Whenever I have to reinstall iTunes, I also have to reapply the hacks that make it behave the way I like. Mostly for my own convenience, here is a list of the hacks I use.
To get rid of the Ping drop down menus next to artists and so forth, type this in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE
To enable half stars in track and album ratings:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes allow-half-stars -bool TRUE
To restore the little store link arrows removed when Ping was introduced:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows -bool TRUE
And to make the store link arrows filter the library rather than launch the store:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks -bool TRUE
Thanks so much. Been driving me crazy trying to restore the inverted itunes arrows – they’re essential.
I’m glad you found the information helpful.