Filed under: iPod Family, iTunes, Software Update
Software Update: iTunes 7.0.2
Fire up yer Software Update engines or head over to the iTunes download page for iTunes 7.0.2. I'm talking to you, brand new 2nd Gen iPod shuffle users - as the read me indicates added support for the Second Generation iPod shuffle and "addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1."Update at your own risk. FairGame compatibility not guaranteed!
Thanks, Lee and the rest who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John from Buffalo said 5:38PM on 10-31-2006
I feel Apple listens to it's customer crash reports more than ANY other fscking company on earth. This is WHY you buy a Mac. Screw Microsoft.
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Chris said 6:03PM on 10-31-2006
FairGame successfully converted a song purchased in 7.0.1 after the installation of 7.0.2. If I find a song I need I'll give it a try after buying one in 7.0.2.
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Justin said 6:09PM on 10-31-2006
After updating to 7.0.2 there was a lenghty "Updating iTunes Library..." process. I have a huge library wich is probably what took it a few minutes, but I wonder what it was doing......
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Euan said 6:13PM on 10-31-2006
Hmm, the XP version of Software Update utility never seems to recognise that there is a new version of iTunes to download. Quite annoying really, but ah all.
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Brandon said 6:28PM on 10-31-2006
At a quick look, this seems to fix buggy mouse work (clicking on buttons with a G4 trackpad no longer stick, for example).
Still doesn't recognize homemade audiobooks in category of the same name in iTunes.
Still having trouble importing CDs (a new glitch with 7x, of course).
True to form, Apple phone support is a steamy pile without AppleCare. I guess it is over to the iTunes feedback page once again and hope they peg it in 7.0.3...
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Lars said 6:47PM on 10-31-2006
I'm so glad I decided to wait it out. From what I hear around the web version 7 is the Windows ME of iTunes...
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Allen said 7:29PM on 10-31-2006
Hey, the icon, isn't it from iTunes 6?
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Asif said 9:00PM on 10-31-2006
In the custom install options for the installer, "Apple Phone driver" appears, but is greyed out. It's 220KB.
is this for the oft-rumored iPhone?
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Toolman said 12:06AM on 11-01-2006
I just updated and now iTunes store is in French. I kid you not. The available albums are completely different, and it will not let me get to the movies page... restarted twice, and still in French.
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Toolman said 12:19AM on 11-01-2006
Well seemingly it keeps awitching countries at random on me. A Guess a new bug. Best update ever...
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BearPDX said 2:03AM on 11-01-2006
my itunes store was defaulted to japanese, and alot of my radio stations arn't working now, endless "getting playlist.................." hm.. i'd say otherwise its working ok.
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ahacop said 2:10AM on 11-01-2006
I had the same problem (Japanese iTMS on start-up). I fixed it by clicking on my account settings button (the box in the upper-right containing your email address). iTunes then said something like "Your account is only valid for the US store" and then it took me to the US store. I quit and restart iTunes and it again opened to the US store.
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Mike said 2:44AM on 11-01-2006
My store defaulted to the German store, unfortunately I've never had a German iTunes account. After I scrolled to the bottom of the screen and changed to the United States store and restarted, it appears to default to the United States store now.
I agree with Toolman, "best update ever."
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Dan Kordik said 3:13AM on 11-01-2006
German ITMS here. Nothing navigating back to the US store didn't fix.
This is my favorite "bug" ever. It's hard to imagine how this could happen from a programming perspective though :)
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rdas7 said 4:45AM on 11-01-2006
iPod nano (PRODUCT)RED now shows up as red, not silver.
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error said 7:19AM on 11-01-2006
Is'n FairGame just generating a transcode? If so, it doesn't really strip the DRM in a lossless form...
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Scott said 7:23AM on 11-01-2006
not completely relevant, but...
can anyone tell me what is the point of the 'Apple Software Update' program on Windows?
iTunes tells me that v7.0.2 is available, where as software update tells me that everything is up to date.
The only thing software update seems to update is itself!
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Sebastian said 8:03AM on 11-01-2006
@ Asif:
I believe those drivers are for the Moto line of iTunes capable phones, such as the ROKR, V3i, SLVR etc
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south said 9:20AM on 11-01-2006
wow, not only did it take me to the German iTunes store but it automatically downloaded the entire back catalogs of Rammstein, Neu! and Kraftwerk to my iPod.
best update ever!
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Ted said 10:58AM on 11-01-2006
Is there a way to go back to iTunes 6.x? Version 7 always takes a long time to start up, much, much longer than version 6; I always get that dialog box that says it's updating the playlist or something (don't have it front of me right now, so I'm not sure of the wording.)
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