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iTunes Versions

Kirk Boragine

Kirk Boragine

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Dec 12, 2016
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What's up with the versions? My Tiger install reports iTunes 4.7.1 (30). I found 9.2.1 on the Apple website. Why doesn't iTunes update automatically when I do a software check through the system? What about all the other versions in between? What's the consensus here as to which one works best for PowerPC (remembering I'm on a G3 with a 600MHz CPU please). I just need a slim/powerful player that doesn't do anything fancy. iTunes Store is off the table for PowerPC architecture anyhow, right?
 
Kirk Boragine said:
What's up with the versions? My Tiger install reports iTunes 4.7.1 (30). I found 9.2.1 on the Apple website. Why doesn't iTunes update automatically when I do a software check through the system? What about all the other versions in between? What's the consensus here as to which one works best for PowerPC (remembering I'm on a G3 with a 600MHz CPU please). I just need a slim/powerful player that doesn't do anything fancy. iTunes Store is off the table for PowerPC architecture anyhow, right?
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I'm not sure why it isn't included in Software Update anymore. Possibilities include the fact that Apple has cut us off except for major system updates.

As to what version, it really depends on what you want. Do you want the latest to sync with an iPhone 4s or a 30-pin iPod? Or does it matter?

For me personally, I use iTunes 4.0 on my PowerPC Macs. The reason I do that is because version 4.0 is the ONLY version that allows you to share your library across the internet, i.e., you don't have to be on the same local network.

My main library has already been moved to my MBP for other reasons so the one I stream is a copy of that. I don't need anything else from iTunes but the one thing I want to do is share across the internet so I chose version 4.0.

Just depends on what you want to do.
 
eyoungren said:
I'm not sure why it isn't included in Software Update anymore. Possibilities include the fact that Apple has cut us off except for major system updates.

As to what version, it really depends on what you want. Do you want the latest to sync with an iPhone 4s or a 30-pin iPod? Or does it matter?

For me personally, I use iTunes 4.0 on my PowerPC Macs. The reason I do that is because version 4.0 is the ONLY version that allows you to share your library across the internet, i.e., you don't have to be on the same local network.

My main library has already been moved to my MBP for other reasons so the one I stream is a copy of that. I don't need anything else from iTunes but the one thing I want to do is share across the internet so I chose version 4.0.

Just depends on what you want to do.
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I'm not looking to sync anything. I saw your post about 4.0 That's pretty cool. But I'm more interested in this point about iTunes Store. I have a strange error that comes up that says I'm not authorized to play my purchased music. Then it prompts me to deauthorize and gives me a login and password which I don't know? Unless I'm supposed to put my current login and password which doesn't make any sense to me.
 
Kirk Boragine said:
I'm not looking to sync anything. I saw your post about 4.0 That's pretty cool. But I'm more interested in this point about iTunes Store. I have a strange error that comes up that says I'm not authorized to play my purchased music. Then it prompts me to deauthorize and gives me a login and password which I don't know? Unless I'm supposed to put my current login and password which doesn't make any sense to me.
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I see.

I would update to the latest version then if you have not already. Then try and login to the store with your current credentials. So yeah, try putting in your current login and password and see what happens.

I can't explain why it would be giving you details that are not yours. However, realize that there are bound to be issues.

We went an entire month at some point last year with internet radio streaming knocked out on iTunes 10.6.3. Because Apple flipped some switch somewhere which killed it for PowerPC systems. They eventually got around to fixing it, but it was hardly a priority for them and was most likely just a side effect of whatever else they were doing.
 
eyoungren said:
I see.

I would update to the latest version then if you have not already. Then try and login to the store with your current credentials. So yeah, try putting in your current login and password and see what happens.

I can't explain why it would be giving you details that are not yours. However, realize that there are bound to be issues.

We went an entire month at some point last year with internet radio streaming knocked out on iTunes 10.6.3. Because Apple flipped some switch somewhere which killed it for PowerPC systems. They eventually got around to fixing it, but it was hardly a priority for them and was most likely just a side effect of whatever else they were doing.
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I wonder if it has anything to do with where i got iLife? If I remember it offered to install iTunes but since I already had that I'm pretty sure I unchecked that box.

Then there's' this in the installer...
iTunes 9.2.1 requirements

Hardware:
• Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor
• Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store
• 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store
• 512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras

The only requirement I meet is the minimum RAM. So if I can fix the authorization issue, I'd just as soon keep 4.7.1

What do you think -trashing preferences? -reinstalling the same version? I actually have two version receipts. One iTunes.pkg and one iTunes4.pkg - I can't remember if when installing tiger it updated during the system updates or not. Maybe that iTunes4.pkg is from the iLife install?
[doublepost=1487275973][/doublepost]Check out the created dates. Feb 10th was my install date.
 

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Kirk Boragine said:
I wonder if it has anything to do with where i got iLife? If I remember it offered to install iTunes but since I already had that I'm pretty sure I unchecked that box.

Then there's' this in the installer...
iTunes 9.2.1 requirements

Hardware:
• Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor
• Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store
• 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store
• 512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras

The only requirement I meet is the minimum RAM. So if I can fix the authorization issue, I'd just as soon keep 4.7.1

What do you think -trashing preferences? -reinstalling the same version? I actually have two version receipts. One iTunes.pkg and one iTunes4.pkg - I can't remember if when installing tiger it updated during the system updates or not. Maybe that iTunes4.pkg is from the iLife install?
[doublepost=1487275973][/doublepost]Check out the created dates. Feb 10th was my install date.
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Latest G3 capable version is 8.2.1 AFAIK
 
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Kirk Boragine said:
I wonder if it has anything to do with where i got iLife? If I remember it offered to install iTunes but since I already had that I'm pretty sure I unchecked that box.

Then there's' this in the installer...
iTunes 9.2.1 requirements

Hardware:
• Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor
• Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store
• 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store
• 512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras

The only requirement I meet is the minimum RAM. So if I can fix the authorization issue, I'd just as soon keep 4.7.1

What do you think -trashing preferences? -reinstalling the same version? I actually have two version receipts. One iTunes.pkg and one iTunes4.pkg - I can't remember if when installing tiger it updated during the system updates or not. Maybe that iTunes4.pkg is from the iLife install?
[doublepost=1487275973][/doublepost]Check out the created dates. Feb 10th was my install date.
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A reinstall won't hurt. The thing about earlier versions of iTunes is that it was much easier to redo your library if things got screwed up so I'd say go ahead and try it.
 
Kirk Boragine said:
I wonder if it has anything to do with where i got iLife? If I remember it offered to install iTunes but since I already had that I'm pretty sure I unchecked that box.

Then there's' this in the installer...
iTunes 9.2.1 requirements

Hardware:
• Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor
• Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store
• 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store
• 512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras

The only requirement I meet is the minimum RAM. So if I can fix the authorization issue, I'd just as soon keep 4.7.1

What do you think -trashing preferences? -reinstalling the same version? I actually have two version receipts. One iTunes.pkg and one iTunes4.pkg - I can't remember if when installing tiger it updated during the system updates or not. Maybe that iTunes4.pkg is from the iLife install?
[doublepost=1487275973][/doublepost]Check out the created dates. Feb 10th was my install date.
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Actually you can go up to 9.1.1 on a G3 :)
 
eyoungren said:
A reinstall won't hurt. The thing about earlier versions of iTunes is that it was much easier to redo your library if things got screwed up so I'd say go ahead and try it.
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Thanks, reinstalled. Started a new thread on that subject as well.
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KawaiiAurora said:
Actually you can go up to 9.1.1 on a G3 :)
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Where can it be found? I've searched Apple and other sites. Haven't seen much. The 9.2.1 I got from a link on this site to the Apple site..
 
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