RIP ITUNES 10.6.3 STORE - BASTARDS !!!!!

[MacNut]

You should be able to access the music you bought, it's that simple. It's not streaming, that would be another story.

Don't you still own the files?

 

[Ryan Bremer]

umm... the itunes store works on 10.6.3 for me but trying to buy songs errors with "Upgrade to the latest version of iTunes" or something

 

[Longplays]

umm... the itunes store works on 10.6.3 for me but trying to buy songs errors with "Upgrade to the latest version of iTunes" or something

It's been over 13 years ago since 10.6.3 was released. It is unreasonable to expect it to be supported by any company for that long without further payment.

 

[Ryan Bremer]

but other than that itunes 10.6.3 can still be used for internet radio and local media playback

 

[Warped9]

I’m still using iTunes on High Sierra. Likely this year I’ll be upgrading to a new iMac ir Mac Studio and it will take getting used to with Ventura or Sonoma.

 

[gwb21471]

I have a power mac g5 with 10.5.8 and my itunes is the latest for it and i can't sign into itunes. I get told to upgrade to the newest version of itunes. I can't do anything with my itunes. I wanted to download album covers and use home sharing. I can't do anything since i can't sign into itune store.

 

[Longplays]

I have a power mac g5 with 10.5.8 and my itunes is the latest for it and i can't sign into itunes. I get told to upgrade to the newest version of itunes. I can't do anything with my itunes. I wanted to download album covers and use home sharing. I can't do anything since i can't sign into itune store.

Buying a used Mac mini M1 may be a low cost solution.

 

[startergo]

iTunes Access 10.6.3 http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/06/041-88055-A_0XDTF2FW5A/wxhqcpxiq7z3v1fabxbvrvvtq2pbbqkude/iTunesAccess.pkg sha1:e8315790d285020b5907186673b407af05e6eae4
    CoreFP1 http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/06/041-88055-A_0XDTF2FW5A/wxhqcpxiq7z3v1fabxbvrvvtq2pbbqkude/CoreFP1.pkg sha1:416bc092353af0b368c5e5139f3aa9b4376afbc3
    CoreFP http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/06/041-88055-A_0XDTF2FW5A/wxhqcpxiq7z3v1fabxbvrvvtq2pbbqkude/CoreFP.pkg sha1:31b41a3415872f4c9b89b2ee2ce75833a9bf9c53
    AppleMobileDeviceSupport http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/06/041-88055-A_0XDTF2FW5A/wxhqcpxiq7z3v1fabxbvrvvtq2pbbqkude/AppleMobileDeviceSupport.pkg sha1:b58580e3e495f49b379756e934c79ee95d9f0b98
    iTunesX http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/06/041-88055-A_0XDTF2FW5A/wxhqcpxiq7z3v1fabxbvrvvtq2pbbqkude/iTunesX.pkg sha1:4393c3c1e011827b6bddc3b9a1502519c8c92a28
    iTunesLibrary http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/06/041-88055-A_0XDTF2FW5A/wxhqcpxiq7z3v1fabxbvrvvtq2pbbqkude/iTunesLibrary.pkg sha1:9f91a3306f290ee2b5631747f0afc876d8386b70

 

[mac57mac57]

@startergo, what do you use the lengthy URL you posted above for? Is it a way to get back in to iTunes 10.6.3? More details please?

 

[mac57mac57]

Honestly, let old software die. Time to upgrade your hardware

[Minor Rant]

"Old" does not equal "bad" or "ineffective" or "unusable". "Old" simply refers to chronological age.

If a set of hardware/software did the job perfectly 20 years ago, and it still does the same job perfectly today, why should you upgrade to some new thing to solve the same problem you already have solved nicely with your "old" hardware/software?

Honestly, ALL of my music (20+GB of it) has been ripped via iTunes, exists in my iTunes library and is routinely loaded onto my iPod Classic. That iPod Classic is the primary music source for our home - it is plugged in as an audio input to our amplifier and plays all the playlist, albums and singles that I want to listen to. It worked perfectly in 2006, and it still works perfectly today. I have of course been adding to the library, but other than that, it worked well then and it keeps working well now.

"Old" does not equal "obsolete".

Streaming music is a time bomb. If you don't possess the sound files, you don't really own the music and you can easily lose access to it at any time. You may have paid for it, but you only have access as long as there is a free and unfiltered Internet. If/when the Internet is disturbed, censored, filtered etc. (and governments around the world block the Internet or parts thereof with frightening frequency) you no longer have access to your music/videos/etc.

Purchasing the music, either via online download or via buying and ripping the original album/CD/etc. and then loading it onto a backed up physical device such as an iPod, works brilliantly, AND you own the music.

If your existing combination of [Older Mac/iTunes/iPod] solves your music storage, access and playback problems, why replace it with a more troublesome mechanism, and one that is subject to government oversight, ISP failures, etc.

It "ain't broke".... why fix it?

[/Minor Rant]

 

[startergo]

what do you use the lengthy URL

It is several URL’s , but there is a single URL I used in InstaDMG:

InstaDMG/AddOns/InstaUp2Date/CatalogFiles/10.6_vanilla.catalog at main · startergo/InstaDMG

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