# MPTIMDS - Apple don't seem to understand the music control symbols. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931 "2004-11-10T00:08:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/1 "2004-11-10T00:08:01Z")
In ‘itunes’ the button showing the symbol for fast forward (two right-pointing triangles) actually performs the function of the ‘next track’ button on other players (two right-pointing triangles and a vertical line). Has Apple made a stupid mistake or am I missing something?? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/2 "2004-11-10T00:13:49Z")
My OSX version doesn’t look like that. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/3 "2004-11-10T00:38:28Z")
How often do you need to fast-forward an _mp3?!_ If you want to skip ahead within a particular track, use the progress bar underneath the song title. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/4 "2004-11-10T00:50:49Z")
If you hold it down, it does fast forward. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/5 "2004-11-10T01:06:19Z")
I give up. What’s “MPTIMDS”? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/6 "2004-11-10T03:07:56Z")
That’s how a lot of music playback things work these days - my car CD player, for example. Hitting it once puts it on the next track, holding it down fast forwards. Because then you don’t have to have so many extra buttons on your iPod. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/7 "2004-11-10T03:44:02Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > That’s how a lot of music playback things work these days - my car CD player, for example. Hitting it once puts it on the next track, holding it down fast forwards. Because then you don’t have to have so many extra buttons on your iPod. _checks_ And iTunes does that, too! Cool. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/8 "2004-11-10T04:16:42Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > I give up. What’s “MPTIMDS”? Mundane Pointless Things I Must Declare Screwy? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mptimds-apple-dont-seem-to-understand-the-music-control-symbols/273931/9 "2004-11-10T04:57:02Z")
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