iTune 7. is it me or is it rubbish?

[Busabasher]

Why is it, We buy an expensive product like an ipod and then think we can trust the manuactures to make sure it all fits together, But they just let us down?
I have just replaced my PC and loaded up the latest version of iTunes for my 30G player. when I connected it itunes spat out my ipod and baisically said it needs to be reformatted. What a load of Tosh, I had been using it on another PC earlier so knew it was ok. Thankfully I found oldapps.com and downloaded the previous version, Had a problem where the library could not be read, Followed instructions from this thread,
http://www.last.fm/user/Babs_05/jour.../09/13/226524/

<LI class=date>17 Sep 2006, 02:35
Ok - I have downgraded back to iTunes 6.0.5. Here are the instructions:


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First, go into My Documents / My Music / iTunes and see if there is a directory called Previous iTunes Libraries. Open this and find the one with the most recent date and copy it to your desktop.

Now go ahead and uninstall iTunes. Restart if necessary.

Download iTunes 6.05 from here:
http://www.oldapps.com

While you wait for your download to finish, go back into your iTunes directory from above. Look for the file named "iTunes Library.itl" and copy this name. Then delete this file. The file that you copied to your desktop, rename it to "iTunes Library.itl" and move it to this iTunes directory.

Install 6.05 and your music should be exactly where you left it pre-iTunes 7.


If you get stuck (cos I did), further clarification on what file to delete and what to replace:


If you copied the .itl file from 'Previous iTunes Library' to your desktop, you simply need to copy it into your iTunes folder.
I made the mistake the first time of copying it back into the Previous iTunes Library folder, which makes no sense. If you look in your iTunes folder, usually under
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes
there's a file called 'iTunes Library.itl'. THIS is the file you need to replace with the file you copied to your desktop. Rename your file, which would have a date in it, to 'iTunes Library', and replace.

If you followed the instructions in the original post, this should work.

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You should have your old version 6.0.5 back, with the tracks where they should be. Mine all have grey exclamation marks so I will have to manually import each one, but I'm so happy to have everything back, I honestly don't care!




my problem has been resolved thanks to a little digging around on the net, The problem which gets up my nose is, What about the poor sods how dont have a clue how to deal with this, They end up reformatting their iPod and loosing out, Who do Apple think they are releasing untested upgrades into the public domain, How can I object to these people? I have read they will not be sending a patch to correct this as only a few have problems.

Has anybody else had problems?

Anyway if this helps you then its a bonus.
Great site Many thanks
Busabasher

[007]

Hey Busabasher,

Many thanks for posting really nice and easy to use manual to uninsstall itunes 7.X. I receive many PM just to do this. Now I can point everyone to this thread.

[stormkiller]

Dude this is really nice explaination...

Thanks

[paulabelcher]

I was also told from Apple that I would need to clear my harddrive for itunes to work. You have help more then you know!

[shannon]

It's rubbish. Really expensive rubbish, too. I'm really mad at Apple.

Shannon

[OldPower]

Who is not mad at apple for releasing such a crappy iTunes version?? Hopefully, they will make it better when they release iTunes 8!