Well, I am pushing my luck here, but, I have 3 backups of my system. Unfortunately, with Lion, Apple doesn't let you delete the iTunes.app file. However, since I do have 3 backups, i decided to take a chance.
I booted up from 1 of my external backups and then deleted the iTunes.app file and the only other file I deleted was the library file called "iTunes Library.Itl yes, I am sure there are good reasons to delete the preference files as well, but, I wanted to see if I could get away without doing it. Next, I installed iTunes 10.3.1 and rebuilt the library. So far, all appears to be well. if there's a problem, I will be able to delete the library and preference files if necessary. Wow, iTunes is back to working normally again. I had forgotten just how much faster it was before. So, if you have a clone or 2 of your existing setup, I urge you to give it a try. On Aug 5, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi Denise > I found this post from Esther! > hth Colin > > Have you tried going to Apple's software downloads site? Assuming you are > looking for laptop distributions, this would be: > http://support.apple.com/downloads/#portablecomputers > Use the web item rotor shortcut VO-U and set the rotor (pressing Up and Left > arrow keys) to Headings. You'll find listings for both iTunes 10.4 and > 10.3.1. > > However, the process of downgrading requires you to also delete files from > your system's /Library/Receipts folder and also the associated preference > file (com.apple.iTunes.plist) in the Library/Preferences folder of your user > account. If you have a Time Machine backup of your older iTunes library, > it's probably simpler to restore iTunes that backup. The reason that you > need to make these additional file deletions is that your system's Software > Updater checks your receipts to determine what version of each application > you are running, what other dependencies that application version needs, and > when you need a new download version. If you "fix" things by hand in such a > way as to invalidate the current system records of what you have installed, > you could run into problems. For example, iTunes uses QuickTime to play and > record music, but that dependency is not something you need to know about -- > unless you break something in the system. The reason you need to delete the > .plist file is because the new version of iTunes may have settings for > features that are not in the old preference file. > > I have not tried rolling back any of my versions of iTunes, but if you want > to try it, I will point you to an appletoolbox.com web page with instructions > for downgrading from iTunes 10.0.1 to 10.0 that outlines the likely steps > you will need to take. I'm going to assume that your iTunes downgrade is > independent of any system update from Snow Leopard to Lion. Here's > theappletoolbox.com web page link: > <http://appletoolbox.com/2010/10/how-to-downgrade-itunes-10-0-1-to-itunes-10-0-get-genius-sidebar-back/> > > I'd be happier if I could find one specifically for downgrading from 10.4 to > 10.3.1, but I haven't read anything that covers that. The old MacFixit site > (before they sold it to CNet and the quality of content dropped) would > probably have covered a topic like that. But it has been two years since > that site was available, and the current site does not cover this subject. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > On 5 Aug 2011, at 16:34, Denise Avant wrote: > >> Hello all, >> i was wondering if there is a way to go back to the previous version of >> iTunes under snow leopard. i am not too happy with this one. so far i have >> found it to be cumbersome and not work as well with voiceover. thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
