iTunes 8: How to Remove Links to iTunes Store in OS X
Posted by David Kirk in Apple Mac
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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October 10, 2008 at 1:40 am, biz said:
wtf is a terminal?
October 10, 2008 at 1:09 pm, davak said:
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
October 13, 2008 at 2:51 am, biz said:
thank you, that explains a lot…damn vista
October 19, 2008 at 3:04 am, anymtas said:
Thanks for the info I’ve been trying to figure this out for ages!
October 27, 2008 at 10:07 pm, Nef said:
Thanks for this… downloaded the new version of iTunes tonight and it was driving me mad after only a few hours!