[Ham-Mac] iTunes

[Wesley Bennett]

Hello All.

    I am running Tiger v 4.2.5 and have no problems. Don't have a  
clue as to a fix, excepting for an upgrade to Tiger. Even the First  
Tiger needed an immediate upgrade from Apple to address certain issues.

Wes B- N2UOF

On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:01 AM, Russell Finn wrote:

>
> On Feb 19, 2006, at 10:01 PM, harris ruben wrote:
>
>> "...this discussion started because it was claimed that the new  
>> version of iTunes "still" does not allow you to repair  
>> permissions, a problem I, and a lot of other users have not heard  
>> of before."
>>
>> And this is still true. I'm running a g5 iMac under 10.3.9, and  
>> also the 6.0.3 version of iTunes.
>> I STILL must remove iTunes.pkg and iTunes4.pkg from the Receipts  
>> folder first, then repair permissions, and finally replace the  
>> 2 .pkg files when I'm done.
>>
>> And my question was, if I upgrade to Tiger, will that upgrade  
>> automatically fix this problem? Or, what if I just remove all the  
>> iTunes files and receipts and trash them, and download iTunes  
>> freshly? How would you do a clean uninstall of iTunes in the first  
>> place?
>
> Perhaps the fact that the people who've never had this problem are  
> all running Tiger would suggest an answer...  :-)
>
> More specifically, why are you replacing those files if they cause  
> you problem?  Why not just trash them?  (And why are you repairing  
> your permissions so frequently anyway?  Contrary to popular belief,  
> it's not a preventative maintenance operation; it's only necessary  
> if you're experiencing permissions-related problems, such as  
> programs that won't launch.)
>
> You might also see the discussion here:  <http://macintouch.com/ 
> readerreports/itunes6_0_2/topic1991.html>, in which one person  
> suggests that removing iTunes.pkg alone is sufficient.  But  
> removing both iTunes.pkg and iTunes4.pkg should not cause any  
> problems.  If you really wanted to "uninstall" iTunes (by throwing  
> away the iTunes application from the /Applications folder) and  
> reinstall it from a fresh copy, you could, but I wouldn't think  
> that would be necessary.
>
> If you upgrade to Tiger via an "Archive and Install" operation,  
> you'll get a fresh /Library/Receipts folder.  If you do a plain  
> upgrade, you may or may not; I don't know for sure (I usually do  
> "Archive and Install").  Either way the iTunes permissions problem  
> appears to be gone in Tiger.  (Come on in, the water's fine...)
>
> Good luck.
>
> -- Russ, K3RSF
>
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