that was our little take on common macos 10.15 catalina problems. something tells us there’ll be lots of newly discovered headaches. but if you feel you’ve had your share of incompatibilities and bugs, you can always go back and clean install macos mojave.
with itunes being history now, its remnants keep chasing users from beyond the grave. apparently, some dj apps have been relying on a specific xml library file that’s now dead and gone with itunes.
the new music app was supposed to provide a manual workaround, alas it didn’t. this seriously disrupts the dj business on planet earth — until apple releases a fix in the next macos catalina update.
the notable dj apps affected by this are traktor and rekordbox. the issue has made the world news and was even covered by forbes so the fix is hopefully, already in the works. the last-ditch option that’s left is to you is to downgrade to macos mojave so you can enjoy itunes in its full glory again.
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i have an extensive audiobook library (mostly drm-free) in itunes, which i actively curate (that is, i break books into chapters, combine chapters into sections, edit the metadata, etc). with catalina, i understand this content will be moved to the books app.
if you have played with the catalina beta, do you know whether i will able to edit audiobooks in books in the same manner that now is possible in itunes? if no, any suggestions on non-apple apps to use for this purpose, not only to edit the content, but then to play it on both mac and ios devices?
thx.
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pj
note: see how to manage an audiobook collection in macos catalina.
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