| Home | Community | Search | Contribute | Help | About | Old Mac Versions |
|
|
|||||||
| Programs - Articles/ Tips/ Tweaks Need to downgrade to an earlier version? Need particular information about a software? Good articles and tips for older versions. |
 |
|
|
LinkBack (2) | Article Tools | Search this Article |
|
downgrading itunes 8 to 7.x
Published by comets in caves
10-28-2008 |
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
By
help_desk
on
10-29-2008
|
Re: downgrading itunes 8 to 7.x
Uninstall iTunes first: Open your Applications folder, and drag iTunes to the trash Restart your Mac and empty the trash to ensure iTunesHelper is not running and not installed Go to your Music directory and open up the iTunes folder Move iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml to your desktop Install the version of iTunes you've been trying to install Open it up, and go to File > Import Choose the iTunes Music Library.xml that's on the desktop This should rebuild your library/playlists You can now delete those library files on the desktop You should be good to go |
|
|
By
comets in caves
on
10-29-2008
|
|
Re: downgrading itunes 8 to 7.x
cool, thanks I'll give it a try, but before i go for it, as a backup plan just in case something goes wrong, would it work to move my itunes 8 application files to an external hard drive, and if so how would you go about it? or could i always just reinstall itunes 8 and use the same library files if need be?
thanks, Adam |
|
|
|
By
comets in caves
on
10-31-2008
|
|
Re: downgrading itunes 8 to 7.x
ok, so I followed your instructions, tried 7, which was weird, my playlists were all there but the contents within the playlists were only partially, like 60% there, which was odd and not workable. so i went back to 8, everything restored and now tried 6, the last one i could find, following the same steps but within the installer, it says it can't install it because there is 'nothing to install' and when you go to customize, the options are all greyed out with the word "skip" next to each installable option. anyone know what that is about?
thanks, Adam |
|
|
|
By
admin
on
11-01-2008
|
|
Re: downgrading itunes 8 to 7.x
What version of iTunes 6 are you trying to download? The problem with the playlist is not the error in iTunes 7 that means your mmedia might be elsewhere.
Do a complete backup of you music library and then reinstall itunes 7 and see if that works. |
|
|
|
By
comets in caves
on
11-02-2008
|
|
|
Re: downgrading itunes 8 to 7.x
Quote:
itunes 6.0.5, my OS is 10.4.11. my media might be elsewhere, i don't understand what you mean, when I reinstall 8 it all shows back up and works, so shouldn't it work in other versions too? the reason i'm going back to older versions is I'm trying to get back to the one where after burning a CD itunes retains it instead of instantly ejecting it, then enabling you to send the track names to the database. do you know how to figure out when that change was made? |
|
|
|
|
| Article Tools | Search this Article |
|
|
LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.oldapps.com/forum/programs-articles-tips-tweaks/2075-downgrading-itunes-8-7-x.html
|
||||
| Posted By | For | Type | Date | |
| iTunes re-install ratings issue - The macosxhints Forums | This thread | Refback | 02-25-2009 05:37 PM | |
| 'Stuck' Equalizer Problem in iTunes 8.0.2 - The macosxhints Forums | This thread | Refback | 02-24-2009 11:39 PM | |
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Article | Article Starter | Category | Comments | Last Post |
| I checked other forums how to downgrade iTunes but none of them worked for me.... | Briliante | Software Support | 7 | 07-08-2008 04:17 PM |
| Dongrade to iTunes 6 from iTunes 7 | 007 | Programs - Articles/ Tips/ Tweaks | 2 | 05-17-2008 09:42 PM |
| Downgrading itunes | Heppy | Programs - Articles/ Tips/ Tweaks | 3 | 05-17-2008 09:36 PM |
| Need help with iTunes 6.0.5. | wandlight | Software Support | 7 | 10-13-2007 08:22 PM |
| iTunes on Vista | help_desk | Software Support | 0 | 03-09-2007 04:16 PM |
