New iTunes and iPod software

So, Apple released a new version of iTunes (with Windows support, gift certificates, and a bunch of minor stuff) a half hour or so ago, along with an upgrade to the iPod’s firmware. I’m such a sucker, I’ve already downloaded and installed them.

This was actually a rather painful upgrade, by Apple standards. The iTunes update is over 9 MB, and the iPod update is over 16 MB. My powerbook crashed in the middle of the iPod update install (admittedly, I was burning a CD, copying 1 GB of data over the network, installing two programs, and trying to run 600 MB of apps on a 512 MB laptop, but it’s still irritating). After I rebooted, everything re-installed correctly, but it took three tries before the iPod update program successfully found and upgraded my iPod.

The new “music quiz” game isn’t all that hot (it plays clips of one of your tracks, and shows you 5 track names. The faster you pick the right track, the more points you get. Just hope you don’t get a song with 5 seconds of dead space at the beginning.

I’m off to play with the new, improved music store. Apple is making an incredible push to own the online music market, partnering with Pepsi (100M track giveaway) and AOL (use your AOL ID to buy, no credit card required).

Posted by Scott Laird Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:08:43 GMT

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  1. null over 2 years later:

    Here’s the story. My son uploaded all of my cd’s on his Ipod. I then used tunestransfer software to put them on my ipod. Unfortunately, one day I downloaded the new version of itunes software. It erased many of the songs on the itunes software on my computor. I would like to download the songs on my ipod through the tunestranfer software to the old origional version of itunes so I can then add more songs. Do you know how I can get an old version of itunes or how I can do what I need? Any help appreciated.

  2. Dave LaMorte over 3 years later:

    The new iPod software also won’t play my podcasts in succession. Is there a way I can use the old version of the 5G software.

  3. samantga@ocoeenet.com over 3 years later:

    Bought a ipod nano it doesnt have any software and dont know how to download the icon.can anyone help?

  4. Samantha Russell over 3 years later:

    Can anyone help with getting the itunes icon on my laptop?