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July 30, 2008 10:20 PM PDT
iTunes 7.7.1 released
Apple has released iTunes 7.7.1, a minor update to the media playback/purchase and iPhone/iPod sync tool, through Software Update. Apple's release notes state only that the update " includes fixes to improve stability and performance."
Typical problems after iTunes updates include:
iTunes cannot locate music files, fixes When the issue manifests, any attempts to play some songs are met with error messages indicating that iTunes cannot find a specified file.
Freezes when connecting an iPod/iPhone If this problem manifests, try deleting the following files from ~~/Library/Preferences/ (your user library preferences folder):
- com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist
- com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist
- com.apple.iTunes.plist
Problems after updating? Please let us know.
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Yes, it fixes the accent problem and thank goodness (and Apple) for that!
- by Rick Deckard July 31, 2008 6:36 AM PDT
- Saw this at the TidBITS web site: http://db.tidbits.com/article/9718?rss
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(4 Comments)Five iTunes 7.7.1 Bug Fixes Detailed
by Adam C. Engst
Apple has released iTunes 7.7.1 with the criminally terse release notes saying that it "fixes to improve stability and performance." As a result, it's nearly impossible to figure out what has changed, although some trawling through Apple's discussion forums yielded actual information.
A comment from Apple employee "iTunes Mike" states that iTunes 7.7.1 fixes the bug that caused accented characters in artist and track names to be corrupted (see "iTunes 7.7 Corrupts Accented Artist and Track Names," 2008-07-24). That post also confirms that the bug affected only versions of Mac OS X prior to Leopard, and only MP3 files (not AAC or Lossless).
Another post from iTunes Mike indicates that iTunes 7.7.1 should also fix a bug that prevented audio CDs from being ejected while iTunes was running.
Other users report that iTunes 7.7.1 appears to solve a problem that prevented attached iPods from being recognized quickly; some claimed that it was taking many minutes (reports ranged from 4 minutes to over 40 minutes) for iTunes to realize that an iPod was connected.
At least some people are reporting that iPhone backups that were taking an extremely long time (many hours) are now faster, although it's unclear as yet if the problem has been solved entirely, or for all users.
On the Windows side, iTunes 7.7.1 appears to fix a problem syncing information from Outlook with the iPhone.