Apple today released iTunes 6.0.1. With iTunes you can preview, buy, and download over 2,000 videos on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. To watch purchased videos, you must have Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
iTunes 6.0.1 features several stability improvements over iTunes 6.
After purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store with iTunes 6 or later, you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to iTunes 6.0.1, Apple’s notes state.
iTunes 6.0.1 is currently available for Mac OS X users via Software Update (12.8MB). Download locations on Apple.com are not yet updated to include iTunes 6.0.1.
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Again an update!
MDN word = changes …
In the Voice of the Unreal Annoucer:
HOLYSHIT!!!!
And now, Apple, after all the iTunes and iPod related news, time to get back to business on the OS X front… 10.4.3 and those 500 bug fixes, if you please.
Another day – another iTunes
Hey, video experts… if I were going to take some of the concert footage I have on DVD, break it into songs, and put them into iTunes, what would be the best format/size? Should I go ahead and “export to iPod” and use the .m4v files? That seems like a huge reduction in quality from the original, but the filesize is great. Opinions?
Hey progeny, the file size may be small on those videos, but I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the quality.
What’s this? Video on an iPod?
I was waiting for this!
Given the problems with iTunes 5.0, I wasn’t in a big hurry to download iTunes 6.0.
Since I don’t have an iPod (I have no need) and I don’t buy from the iTunes store (ditto), I may not download 6.0.1 any time soon either.
Of course, if I do it will clear the Software Update “new Software is available for your computer” list
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if you cut your concert footage in qtpro you can then export to ipod then drag and drop to itunes. you maybe able to edit the footage in imovie also. i don’t know if you can export to ipod from imovie. i did export starwars: revelations to ipod and it came out rather well.
G3s are now officially out for video, I guess. I was afraid that was coming, eh?
I hadn’t been able to watch most videos on my G3 since quite a while back. It doesn’t handle QuickTime 7 so good, I suspect.
:sigh:
This sounds like some DRM issues are involved:
“…you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to iTunes 6.0.1, Apple’s notes state.”
Does it mean 6.0.1 music downloads won’t work on earlier versions?
Hey gwm, get a Quad G5, you won’t regret it!
NO, NO, NO!!!
They’re supposed to release iTunes 7.0 today!! How is Apple going to get to iTunes X if they keep dawdling on these software updates????
/irony
Whatever happened to the non-invasive Software Updates that were promised for OS X 10.4 Tiger, which would have allowed most updates to NOT require a restart?
I’m using Tiger and did not have to restart to install this update.
Get a Quad, eh? Cute. heh … send money?
err .. does anybody know when we’ll get sub-categories back in iTunes in the Podcast searches? I miss them badly. They were appearing before and were very useful, particularly when searching the International podcasts. They used to list International podcast sub-categories by language and sometimes by country. I was keeping track of the number of podcasts from each language/country, but that’s now gone.
grrrr …
no restart needed here
Hey progeny… I’d go download Handbrake. It gives you more control of your file sizes, etc in converting video to your iPod, PLUS it is a lot and I mean a lot faster than Quicktime Pro in converting your files.
Apple will have to change their name to Applewire at this rate.
I’m not sure I like the sound of having to upgrade all of the Macs in the house to 6.0.1. Does anyone know SPECIFICALLY what they changed that mandates that?
G3s are now officially out for video, I guess. I was afraid that was coming, eh?…
Gwm, steady. The G3 ain’t dead yet. I have a G3 iBook and yes it is slooow to convert but you can still watch stuff. Quicktime is stuttery on my machine but get VLC (cheaper than a G5, it’s freeware) videolan.org. It plays 99% of every format you can think of. None of this helps if you want to view on the new iPod though. Just set up a project overnite and it should be done by morning.
daniel,
Unless you have 500 macs in your house I don’t see it as a major problem. But yeah if it’s not gonna offer any benefit why bother. If it still plays your music it’s fine. Wait a couple of months for the next iPod to come out and upgrade to iTunes 7 when it happens.
Say, Pete H .. cool!
The read me for that VLC player says not to expect too much from a low end G3. Regardless, you are right about it .. VLC is indeed doing a pretty good job on video files that had been choking both Quicktime and iTunes on my G3 600. Great heads-up. Thanks a bunch!
qka- you could set the software update program to ignore the iTunes updates as they turn up. Have a look in the menu. You know! that strip of words’n’stuff at the top of the screen.
Well, iTunes 6.0.1 broke my winblows pc.
It won’t install, it killed quicktime, and now I can’t roll back to 6.0 either. yikes.
I’m going to try the stand-alone quicktime and see if that fixes it, as quicktime is at the root of the problem.
It seems like all the websites that announce these ‘updates’ don’t make any effort to let us know what’s different in the update- what is actually improved. They just parrot the company press release. So what’s the point of this website or any other posting the update if there isn’t some substantive information on how the update might affect you?