started iTunes
Added some songs to the libary
Quitted iTunes & started Songbird
(the iTunes songs have also been added to Songbird)
Quitted Songbird & started iTunes
Removed all songs from the library
Quitted iTunes & started Songbird
(the songs are still in the Songbird library)
Tested with iTunes 8.2 (23) & Songbird 1.2.0 1146 on OSX (Intel MacBook) for mp3 and m4a files.
Bummer :(
Installed OSX (and applied all updates)
Installed Songbird (iTunes sync is turned on for both directions)
Started iTunes
Added some songs to the libary
Quitted iTunes & started Songbird
(the iTunes songs have also been added to Songbird)
Quitted Songbird & started iTunes
Removed all songs from the library
Quitted iTunes & started Songbird
(the songs are still in the Songbird library)
Tested with iTunes 8.2 (23) & Songbird 1.2.0 1146 on OSX (Intel MacBook) for mp3 and m4a files.
Bummer :(
I’m annoyed
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Inappropriate?Hey Le Torbi,
This is a known issue and I added your input to bug # 2685
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I believe this will come in Phase 2 of the iTunes Sync later on down the road...
I’m sorry
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this solves the problem
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Inappropriate?Yes, please solve this problem, that would be so great. I finally decided, after reading about the two-way syncing, that I was going to use Songbird anyway. I wasn't using it before, because it can't scrobble tracks from my iPod. But I liked Songbird so much better than iTunes that I now decided to use Songbird for pretty much everything and use iTunes only for scrobbling my iPod plays... Until I, like Le Torbi, discovered Songbird only imports, doesn't really sync.
I'm going to wait patiently for this bug to be fixed and then, finally, start using Songbird. :)
I’m sad
CHAMP
