Poor iTunes 8.2, not even a week and its code has been sifted and (some of?) its secrets laid bare. Apple Insider reveals details including:
radio capabilities along with a corresponding ability to tag songs so that they can later be purchased from the iTunes store additional string shows the ability to change VoiceOver settings to manage [...]
When iTunes 8.2 debuted in prerelease form (for developers running the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware), one of the more exciting features from the back-end perspective was crash logs being made available via iTunes Connect.
Well, Hassan from Inside Redbox Mobile reminded us that, with iTunes 8.2 going into general availability — and into the hands of [...]
Palm faithful rejoice, Gizmodo — via an unnamed source — claims that Palm Pre still syncs with iTunes 8.2 release, same as it reportedly did with the pre-release version.
Meanwhile, Daring Fireball weighs in on the situation again, this time wondering if what Palm is doing is illegal, and if Apple stops it, whether that would [...]
Jeremy already passed along the warning from the iPhone Dev-Team on iTunes 8.2. In case you missed it, they told jailbreakers and potential jailbreakers NOT to install Apple’s just-released iTunes update.
According to their latest Dev-Team Blog post, the reason seems to be:
It breaks your ability to use QuickPwn, PwnageTool, and iPhone Tunneling Suite [...]
Available to developers in pre-release form to coincide with iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 and Beta 5, Apple has just pulled the switch on iTunes 8.2 for everyone. At the same time, they’ve also released QuickTime 7.6.2. Since QuickTime is a core technology to many Apple and Mac components, no doubt other updates (like GarageBand for [...]
Along with iPhone 3.0 Beta 5, which appears to hide away MMS functionality for AT&T, Apple also seeded the second pre-release version of iTunes 8.2, which looks like it blocks editing of the iPhone carrier file. In previous beta releases, developers were able to use the carrier file to enable tethering, something built into iPhone [...]
Ars Technica reports, with some very nice commentary and screen caps from Equivalence (iTunes link) for iPhone, that:
One of the most requested features from developers, automated crash reports, can now be submitted by users via iTunes 8.2. Developers can access the reports via iTunes Connect.
No code is ever perfect, but anything that helps [...]
iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 required iTunes 8.2 Pre-Release to install, and it looks like iTunes 8.2 Pre-Release requires… Mac OS Leopard 10.5.7 in order to sync notes now. Which, of course, is not yet available.
Previous iPhone 3.0 Betas have synced perfectly well under the current Mac OS release, 10.5.6.
A sign of 10.5.7’s immanent arrival? Perhaps. [...]
MacRumors, via a user in their forums, is reporting that iTunes 8.2 could have some Blu-Ray functionality? Check out their post for details.
Steve Jobs famously called Blu-Ray licensing a “bag of hurt” when asked about it previously, but there’s been some chatter to suggest licensing has been somewhat de-hurt-bagged recently. Still, Apple hasn’t announced any [...]
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