iTunes 8.2.1 Released

Miscellaneous Ramblings....

Saturday, July 18. 2009

iTunes 8.2.1 Released

iTunes 8.2.1 has been released. All that the official Apple release notes state is:
iTunes 8.2.1 provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices.


Unfortunately, it seems that it also breaks the ability of the Palm Pre to sync with iTunes. According to the official Apple release:
"iTunes 8.2.1 is a free software update that provides a number of important bug fixes," says Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris. "It also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre. As we've said before, newer versions of Apple's iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with unsupported digital media players."

Palm's response has been to encourage users to use iTunes 8.2 without upgrading to 8.2.1. Palm will apparently also consider other options for syncing music to the Pre.
(For Mac users, there are a couple of options [none of them free however])
Let the tug-of-war between Palm and Apple commence. 8-)



Update (7/24/09): According to TUAW, it looks like the Palm Pre has managed to circumvent the latest iTunes update by reporting that it's USB chipset is made by Apple. :-)

Posted by Colleen Velo in Computers, iPod/iTunes, Mac Comments: (0) Trackbacks: (0)

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