To fix iTunes, Apple should revisit iSync, an app that actually worked ...

Apple’s iSync “first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2, and its job was to allow you to sync contacts and calendars to and from your Mac and a range of cell phones and PDAs from third parties, as well as Apple’s own iPods,” Christopher Phin writes for Macworld.

“It was easy to sync all or a subset of your contacts and events to each mobile device using iSync, and I don’t remember any syncing conflicts being thrown up that its conflict resolution handler couldn’t resolve,” Phin writes. “The writing was on the wall for iSync, though, with Mac OS X 10.4 — with this release iSync became a kind of glorified front-end for the Sync Services framework rather than handling all the data juggling itself.”

“This was the era when iTunes began its bloat,” Phin writes. “Apple is notoriously reluctant to look to its past, preferring instead to focus on the future. Perhaps with iTunes, though, it could draw inspiration for its future from its past.”

Much more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Poor iTunes. Look at yourself. You’re a fat, bloated mess! Hopefully Apple will get a plan together soon that’ll dramatically slim you down and get you healthy again.

We don’t know if iSync offers any inspiration, but, come on, Apple, be the UX masters we know you are!

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