Apple released iTunes 9.1.1 for both Mac and Windows last night...
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Posted on 04/28/2010 2:41:25 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple released iTunes 9.1.1 for both Mac and Windows last night...
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Every once in a while a video hits me unawares and quicktime tries to download and install. From past experience I absolutely ban quicktime from my computers. Same with itunes. Never used it, never will. The JesseJobs gang will never get a dime from me
itunes—— 93 mb download
No way would I install this. At 93mb this program is designed to insinuate itself into every audio/video crevice on your Windows computer hard drive. If you own a Mac then of course you want to be tethered to to JobsInc. and paying his tolls as if you were a Medieval serf crossing a bridge
I also ban Real Player and its associated garbage. It’s not just quicktime. They are both squid like viruses.
Installed on both Macs. Starts up much faster.
Faster start up on my PCs as well.
For what it's worth, from the perspective of someone who uses Windows, Mac, Linux, and others every day, Windows Media Player isn't any different from the above. -ALL- these media players are hogs with their tentacles reaching throughout the system. I don't trust -ANY- of them.
I use WMP to play audio files, but that's all. Used to use WinAMP on Windows but it got invasive. I use iTunes to rip MP3s and sync my iPod, but that's all. I prefer Cog on the Mac, nice simple player. Haven't used RealPlayer in 5 years.
All the "system standard" players are bloated and invasive, by design. They're all intended to take over your system.
Just from my Windows perspective——
Window’s Media Player uses lots of resources but it doesn’t keep on trying to get me to deploy it to open up all my audio and video files. But that’s what quicktime did and same for real player. Plus I could not get these off the windows start up list. I would delete them off the Win Start Up list but they would worm their way back on.
This is how it was 4-5 years ago. That’s how it was. The two are banned for good so perhaps they have changed
And Windows Media Player does not insist on being on the program start up list. Those programs churning in the background in a 3 watt mode
I think dennisw has issues..........
No way would I install this.
Well, for the almost 100 million owners of the devices, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, you've already got it and you use it for synching your music, movies, address book, calendars and many other items that you use on those devices -- with your computer and to manage those devices, do the upgrades on those devices and also, for getting more movies, more music... or also for putting your own music from CDs onto your computer and/or to get them over to those devices.
You can use the iTunes program for doing all those things, and it's useful whether you have those other devices or not, because there are a ton of "Podcasts" out there (on many different subjects), too (I listen to quite a few of them myself, while on the computer).
And you may not know this, but iTunes got its start at Apple from a program I had on my iMac long before iTunes ever existed. It was the best program "out there" at the time, for managing your music on your computer, and I used it for getting my CDs (at the time, back in 1998). And this was long before any iPod or any MP3 player, used by the mass market, came out ... doncha know.
That program was called "SoundJam" and I fondly remember it. At first, I was disappointed to see that SoundJam was not going to be continued any longer, when it was announced (by the owner/developers -- Jeff Robbin, Bill Kincaid, and Dave Heller -- that they had sold the program and were no longer going to sell it). But, when I found out that Apple had bought it and was going to continue development, I knew that program was going to have an excellent future from then on -- and it certainly has, thus far, as iTunes.
A side note here on SoundJam, it was originally distributed by an outfit that distributed other software by individual developers and it was an excellent company -- Casady & Greene. You long-time Macintosh users will probably remember them, fondly.
Anyway, that was quite the thing, way back then, to get your CDs onto the computer to hear it play, in digital format and not have to have your CD handy to put into the slot ... :-). When I was doing that back in 1998, I had no idea about all the rest to come in the future -- what we see in 2010.
Apple has come a long way and has definitely been a "game-changer" and a creator of "new paradigms" by producing wildly successful products, programs and services for the customers.
It's no wonder that Apple has the highest customer service rating in the industry and has such high reserves of cash-on-hand, in their company, even during a Depression (as we're in now) and keeps selling those wildly successful products in the midst of this Depression, and increasing sales... quite amaging!
Look at this -- even during our very dour financial circumstances, Apple keeps doing very well with their wildly successful products that they design, make and sell to the average consumer in this country (and other countries, too...).
Thanks mostly to the iPhone, Apple's cash and investments rose to about $42 billion as of March 31, nearly three-quarters of the tech company's total assets. In six months' time that figure could approach $50 billion, given Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes's estimate that Apple will generate $14.6 billion in free cash flow this fiscal year.
As a banker, though, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs is no Jamie Dimon. Invested heavily in government and corporate securities and commercial paper, based on past disclosures, the money earned an average yield of 0.75% in the December quarter. Apple hasn't disclosed the March-quarter yield.
I think dennisw has issues..........
Yeah, his "main issue" (besides the "comprehensive issue" of hating all things "Apple") is that he had been contstantly making predictions of Apple's sales decline and declining profits during this Depression that we're in -- and -- it just never happened ... LOL ...
The sales keep getting better and the profits keep getting better!
So, he's still trying to "wipe the egg off his face" -- ummm..., I think I still see a bit stuck on there... :-)
My question is when are they finally going to do decent multithreading on iTunes. There is no reason that converting a movie to iPhone/Touch format should make the user interface slow and unresponsive. And the convert only uses max 100% of the 200% I have available, while other video converters use around 160+%.
Window’s Media Player uses lots of resources but it doesn’t keep on trying to get me to deploy it to open up all my audio and video files.
Well, after Windows stole the Apple code and tried to incorporate some of the guts of QuickTime into their media code on their platform, and "got caught red-handed" -- they were never able to produce good code again, and they simply lost out to QuickTime...
But, that's typical for Windows... stealing from everyone else. Only in this case, they got caught red-handed and they had to "pay" for their crime, doncha know ... :-)
The JesseJobs gang will never get a dime from me ...
LOL ... in case you didn't know -- (and for those who might think iTunes is something you have to buy ...) -- iTunes is a free program, distributed directly from Apple's website and can be used simply to manage your CD collection and just listen to music on your own computer, even if you don't use anything else from Apple (i.e., you don't have iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad).
You can also listen to a huge number of Podcasts that are freely available in the iTunes Music Store. No need to purchase anything. You can also use the iTunes Music Store to simply listen to clips of some music (for free, of course), and see if you like what you hear and if you want, get it in CD, yourself, at a store near you (no need to get it in digital format, in the iTunes Store) if you don't want to.
It's a good "resource" that way, to just "look up" some current music, all in one spot and see what a clip sounds like. That's also something handy for people.
Anyway, all that is free to use from Apple ... no money needed ... LOL ...
What a deal!
And I thought MS had a lot of updates.
And I thought MS had a lot of updates.
You oughta be glad that Apple fixes things and continues to do feature-improvements, to boot... :-)
That's a sign of a energetic and viable ecosystem of products using this software. Be very wary of some company that doesn't do anything for a couple of years on some software and you never hear from them ... LOL ...
Of course, no one makes you do the upgrades either, for anyone who wants to stay with the software version that they're using right now. You're not required to do the upgrade in order to continue using your current version... it won't "explode" or anything ... :-)
And most of the updates are quick and painless.
Apple Releases ITunes 9.1.1
By Dan Moren, Macworld.com
If you've been dealing with some iTunes glitchiness, then it's time to launch Software Update and rejoice. Apple on Tuesday released iTunes 9.1.1, a fix-filled update to the company's media software.
Don't look for much in the way of new functionality in this version. According to Apple, the update addresses several stability issues with the VoiceOver accessibility system, a usability issue with VoiceOver and Genius Mixes, problems converting songs to 128kbps AAC files while syncing, and other sundry stability and performance niggles. There's also a version for the 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista and Windows 7 that deals with a third-party software conflict that could cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit.
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Yes they are... hardly needing to do anything ... just grab a cup of coffee, take a few sips... and it’s all done. :-)
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