MacOS X: iTunes 7.7 / Problems with special characters

If you have updated iTunes version 7.7 in its last few days (since 12-13/07/2008), you probably noticed that the information on the songs, albums, artists, which include special characters, are being modified.

This is a bug happens upon reading ID3 benchmarks and every file containing special characters, since the update, is being modified.

This problem leads to a daily resynchronization your iPod and iPhone ,very troublesome when it happens on the name of an album, it will created a new album (not practical at all).


Stopping these undesired modifications:

This is quite simple, you must select all the songs on iTunes (Apple + a) and choose Advanced> Convert ID3 benchmarks ..., select the version 2.4 and click OK

Correcting the problem:

• It is possible to move the tracks one by one, but it is quite unsatisfactory.
  • Since the problem arises on the songs played since the update, the simplest is to create a smart list:
  • File> New Smart Playlist.
  • Check "Meet the following rule" and create the filter "Last reading is after 13/07/2008 (adjust according to your case), uncheck" Limit to "," Search only " and click OK
  • You're with the list of potentially problematic tracks.
  • Simply select the first, and then Apple + i, choose "Info", and browse / fix by using the next button and text fields.