Removing Store Arrows in iTunes 8
As I mentioned yesterday, the first thing I noticed in iTunes 8 were the store arrows were back & in previous versions, you could disable them. For whatever reason, Apple decided to remove that option from iTunes 8. However, some clever people have found a fix for both OS X, XP, & Vista.
OS X Fix
Go to Terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool FALSE
Windows XP & Vista Fix
- Ensure iTunes is not open. Browse to the iTunes Application Data folder (C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes on XP, C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes (AppData is a hidden folder) on Vista, substituting the drive letter and the user profile name where necessary.
- Backup and open the iTunesPrefs.xml with WordPad.
- Find the User Preferences key, and below the <dict> tag insert:
<key>show-store-arrow-links</key>
<data>
AA==
</data> - Launch iTunes & the store arrows will be gone.
[SOURCE: OS X Fix | Win XP/Vista Fix]
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about 1 year ago
thanks – works a treat!
about 1 year ago
U rock! Apple really annoyed me by taking away the option to disable this. I don’t see the point of the link anyway as I already have the music in my library why do i want to find it in the itunes store? stupid
about 1 year ago
Thanks so much. Worked great!
about 1 year ago
Thank you!!!
about 1 year ago
Both methods worked well for me. Thank you all!!!
Has anyone found a way to use the arrows to go to the internal library with the current artist playing?
about 1 year ago
Thanks! This worked perfectly on XP. I love it.
about 1 year ago
“Note: The instructions listed in my post remove the arrows from the current track playing as well.”
No, the arrow on the current track will still be there, unless you follow Sean @ 6:00pm’s instructions and disable the iTunes Store in Parental Control.
about 1 year ago
Awesome, thanks!
about 1 year ago
Succeeded. Great!
Thank you!
about 1 year ago
Just go to preferences>parental control>disable itunes store.
about 1 year ago
@Cheezwizard: I’m playing a song within iTunes right now and the current track playing does not show the arrows. I don’t have iTunes Store disabled within Parental Controls either. Whatever works though. Not sure if it makes a difference, but I have Windows Vista. Are you running Windows XP?
about 1 year ago
Thanks a lot… that arrow was making me crazy.
I read somewhere it is posible to assign a different action to the arrow though (like opening the selected file info). Would you know something about that?
Thanks a lot again!!!
about 1 year ago
Thanks for the heads-up. I considered going back to iTunes 7, after seeing that. Now I’m off to try to remove Genius from my playlists.
about 1 year ago
Amen! This made my day!
about 1 year ago
Which dict tag? I tried this with iTunes 8.0.2 and it doesnt seem to be working. There are several dict tags. Do you mean the first one?
about 1 year ago
got it nm.
about 1 year ago
Sorry to be an idiot, but can’t figure out where to put the code…any help?
about 1 year ago
Much like “nka”, I figured it out…didn’t put the code in the right spot :O oops!
Thanks for the fix!
about 1 year ago
Thanks a lot! I hate those arrows.
about 1 year ago
Woot Woot! Thanks to those that figured this out! Great fix!