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November 1, 2006

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iTunes 7.0.2 helps shuffle and gets stabler

Posted Nov. 1, ’06, 5:24 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software » Updates

iTunes Rather than get our usual song and dance from Apple about stability and performance improvements in their latest software update, Apple has listed one addition perk to keeping up with the latest and iTunes 7.0.2. It now supports the second generation iPod shuffle that everyone is anticipating so heavily (mostly because it’s November and no one has gotten their grubby hands on one yet).

Are you like me still trying to figure out exactly what the changes between these third digit updates? Or are you still concentrating on my use of “stabler” and that it looks like “stapler”?

[via Playlist Mag]


6 Comments

Tim Author Profile Page said:

I upgraded to this ver. and the iTunes store went to Germany. I had to try to access my account info for it to change back to US. Weird!

November 1, 2006 7:57 AM
Oscar said:

There was a bug in 7.0 and 7.0.1 that I noticed was fixed in 7.0.2. The problem was when I was down to about 7 seconds remaining on the song and hit the back key (expecting the song to start over) nothing seemed to happen. Then the next song started, along with the previous song (both at the same time). I have itunes set to cross fade betweens songs, so I figured that was where the bug was. Anyhow...it doesn't happen any more.

November 1, 2006 9:03 AM
Stacey said:

iTunes 7.0.2 changed my default location to France instead of the United States. Imagine my shock when I open iTunes after updating, and all I see if french content.

November 1, 2006 9:32 AM
Fletcher said:

I got sent to iTunes France after running the update as well. Unfortunately, I was not able to buy any of the songs they don't make available in the US since it redirected me to the US store when I clicked on my account name.

November 1, 2006 11:18 AM
James said:

Ok, my store was defaulted to France as well. This was easy to fix.

My only complaint is that the Windows Version did not update automatically when the Mac version did.

Apple released an "Apple Update" program with iTunes 7, but this program (and iTunes itself) did not detect anything new when I checked for updates. I could only find the latest player through the website.

This is fine, but people need to remember that Apple is striving to make the iTunes experience the same for Windows users and Mac users. This is not necessarily a platform issue, but an Apple issue. I love my Mac, but I live in a dual platform world....

November 1, 2006 6:37 PM
Nicolaj Nielsen said:

I haven't noticed any changes, but it wouldn't let me use my brand new 2G Shuffle that arrived today, until I installed it. By the way, the new Shuffle is SWEEEET....

November 2, 2006 5:22 AM

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