Hi Tim, Do as Carlo has suggested.
. NOTE: In the following process, do not touch the iTunes folder inside your user Home directory's Music folder. You need to keep this as it contains all your media and settings. Likewise, there is no need to delete any iTunes preference files. We simply need to remove and reinstall the iTunes application itself: 1. Download the latest version of iTunes from http://www.apple.com/itunes/. Do not install it yet though - first we need to delete the existing iTunes app. 2. Open a finder window, click on "Applications" in the side bar and find the "iTunes" app within the applications folder. 3. Drag the "iTunes" app to the Trash 4. Click and hold the Trash until the "Empty Trash" option appears, then click on "Empty Trash" 5. IF you get an error message saying that the Trash cannot be emptied because "iTunesHelper" is in use, do the following steps. Otherwise, proceed to step 6. 5a. Open a finder window, click on "Applications" in the side bar and find the "Utilities" folder within the applications folder. Open the "Utilities" folder, locate the "Activity Monitor" app and launch it. 5b. Under the "Process Name" column in "Activity Monitor", find the "iTunesHelper" process, click on it to highlight, then click the red "Quit Process" button at the top. (hint: you can sort the processes alphabetically by clicking on the "Process Name" column heading itself) 5c. Repeat step 4 to empty the Trash 6. Install the latest version of iTunes that you downloaded in step 1. After doing this, you will no longer get the annoying "allow incoming connections" popup every time you launch iTunes Sent from Ronni's iPad On 30/11/2010, at 9:53 PM, cm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > My iTunes copy also developed that very same problem where on startup it > keeps asking for permission to connect to the internet. In my case the > problem was that my copy of iTunes was no longer signed and thus the > fire-wall continually sought my permission to allow it to connect to the > internet. Various utilities can cause this problem by deleting a file from a > signed bundle and thus invalidating the signature -- e.g. a application that > saves disk space by removing PPC executables from universal binaries. > > The fix for me was simple enough I deleted my copy of iTunes from the > Application folder, downloaded a new copy from the Apple site and reinstalled > it. > > http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ > > All my iTunes preferences and settings were preserved. > > Hope this works for you too, > Carlo > > On 2010-11-30, at 21:28, Tim Law wrote: > >> >> Brilliant Ronni, >> >> iTunesHelper wasn't installed in System Preferences. >> It is now and it DOES work as expected. I appreciate your time. >> >> Not sure if this has been part of the problem, but each time iTunes opens I >> get a message up asking if I want the application to accept incoming network >> connections. I always click Allow. >> When I have checked in System preferences, Security, Firewall, Advanced I >> find that iTunes is set to accept incoming connections as I thought it >> should be. yet I still get this message >> >> I deleted the setting from the system prefs, then reinstated it, but with no >> change. >> >> This doesn't appear to affect the iPhone syncing, but it is slightly >> annoying having to click the Accept box all the time. I have Little Snitch >> installed, but have turned it off as I found it annoying. I'm wondering if >> that has turned something off somewhere. >> >> Tim > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
