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September 30, 2006

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Apple’s Software Update for Windows is useless

Posted Sep. 30, ’06, 10:37 PM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Windows

Windows Apple Software Update I’m sure that a few of you are groaning “who cares?”, but this is something I simply didn’t expect. Once I found out that Apple was bundling a version of Software Update with its iTunes for Windows installer, I thought that the days of manually installing new iTunes and Quicktime versions was over.

It’s not. I’ve fired up Apple Software Update on two Windows machines running iTunes 7.0.0 only to get the dialog attached to this post. I questioned myself and started iTunes to see if it was 7.0.1 only to be told that iTunes was out of date. So what’s the deal? Is Apple Software Update for Windows just there to take up space and look pretty?


6 Comments

Erik Haugan said:

I noticed the same.

I haven't tried with an out of date install of QuickTime, though. It may do a better job there.

October 1, 2006 4:28 AM
macnuke said:

err Derik?
isn't it just programed to mimic many of the other MS features?
I mean, you really didn't expect a real feature did you? ;)

October 1, 2006 6:26 AM
wackybit said:

One word: Apple Spyware!

Apple has set foot on Microsoft's camp....

October 1, 2006 6:28 AM
Philippe Azimzadeh said:

Yep, that's exactly what happened to me, Derik. Oh well...

October 1, 2006 8:36 AM
Philippe Azimzadeh said:

@wackybit
Eh...How is "Apple Spyware" one word?

October 1, 2006 1:49 PM
wackybit said:

@philippe
Ok, correction: Two words

October 1, 2006 11:24 PM

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