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iTunes update out. version 7.4
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iTunes 7.4 download outside US
Has anyone outside the US managed to download 7.4?
Here in the UK we've been getting "The iTunes update server could not be contacted. Please check your internet connection, or try again later" all morning.
Ok so the transatlantic cables are overloaded but on the UK site (http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/download/) you get an empty 'download now' panel after the page is fully loaded - ie. you can't download 7.3.2 either. Is Apple blocking downloads of 7.4 outside of the US, given that we don't have iPhones yet officially?
Has anyone outside the US managed to download 7.4?
Here in the UK we've been getting "The iTunes update server could not be contacted. Please check your internet connection, or try again later" all morning.
Ok so the transatlantic cables are overloaded but on the UK site (http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/download/) you get an empty 'download now' panel after the page is fully loaded - ie. you can't download 7.3.2 either. Is Apple blocking downloads of 7.4 outside of the US, given that we don't have iPhones yet officially?
thanks for that lamadude. maybe it's just the crap telecoms infrastrucure here in the UK or the pipes into our building here in the City of London - which is pretty well wired, being the second biggest financial centre in the world. Anyone from from the UK out there downloaded 7.4?
Dang, no firmware update for the 2.5Mbps H.264 that the new iPods have. I guess it's due to upgraded hardware.
I can't see any info on the new ipods supporting H.264 @ 2.5 mbps, only mpeg-4 (part 2) at up to 2.5 mbps.
Where did you see this?
Actually, just tried Cloud wifi service and it's working. it's our building - and the IT dept are all in a meeting! thanks all
Album Ratings
You can now rate albums - or is that an old feature?
I wrote to Apple about a year ago asking for this feature but not so sure about the implementation here and the feasibility in terms of using those ratings in smart playlists.
I'll have to play around with it a bit when I get home after work. Any experience anyone else had with this?
You can now rate albums - or is that an old feature?
I wrote to Apple about a year ago asking for this feature but not so sure about the implementation here and the feasibility in terms of using those ratings in smart playlists.
I'll have to play around with it a bit when I get home after work. Any experience anyone else had with this?
You licensed rights to play the song in private, *legally* speaking. This is why so many companies are able to charge ridiculous prices for ringtones. Record companies have gone as far as saying that while playing music in your car with the windows down (or at a picnic) is technically illegal, they are choosing to not enforce their rights in this matter. That does not preclude them from choosing to enforce their rights when it comes to ringtones.
Yeah, well, so much for upgrade-proof. I'd contact Ambrosia and demand your money back. I knew Apple would fine a way to stomp out uncertified third-party ringtones. Ambrosia never should have made the claim their software would continue to work across updates.
Like someone else said before, I can make my own ringtones and send them to a lot of phones for free via Bluetooth. Paying extra to use a song as a ringtone versus owning it is asinine, but who would expect anything less from music companies?
i-toner, Help!!
When Steve announced the ringtone price yesterday I decided to go ahead and purchase i-toner (I used the demo to great success). This morning I synced with i-tunes 7.4 and lost all my ringtones. As soon as i-toner can overcome this hurdle I'm buying it, and using garage band to make my own ring tones. Come on, another buck for stuff I already own? Not to mention that I paid $499 for a 4Gig i-phone less than 3 weeks ago (but more than 2 weeks,) It is a great phone and I love it, but Apple, please stop slapping me around, I feel like a battered spouse!!!
When Steve announced the ringtone price yesterday I decided to go ahead and purchase i-toner (I used the demo to great success). This morning I synced with i-tunes 7.4 and lost all my ringtones. As soon as i-toner can overcome this hurdle I'm buying it, and using garage band to make my own ring tones. Come on, another buck for stuff I already own? Not to mention that I paid $499 for a 4Gig i-phone less than 3 weeks ago (but more than 2 weeks,
) It is a great phone and I love it, but Apple, please stop slapping me around, I feel like a battered spouse!!!
do early iPhone owners get the first 200(!) ringtones FREE? I think I deserve a rebate.
Give it a rest already......
It's probably going to be November before everyone finally grabs their blankies, puts their thumbs back in their mouths and stops their whining and pouting.
Pay ringtones are for the computer illiterate people. Apple knows that less than half of iPhone owners will be paying for ringtones. I'm sure, however, that this is an option more for the people who don't know how to add their own ringtones.
Glad I read the front page before installing 7.4. Lame that it deletes your current ringtones put on by 3rd party software. More lame that I'd have to pay twice for a song just to put a clip of it on my iPhone. No thanks Steve. If you'd left it at .99, you'd have suckered me into paying for a few tracks - instead I'll just clip parts from my "elsewhere"-downloaded songs and put it on 3rd party. Greedy bastards.
Do your own thing
Will Apple be cutting the price of ringtones too in the near future? Pricing is insane.
Do this instead, if you have an Intel Mac running windows or you live in PC land -
install BSD Subsystem and the OpenSSH package using installer.app .
Download WinSCP (I'm sure there is an OSX app that does the same thing but I don't know what it is) , and connect to your iPhone using its IP address (Over WiFi), with root and dottie as the username/password respectivley.
Connect in SCP mode.
Then you can see all the folders/directories on your iPhone and copy and delete at will, including ringtones of course that you've made in garageband (a great app) - but be careful obviously.
Also install Mobile Terminal and change the root password from dottie with this unix command
passwd root
or uninstall openssh - must do this otherwise your iPhone is very insecure as everyone in the world knows the iPhone root password.
Also BSD subsystem is kernel level and can't be uninstalled by installer.app as far I'm aware - turns your iPhone into a fully blown computer.
Will Apple be cutting the price of ringtones too in the near future? Pricing is insane.
Do this instead, if you have an Intel Mac running windows or you live in PC land -
install BSD Subsystem and the OpenSSH package using installer.app .
Download WinSCP (I'm sure there is an OSX app that does the same thing but I don't know what it is) , and connect to your iPhone using its IP address (Over WiFi), with root and dottie as the username/password respectivley.
Connect in SCP mode.
Then you can see all the folders/directories on your iPhone and copy and delete at will, including ringtones of course that you've made in garageband (a great app) - but be careful obviously.
Also install Mobile Terminal and change the root password from dottie with this unix command
passwd root
or uninstall openssh - must do this otherwise your iPhone is very insecure as everyone in the world knows the iPhone root password.
Also BSD subsystem is kernel level and can't be uninstalled by installer.app as far I'm aware - turns your iPhone into a fully blown computer.
Whats with the ringtone deal?
1. You buy a song.
2. Then you decide that you want it as a ringtone.
3. You then choose a part of that song you already bought and you have to buy it AGAIN?
Is this a joke? I already bought the song. Why should I pay once more?
Is there something I'm missing here?
1. You buy a song.
2. Then you decide that you want it as a ringtone.
3. You then choose a part of that song you already bought and you have to buy it AGAIN?
Is this a joke? I already bought the song. Why should I pay once more?
Is there something I'm missing here?
In fact, when you signed up for an iTunes Music Store account, you specifically agreed NOT to use any song downloaded from the iTMS as a ring tone. That's been in there for years, long before Apple was even thinking about phones -- further evidence that it's simply required by the music industry.
Nokia isn't trying to run a music store.
Hey, at least you got your wishlist.
I'd love better Podcast management. Right now you apply settings to all podcasts, and I'd love to apply them individually. I'd like to say keep only the most recent of podcast A, but every one of podcast B. You can't do that now - one setting for all podcasts.No thanks Apple. My butt is still recovering from the ramming you gave me yesterday. I think I'll go get one of the shareware programs and make my own ringtones...Heck, if I brick my phone, now it will only cost me $400 to replace it!!