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   iTunes 12.5.2

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Apple has released [1]iTunes 12.5.2 with the usual stability and
   performance improvements, as well as fixing a bug that prevented lyrics
   from appearing while listening to Beats 1. The update also resolves a
   problem where albums would not play in the expected order ' an issue
   that had bedeviled us.

   If you selected a song from an album in either the Albums or Recently
   Added views in iTunes 12.5.1, the play order would be dictated by how
   the Songs view was sorted. Thus, rather than playing the next track on
   a selected album (as one would expect), iTunes would create a play
   order (viewed using Up Next) that followed the Songs view sort order
   (i.e., song title, play count, last played, etc.). We've tested out
   version 12.5.2, and it's returned to the album play order behavior of
   old ' going track by track within an album just as the vinyl gods
   intended it. (Free, 263 MB via direct download or Software Update,
   [2]release notes, 10.9.5+)

   [3][tn_itunes-12_5_2-playorder-v2.jpg]

References

   1. http://www.apple.com/itunes/
   2. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1814
   3. http://tidbits.com/resources/2016-10/itunes-12_5_2-playorder-v2.png

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