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  "title": "Got your music store butting into my library",
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  "html": "<p>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.  </p>\n<p>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.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087016\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.braino.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c1face696bc9de108cf06e043fa955f8&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.braino.org/\">Daniel Von Fange</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087016\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T01:55:12\">2006-01-12T01:55:12</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Like you, I was horrified. But there is a new button along the right bottom of iTunes that hides the dratted quick store window.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087018\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://rc3.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1e99e09ed5cd6d30bdd963ad4813fcdb&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://rc3.org/\">Rafe</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087018\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T01:55:21\">2006-01-12T01:55:21</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Just select \"Hide MiniStore\" from the Edit menu.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087019\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://vjarmy.com/\"><img src=\"http://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/RemyDWD.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://vjarmy.com/\">Dan Dickinson</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087019\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T02:03:05\">2006-01-12T02:03:05</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>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.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087020\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087020\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T02:41:06\">2006-01-12T02:41:06</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>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.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087021\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://george.hotelling.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c7d1c8d2b1a7643236a4661e9a974dee&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://george.hotelling.net/\">George Hotelling</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087021\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T19:19:30\">2006-01-12T19:19:30</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>I think your reaction might have been similar to mine, which was \"WTF?  <em>Get your ads off my computer!</em> Crap, how do I turn this off?  No, not there... not there... ah, that works.\"</p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http://www.command-tab.com/index.php/invert-itunes-music-store-links/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this tip</a> to make it so I don't have to option-click on them.  </p>\n<p>No idea why they turn off a useful library feature when you get rid of the music store though.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087022\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.flashesofpanic.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=389cfea59d2aef782293c210a5d96bb2&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.flashesofpanic.com\">pjm</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087022\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-17T15:42:13\">2006-01-17T15:42:13</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>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.)</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "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.  \r\n\r\nOh!  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.\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087016\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.braino.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c1face696bc9de108cf06e043fa955f8&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.braino.org/\">Daniel Von Fange</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087016\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T01:55:12\">2006-01-12T01:55:12</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Like you, I was horrified. But there is a new button along the right bottom of iTunes that hides the dratted quick store window.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087018\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://rc3.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1e99e09ed5cd6d30bdd963ad4813fcdb&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://rc3.org/\">Rafe</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087018\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T01:55:21\">2006-01-12T01:55:21</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Just select \"Hide MiniStore\" from the Edit menu.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087019\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://vjarmy.com/\"><img src=\"http://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/RemyDWD.jpg\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://vjarmy.com/\">Dan Dickinson</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087019\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T02:03:05\">2006-01-12T02:03:05</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>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.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087020\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087020\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T02:41:06\">2006-01-12T02:41:06</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>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.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087021\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://george.hotelling.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c7d1c8d2b1a7643236a4661e9a974dee&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://george.hotelling.net/\">George Hotelling</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087021\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-12T19:19:30\">2006-01-12T19:19:30</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>I think your reaction might have been similar to mine, which was \"WTF?  <em>Get your ads off my computer!</em> Crap, how do I turn this off?  No, not there... not there... ah, that works.\"</p>\r\n\r\n<p>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 <a href=\"http://www.command-tab.com/index.php/invert-itunes-music-store-links/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this tip</a> to make it so I don't have to option-click on them.  </p>\r\n\r\n<p>No idea why they turn off a useful library feature when you get rid of the music store though.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087022\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.flashesofpanic.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=389cfea59d2aef782293c210a5d96bb2&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.flashesofpanic.com\">pjm</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087022\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-01-17T15:42:13\">2006-01-17T15:42:13</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>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.)</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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