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So what’s the issue? Apple’s new Apple Music streaming service is the biggest draw for installing iTunes 12.2, but it comes at a cost for DJs – some users have reported corrupted music libraries after updating. There is no other music library software that can do this. That means any work you do in iTunes to organise your music using smart playlists and so on is faithfully reproduced right there in your DJ software’s library. The other reason DJs use it is that it’s there in all DJ software. And it makes it easy to organise your music due to that familiarity (not to mention the ease of putting your music onto the iPod, then later the iPhone). Firstly, from the very first iPods onwards, iTunes has just been… there. They organise their music themselves in folders, use specialist tagging programs, or simply use their DJ software to organise their music, and fail to understand why anyone would want to use iTunes to do this at all – especially DJs. Many DJs who don’t use iTunes ask this question whenever issues like this arise.

So today we’re asking: Is it now time for DJs to ditch using iTunes altogether in their music preparation? Why use iTunes at all?

#SWINSIAN SORTING UPDATE#

With the latest iTunes 12.2 update incorporating Apple Music and therefore swinging firmly towards streaming media and online services, and reportedly breaking more than a few users’ local music libraries along the way, the outcry against the program among DJs is louder than ever.

With how feature-laden iTunes has become, is it time for DJs to bypass it completely in favour of something simpler? We examine the possibilities in this post…

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