Until iTunes 9.0.2, if you had a smart playlist parameter that said the song had to be unrated un-starred, and — while listening to the playlist — you rated a song, the playlist would stop immediately because the just-rated song would disappear from it. In the new version if you rate a playing song that disappears from a smart playlist, iTunes simply jumps to the next song and begins playing.
A friend of mine once walked into a souvenir shop and saw a t-shirt with a picture of William Shatner as Captain Kirk screaming “KHAAAAAAN!” from the infamous scene in Star Trek II. It put a huge smile on his face because we always joked that was Shatner’s finest acting performance, and at that moment he immediately realized we were not alone in our assessment. There were other people who, unbeknownst to us, shared our amused appreciation of it.
Reading that Apple fixed this smart playlist bug made me feel the exact same way. I never knew if the “disappearing song” issue was a feature or a bug, but it sure drove me crazy. I’m glad to see that, once again, I wasn’t alone.
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