iTunes 8: How to Remove Links to iTunes Store in OS X

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In the latest version of iTunes, there is no obvious preference setting for removing the arrows in your library that point to the Apple iTunes Music Store. Here is how to remove those arrows in OS X.

In iTunes, arrow links will appear that will open up a particular artist or song in the Apple iTunes Store. Many people find these arrows distracting. Here is how to get rid of them.

Before:

After:

1. Open Terminal
2. Paste the following command and press Enter:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool FALSE
3. Restart iTunes

Note: You can always reverse this with the following command:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool TRUE

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5 Comments -

1. biz said on October 10, 2008

   wtf is a terminal?

2. davak said on October 10, 2008

   Terminal is the command line interface for OS X. The easiest way to find it is by typing “terminal” into spotlight.

   In most systems it’ll be found in the utilities folder in your applications folder:
   /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

3. biz said on October 13, 2008

   thank you, that explains a lot…damn vista

4. anymtas said on October 19, 2008

   Thanks for the info I’ve been trying to figure this out for ages!

5. Nef said on October 27, 2008

   Thanks for this… downloaded the new version of iTunes tonight and it was driving me mad after only a few hours!

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