El Capitan's iTunes Icon

[AngerDanger]

I'm probably in the minority, but my favorites are the 2006 and 2012 iterations. The Cap'm icon has a nice gradient, but I think it looks slightly off as a whole for some reason.

 

[Jess13]

I actually really like that Mail icon, but will pass on the iTunes one. Source?

It is from free icon set Glacier

https://glaciericons.com

https://dribbble.com/shots/1933112-Glacier

 

[Jess13]

Way out of date. And the colors are awful.

Perhaps it is "out of date" because it depicts a compact disc, but about colors being awful: Colors are way better than new iteration of the iTunes icon that Apple has just released, apparently made by preschoolers.

 

[Newjelan]

I really like the current one and I'm delighted to see the red one has so quickly (and deservedly) been dumped.

 

[redheeler]

The new icon has been released. Seeing the final version does't change my mind, to me the red one still looks better on OS X.

Here is the updated timeline:

1024x1024:

 

[macbookguy]

The new icon has been released. Seeing the final version does't change my mind, to me the red one still looks better on OS X.

I was a fan of the first render released at WWDC. It made the iOS and MacOS icons complementary.

 

[redheeler]

I was a fan of the first render released at WWDC. It made the iOS and MacOS icons complementary.

The iOS icon actually looks more like the newly released OS X icon. Colored note against a white background.

 

[bmac89]

The new icon has been released. Seeing the final version does't change my mind, to me the red one still looks better on OS X.

It certainly isn't my favourite itunes icon, but I prefer the final rendition over the first rendition released at WWDC. The multi-coloured background was just too much for my eyes!

 

[macbookguy]

The iOS icon actually looks more like the newly released OS X icon. Colored note against a white background.

Correct. Before the notes cutout from the original MacOS icon was what was featured on the iOS icon. So you had the color cut out of the MacOS icon and put on the iOS icon. I liked that better

 

[cmChimera]

I think the release version of the new icon is fantastic.

 

[KUPOinyourWINDOW]

After updating mine looks like this but the icon displayed in the app itself is white like the one in the timeline above. That's confusing.

 

[Kaylor]

I like this one too. Maybe they thought the rainbow background was too loud/busy. I don't really have a preference at this point. Not like my opinion matters to apple

 

[mkeeley]

That just illustrates the decline in their icon quality. Still miles ahead of Win 10's revamped windows 3 look though.

 

[KUPOinyourWINDOW]

Did apple give me the wrong icon then? The one I have isn't custom, it changed when I got the update and mine is the one shown off in WWDC 2015 with the rainbow background, as I said above.

 

[ghsDUDE]

Why does mine look like this?

 

[w0lf]

Why does mine look like this?

Because that's the iTunes 12.2 icon... duh.

 

[TechZeke]

You guys know that if you prefer the older icons, you can change it right?

I love custom icons, so the default icon changing never meant anything. I do love the new 12.2 icon with the colored music note and border on white.

 

[kmj2318]

I'm happy with the change. It's inline with their use of gradients. With a wide variety in hues, only use a little. Something like blue to red, or a whole bunch of colors, is too much to fill a whole icon. Most icons go light blue to dark blue, light orange to dark orange, purplish-blue to blueish-purple, etc. But when it's such a wide difference in hues, it's overpowering to have it fill the whole icon, so just have a sliver of color. For example:

 

[bladerunner2000]

I don't care about the logo as much as I care about iTunes being bloatware. How about making a simple app for.... you know, JUST TUNES instead of cramming iPod, iPad, iPhone support, a music, video and bookstore, etc. I just want music, nothing else.

 

[xmichaelp]

Why so many colors? Does want you to spend 5 minutes looking at the app icon before opening it?


"I think there is a profound beauty in simplicity." - Jony Ive

Well this is the complete opposite of that. Too messy, too noisy. Same goes for the iOS Music app.

By that logic every icon should only have a color or two. How do you feel about Photos? That has way more colors.

 

[xmichaelp]

I don't care about the logo as much as I care about iTunes being bloatware. How about making a simple app for.... you know, JUST TUNES instead of cramming iPod, iPad, iPhone support, a music, video and bookstore, etc. I just want music, nothing else.

Then only use iTunes for music playback. Do you realize no one is forcing you to go in the stores right?

 

[soupcan]

By that logic every icon should only have a color or two. How do you feel about Photos? That has way more colors.

It's the same for Photos. Too many colors and the icon doesn't have anything to do with the functionality of the app. Same with Game Center.

 

[bladerunner2000]

Then only use iTunes for music playback. Do you realize no one is forcing you to go in the stores right?

Large libraries crash often (10,000+ mp3s) and it's a resource hog as well. I prefer to use Vox although since Coppertino took over, it's been high on resources as well. OS X badly needs a solid MP3 player that focuses only on music.

iTunes is a complete mess.

 

[!!!]

Large libraries crash often (10,000+ mp3s) and it's a resource hog as well. I prefer to use Vox although since Coppertino took over, it's been high on resources as well. OS X badly needs a solid MP3 player that focuses only on music.

iTunes is a complete mess.

Use QuickTime. It plays audio files quickly and efficiently. Although there isn't support for creating libraries, playlists, etc.
Use get info on any audio file and change open with to QT, then click change all…

 

[ghsDUDE]

Because that's the iTunes 12.2 icon... duh.

What about the KUPO posted above me? I like that one.