It didn’t take long for Apple to update the latest version of iTunes: 7.4.1 is already out. This truly is a minor update, as Apple is completely mum on what changed (not even the usual bug fixes statement).
One change that was quickly discovered by the blogosphere, however, was that it disabled the little trick to create free iPhone ringtones, detailed here on iPhone Central. (Turning an AAC file into a compatible ringtone was just a matter of changing the file’s extension to from .m4a to .m4r) The interesting twist, though, is that Joe Maller discovered a workaround: to simply change the extension back to the original .m4a.
It’ll be interesting to watch how this develops. Will Apple want to push out another iTunes revision in the near future?
[via TUAW]
Given that the update forces you to change the changed ringtones back to their original .m4a extension, perhaps 7.4.1 was released to FIX the broken ability to use your own added ringtones.
Just a thought...
And when is Apple going to start using deltas for these kinds of minor upgrades??