Apple has released iTunes 9.0.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 or later, Windows XP, Vista, and the Vista service pack that Microsoft refers to as “Windows 7.”
iTunes 9.0.1 provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
• Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store.
• Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive.
• Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit.
• Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone.
• Fixes a problem sorting albums with multiple discs.
• Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player.
• Improves application syncing for iPod touch and iPhone.
• Genius is now automatically updated to show Genius Mixes.
• In iTunes 9.0, a buffer overflow exists in the handling of .pls files. Opening a maliciously crafted .pls file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking.
iTunes 9.0.1 is available via Software Update or via standalone installer.
More info and download links here.
No it’s not any snappier!
oh, but of course it is! i hope it fixes my podcast weirdness i was seeing.
Glad they finally fixed the random crashing. I’m pleased.
It still crashes all the time, I haven’t been able to sync my iPhone since 9 came out.
WTF?
Just as I get used to using option-click to get the mini player, they switch it back!
I’m really happy about this…
MDN MW: “Lot” as in: “A lot of people said it was a feature, but I knew it was a bug!”
It’s very SNAPPY! Glad to have that little green button doing the thing I’m used to.
Still can’t Option-click the arrow next to an album to isolate that album – I hope they fix it, It was a really nice way to select just one album from the list view, It goes to the album in the store but what good does that do when I have the album already?
The people who said the green button was fine when they changed it are jerks. Thank God Apple fixed it to switch to the Mini Player again!
HHmm. On a recent thread, I tried to console some grumpy poster by telling him that Apple had simply standardised the iTunes mini player window behaviour with the rest of the OS. Looks like I was wrong.
Oh, well, like the posters above, I prefer it back the way it is in 9.0.1.
SUCK! I hate the mini player zoom “feature”.
My one click mini-player is back. I’m so happy I could just cry.
Weird. Software Update didn’t pick up on any new software for my computer.
Wow. And Palm hadn’t even cracked 9.0 yet.
My multiple disc albums were sorting weirdly and it was annoying the hell out of me! Installing now – I hope the update does what Apple are saying it will do.
iTunes 9.0 would zoom the window when you clicked the “ZOOM” button. This is what 99.9% of apps do and this is what iTunes should do. Hold the option key if you want non-standard behavior NOT when you want standard behavior. Simply, the Zoom button should zoom the window. Apple fixed iTunes inconsistent behavior after years of ignoring their own design recommendations. Now Apple has reintroduced this wacky ‘zoom to mini” mode in 9.0.1, addressing the correct behavior like it was a bug.
Is the iTunes team even invited to the interface design meetings?
Another iTunes? When will it end?
@sandifop: Don’t be such a design wonk.
iTunes worked the way it did for nearly forever. People liked it that way. When people like an exception to the design, you keep the exception to the design.
To throw out a feature nearly universally approved, just because it doesn’t fit some design template, is just being anal.
And really, why would you need to “zoom” the iTunes window? The “zooming” didn’t even work right. The little green button had gone from one of iTunes nicest features to totally useless.
——RM
Does anyone else think that the iTunes stores new design looks alot like the Apple TVs interface.
Apple sucks.
“iTunes worked the way it did for nearly forever. People liked it that way. When people like an exception to the design, you keep the exception to the design.”
That’s why a lot of people stay with the aggravation of Microsoft software, instead of using something simpler and more intuitive. Your argument buys you nothing.
Hmmmm,
Am I the only one who cares about the Visualizer? It hasn’t been updated in a year or more. . . . And actually, I much more preferred the old one. The new floating orbs were very interesting, . . . for almost three minutes. Then they became irritating.
I really can’t make many more observations, since I haven’t bought my new Mac Pro or MBP or iPhone, . . . . . . yet.
“Am I the only one who cares about the Visualizer?”
Probably. It was amusing when it first appeared, but time, and drugs, move on. Although it will keep babies quiet, I’ve noticed.
@ Wade,
You let your baby use your Mac while it’s doing drugs?
@ Sir Bill Gates – While the Mac is doing drugs, or the baby?
…oh, and yes, this iTunes update finally fixed the sorting problem for multi-disc albums, yay! (I’d just finished importing the “Message in a Box” Police boxset, so this update arrived just in time for me.)
@ Gabriel,
The closest thing to drugs on a Mac would be installing Windows. Talk about a bad trip!
And CNET would have you belive iTunes 9.0.1 is to fix a critical flaw that could have left users open to hackers.
“Apple has shipped iTunes 9.0.1to fix a critical security hole that puts Mac and Windows users at risk of computer takeover attacks.
The vulnerability could be used by hackers to launch code execution attacks via booby-trapped “.pls” files, Apple warned in an advisory.
The skinny:
* Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted .pls file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
* Description: A buffer overflow exists in the handling of .pls files. Opening a maliciously crafted .pls file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking.”
CNET talking about a none existant bug fix again?
Still sucks. iTunes 9 is horrible…the interface and the bugs.
My fav company is looking more and more like Microshat everyday