[iTunes] I hate iTunes 8

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Becca wrote:

> for the record, I'm on a PC running Windows XP.
>
> I stayed up til 3 last night so I could set iTunes to download my  
> podcasts in the middle of the night - we have satellite internet,  
> and get penalized for downloads during the day by having them drop  
> us back to dialup (or slower) speeds for 24 hours after we download  
> more than a certain (very low) amount during 24 hours. The time  
> between 3 and 6 am doesn't count.
>
> when I got up this am to check, iTunes was unresponsive, and I had  
> to completely reboot my computer. Now, when I open iTunes, it opens  
> as if a totally new download, with the Genius bar turned on and no  
> library attached - and I had a huge lot of playlists with audiobooks  
> and music! I can't turn off the Genius bar, and when I try to run  
> the diagnostics, iTunes freezes again, and I have to forcibly end it  
> using ctrl-alt-del.
>
> looks like I"m going to have to totally uninstall iTunes and  
> reinstall it... again, at 3am, to avoid the download hit. What a pain!
>
> does anyone know of a safe site to download old versions of iTunes?  
> I didn't have half these problems with iTunes 7 that I'm having with  
> 8. I know there's an apple site where one can download old versions  
> of iTunes, but I can't find it by googling.


IT sounds like your real problem is your Internet access...

Kirk
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