New iTunes update, v6.0.2. First impression: Apple, get your damn music store out of my personal library. When I use the browsing interface—as I usually do—it takes up a full third of my visible space on this 12″ screen. The only saving grace is that at least the store pane disappears when I view my iPod library.
Oh! I just discovered that I can get rid of the pane if I disable the Music Store altogether using the Parental controls under preferences. Well, that’s gone now… I guess this impulse-enabling “improvement” was a shot aimed at their own feet: If I ever want to buy from iTMS again, I’ll have to go through the trouble to re-enable it.
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Like you, I was horrified. But there is a new button along the right bottom of iTunes that hides the dratted quick store window.
Just select “Hide MiniStore” from the Edit menu.
If you want the less extreme options, there’s a button in the bottom right toolbar that disables it, as well as a menu option under the Edit menu.
Huh. What do you know? I missed both the button and the Edit menu item and looked for it first under preferences. Eh, I think I’ll leave the store disabled. It’s been awhile since I last swallowed the DRM and bought a track from there anyway.
I think your reaction might have been similar to mine, which was “WTF? Get your ads off my computer! Crap, how do I turn this off? No, not there… not there… ah, that works.”
I didn’t turn off the music store though, because it removes the drilldown arrows that take you to a particular artist or album. I use those all the time, although with the help of this tip to make it so I don’t have to option-click on them.
No idea why they turn off a useful library feature when you get rid of the music store though.
I discovered that if I turn off the music store in Parental Prefences, then turn it back on again, on its return the obnoxious ministore is not present. (But the edit-menu item may be the optimal route.)