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iTunes 7.7.1 update now available

Apple just released an update for iTunes. The release indicates that iTunes 7.7.1 "includes fixes to improve stability and performance." You may recall that the last update for iTunes (7.7) was released on the iPhone 3G release date.

You can download this iTunes update by opening Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update).

Thanks, Michael!

Apple just released an update for iTunes. The release indicates that iTunes 7.7.1 "includes fixes to improve stability and performance."...
 

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Ashleigh

I've never had this many problems with a software update. Certain apps won't update or sync and now everytime I try to sync my iPhone it either completely doesn't work or my iPhone reboots halfway through the sync and iTunes stops responding and I have to force quit. I'm frustrated.

August 13 2008 at 12:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sammusbi

anyone have problems doing the ringtone hack since the update? I'm able to make them, but the ones I create dont show up in the "Custom" folder on my iphone.

August 03 2008 at 10:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve

Bug or Feature?!?!?

I can now share purchased Apps with my wife's iPhone! Anyone else notice this?

I know this did not work on the 7.7 because I tried it after I bought my first App.

August 01 2008 at 12:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael Sitarzewski

Hey there... the strings trick works a bit differently for iTunes 7.7.1 - they added a new preference for disabling "automatic" backups, leaving the manual backup option available. Check it out: http://www.zerologic.com/site/page/pg4047-as132-pn_Disable_iTunes_iPhone_backup_updated_for_iTunes_7_7_1.html

July 31 2008 at 11:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sum guy

OMG, people quit complaining about long backups! we know!

its apples stupid fault for not setting up a system to backup app preferences which would take 15 seconds tops... and having to copy back the whole app over itunes.

im hoping firmware 2.1 fixes the majority of problems. *crosses fingers*

July 31 2008 at 2:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Justin Scott

This update completely destroyed my iTunes library and my iPhone 3G. I was forced to completely rebuild my library and reset my iPhone 3G. Check it out http://snurl.com/38b08

July 31 2008 at 11:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jalessi

It still insists on backing up my entire phone every time. What a POS.

July 31 2008 at 11:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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CZ

JUST. PRESS. THE. X.

Seriously. You don't have to backup every time. Press the little "x" to the right of the backup status, and it will skip the backup and go to the sync.

It's not that much of a problem. I do it all the time. One click. Go for it.

July 31 2008 at 1:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TC

New iTunes has killed my ability to Restore my iPhone. Hangs and never completes.

July 31 2008 at 10:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ALan

This has fixed for me the problem where Apps purchased on the phone were not automatically showing up in iTunes. All the Apps purchased on the phone since the last sync now show up correctly in iTunes.

July 31 2008 at 9:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ed

I wonder if anyone from Apple ever monitors the user feedback on the big Apple-related sites? You'd hope so.

Like many others, I have a bunch of sites in my newsreader, and I've never seen such a wave of anti-Apple sentiment across all of them like I've seen this past couple of weeks. Every move they make is being pulled apart and criticised.

I'm not talking about the posts from the sites themselves, which are predictably biased, but from the real users in the comments.

It's completely understandable - I've also given up on Mobile Me and am exclusively using Gmail and Google Calendar at the moment. I just hope the management at Apple care about what they're doing to their user base - it sure doesn't feel that way at the moment.

July 31 2008 at 5:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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