ITunes is needed to get you to load Safari and Quicktime if you are not paying attention to the alrady selected options during an update. :)
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > Can’t Apple products finally sync over the air yet? Didn’t they announce > that not too long ago?**** > > Is iTunes still even needed?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:16 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????* > *** > > ** ** > > Regardless of the issues of streaming, let me fill you on on some things > about Apple products - especially when related to iTunes: They are worse > than Adobe.**** > > ** ** > > 1. Their update process can break easily, more often on 64bit. I'm not > saying it common, but its easy. And its not easy to fix. IME it > frequently requires a manual wipe of some kind.**** > > ** ** > > 2. They cache all of their installation files. Just like what Adobe > Reader and related products do, they save/store install files of every > single downloaded "upgrade" that they process (firmware as well). As well > as multiple backups of devices that are attached/synched, and other crap. > If you are space-strapped, and have finite backup/sync windows - your > processes can be seriously impacted.**** > > ** ** > > I've seen backups impacted by 10GB of older/cached upgrades of Apple > products per user. It just keeps growing over time until you manually > delete it. I've been a bit of a backup whore recently, so this in turn has > made me a disk-space analyst as well. I am extremely annoyed with Apple, > Adobe, and Quickbooks especially. Some of it can be easily compensated for > with scripts. Some of it, not so easily scripted without non-builtin tools. > > -- > Espi**** > > **** > > > > **** > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM, justino garcia <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > iTunes removal has come up in our office. > > What is norm are you allowing iTunes on the network? > > -- > Justin > IT-TECH**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
