iTune Latest Update: Apple Simplifies Navigation with iTunes v12.4

Apple on Monday released have released an update for their iTunes with the new version being 12.4. Simplifying some of the complex navigation features that have been criticized, have been rectified in this version of the media management app.

 Apple's release notes for iTunes 12.4 say: "Now enjoy all of your music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more in a simpler design." You can update iTunes through the App Store app on your Mac. Instead of a lot of confusing media kind buttons in the navigation bar, there is now a popup menu that Apple calls the Media Picker. Click it to choose a media library, edit the Media Picker menu, or mount another iTunes library with Home Sharing.

When you've selected a media library, you can then access its contents from the sidebar. Under the Library header, you'll see a number of ways to access your media. For example, when the Music library is selected, you see, by default, Recently Added, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, and Music Videos. If you right-click anywhere in this section and choose Edit List, you can add Composers and Compilations, or remove any of the view options if you prefer. Click Done, or click anywhere else in the sidebar to save your changes.
It makes more sense to have a sidebar for "Recently Added" than to pile this content up at the top of the various views, as it was before. Also gone is the View Options menu, which was previously at the top right of the iTunes window. To change view options such as how your content is sorted, whether artwork displays, and which columns are visible in list views-choose View > View Options. However, since this is a new version, it'll stick take a lot of time for people using iTunes as their default media player. Hence, Apple might still be at the receiving end.