Apple disables iTunes song-swapping tool

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Downgrading

Not so easy. From http://www.macintouch.com

I upgraded to iTunes 4.5, and discovered that it would no longer
connect to my jukebox machine, which has my entire music
collection on it. The machine is a Linux box running the open
source daapd software, which implements the daap protocol
iTunes uses. The server also broadcasts via Rendezvous, so it
works exactly like a Mac sharing via iTunes.
? Fortunately I had purchased iLife, so I had the iTunes 4.2
installer on CD. I tried to downgrade, and discovered that the
iLife installer wouldn't let me, even if I trashed iTunes from the
hard drive. The solution to that problem was to go to /Library/
Receipts and remove the iTunes.pkg and iTunes4.pkg directories
using sudo rm -rf iTunes*.pkg in terminal; having done that, I
was able to install iTunes.
? The next snag was that iTunes 4.5 had silently upgraded my
music library and iTunes 4.2 wouldn't read it any more. Luckily,
since I keep all my music on a central server, I didn't need the
local library, and I just trashed it. There was a file called "iTunes
4 Music Library (Old)", perhaps that was a copy of the old
version?
? So, it seems that iTunes 4.5 once again makes an unannounced
change to MP3 sharing. For me at least, iTunes 4.5 is a no-go
until someone fixes the incompatibility with daapd.

Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 04/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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