Apple releases iTunes 9.2 -- now iOS 4, iPhone 4 ready
Apple has released iTunes 9.2 for Mac and Windows, which will be required for installing the upcoming iOS 4 update, and syncing iPhone 4. Previously released in beta for the Mac at WWDC 2010, new features include:
iTunes 9.2 comes with several new features and improvements, including:
- Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go
- Sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1
- Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
- Organize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes
- Faster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Hit up Apple's Software Update to grab it, and let us know how it works for you.
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3.5 hours and counting, still restoring etc, what the hell is going on? I up-dated my iMac to OS 10.6.4 AND my iTunes to 9.2 and decided to up-date to 4.0 and the time it is taking is ridiculous. Anyone else on MAC having slow times?
Can't say for the Mac, but the restore was pretty fast on the PC. Of course, it didn't really restore anything... It still had to sync all my media up again. That took a while for 15 gigs.
Hi James, the apple logo is still on my iPhone and the installation bar only about 60% and on my MAC itself, the 'restoring iPhone software is stuck on about 98%!!!!
Not sure whether to try restoring back to 3.1.3 for now? Ah well, it is all such fun lol
It sorta sucks, the multi-tasking, since anything that requires a connection simply doesn't "multi-task". e.g IM apps
Yoicks John. That sucks. I think I'd just let it go for a few more hours though.
JT, I think the apps need to be programmed for the multitasking too, so we're not going to see anything right now.
So far, the most noticeable thing affecting me for iOS4. The list of podcasts scrolls much faster. I've got a ton of different podcasts on my 3G, and it stuttered and "stuck" and didn't scroll smoothly on the last few firmwares. That seems to be fixed now. Still stutters a very small amount, but the scrolling is much faster. It was very annoying before.
The list seems a bit more consistent now too. It's broken up alphabetically by the podcast name (so A, B, C, etc). In the previous firmware, it would sometimes display that way, and sometimes just give a straight list (it was inconsistent).
Not seeing much else changed in the music/podcast area.
zim2323, Holding shift while clicking update/restore doesn't seem to work for me either. Using Win7 Pro 32-bit. Tried running itunes as administrator with no luck. Anyone else have any other suggestions?
@James
I recall blogs say that can't integrate the multi-tasking into apps like IM etc...
FYI... I loaded up my Mac OSX 10.6.4 virtual machine with iTunes 9.2 and installed the update. Was able to do a direct update from the file. Not sure why it's not working for me directly in Windows. Ah well, it worked flawlessly. The update took less then 15 minutes total with 15gb of data on my 32gb 3GS. I got my preorder done in-store at 10am on Tuesday, so I'll be ready for the 4G come next week. Can't wait.
Oh, and for those of you with IM worries, take a look at IM+. It keeps IM clients online for up to 7 days (paid version, 2 hours on free). I've got 2 MSN, AOL, Yahoo!, ICQ, MySpace, Facebook, Jabber, GoogleTalk, and Skype accounts all connected. It pushes notifications for incoming messages and can even be configured for pushing those to email. Anyways, check it out. For $10, can't beat it. http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=im
Thanks again for everyone's help!
just did a software update, though it installed itunes 9.02, updated my iphone 3g, and now it does not recognize the sim, as its now emergency calls only. added to this it seems to have wiped any recent sync updates. even worse the safari update causes the screen to flash, and cannot type anything into google window, or even the browser window... help this is serious!
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Tried running itunes as administrator with no luck. Anyone else have any other advise