iTunes 4.6 released

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Apple have released a new version of their media player, iTunes, for PC and Mac. Although the release comes with no official changelog, notable features include the support for the recently launched Airport Express hardware (note - also compatible with PCs). Airport Express allows you to wire up your mac to various other audio devices, and output your iTunes songs straight to those speakers. Whats also great is that it has support for multiple devices, so you can easily setup a wireless audio network with your mac.

Asides from this cool new feature, the new release comes with improved stability and reliability, and might also bring into force the new licensing restrictions that Apple had (supposedly) agreed with the recording assocations recently.

iTunes and the Apple music store have so far been a roaring sucess, with the majority of music purchased online done via their portal. Apple claims to have sold 70 million songs so far, and is looking to expand it's stores into Europe and China. The launch is expected to be around June 15th.

View: iTunes Homepage

Download: Download Win / Mac

News source: BPN - thanks ultima

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(6 replies) #1 ambiance on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:15

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! ITUNES!

#1.1 Mav Phoenix on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:17

Thanks for that.

#1.2 ultima on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:32

#1.3 Yvo on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:33

Why post if you have to flame the product. especially if your the first comment.

That's just low... and dumb.

#1.4 ir0nw0lf on 09 Jun 2004 - 21:51

Tell that to all the <insert Microsoft/Mac/Linux/Linspire> haters.

#1.5 TadXP on 10 Jun 2004 - 06:32

Have you ever even tried iTunes, because I never liked anything Mac until I used iTunes and I fell in love with iTunes. I still like Windows, but I have ditched Windows Media Player. Try the program before you diss it.

#1.6 mipra on 12 Jun 2004 - 18:12

hmm...what?

(1 reply) #2 csabo2 on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:18

wow nice worthless post

#2.1 cowabunga on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:32

Take a look at the green button to the right. Its for replies. Dont reply in the main thread....

(1 reply) #3 Mav Phoenix on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:19

QUOTE

with improved stability and reliability

How do you test something like that?

#3.1 Mr magoo on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:23

life long experience testing software my son

#4 macster on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:47

working fine here

#5 altermind on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:55

sweeet

#6 Raum on 09 Jun 2004 - 21:11

omg iTunes! Let's all use it because it's made by Apple!!11

I'll stick with Foobar.

#7 sadatkarim on 09 Jun 2004 - 21:13

downloading now! thanks for teh news!

(2 replies) #8 Rudy on 09 Jun 2004 - 21:17

if only u could use it without having the installer installing Quicktime

#8.1 DreamweaverN on 09 Jun 2004 - 21:48

Well as it uses QuickTime to encode AAC I don't see how. Really, QuickTime isn't that bad. I've had it installed now with iTunes for quite sometime now and I really couldn't be bothered installing QuickTime Alternative. I can still use Media Player Classic to play the files though

#8.2 Zepolcire on 09 Jun 2004 - 22:38

But it messes with quicktime if I already have it installed. It should at least check if you have it already, then install if you don't. At least, that is what happens to me.

(4 replies) #9 MuD on 09 Jun 2004 - 22:47

Apple sux. Windows/Linux are the only worthy O.S.

*ducks for cover*

#9.1 Tripps on 09 Jun 2004 - 23:40

Yeah, cuz we all know you've used it before...

#9.2 wa22guy on 10 Jun 2004 - 00:31

"Windows/Linux are the only worthy O.S."

Didn't you mean worthless for Linux?

#9.3 GamerXtreme on 10 Jun 2004 - 05:38

who cares

#9.4 insanekiwi on 15 Jun 2004 - 16:34

ugh. lol. MuD i never saw you post on teh forums, just on the comments' pages flaming like a troll.

(1 reply) #10 Zepolcire on 10 Jun 2004 - 00:08

Hmmm. Interesting.

#10.1 Jstphish on 10 Jun 2004 - 00:12

Added support for airport express and minor changes. That's all that is said on the Apple site. Actually, reading the discription above would have told you that.

#11 threetonesun on 10 Jun 2004 - 00:44

Today is update everything to 4.6 day.

Nothing big here, not as fun as 4.5 was to upgrade to

#12 n3urotic on 10 Jun 2004 - 01:22

Canada store! Canada store, dammit......

#13 Ivand on 10 Jun 2004 - 02:08

Now i will have to download the 20mb again?

(2 replies) #14 aaron901 on 10 Jun 2004 - 02:58

nice, installing on both platforms now.

the Mac version is only 8.4MB, the PC is 19.4MB. hmm...

#14.1 Mav Phoenix on 10 Jun 2004 - 05:41

The Mac version doesn't come bundled with QT does it?

#14.2 aaron901 on 10 Jun 2004 - 05:54

yes that's right

#15 jymi on 10 Jun 2004 - 09:02

cant say i like this program much, but i like for organising my ipod

(4 replies) #16 Dark Vageta on 10 Jun 2004 - 09:11

have the iomproved the memory useage ?

#16.1 darthfader on 10 Jun 2004 - 12:09

turn off the iPod service if you´re using windows and no iPod for freeing memory

#16.2 jami_welch on 10 Jun 2004 - 15:24

how do you tuen off the ipod service?

#16.3 Sushubh on 10 Jun 2004 - 16:35

run msconfig and disable services.

#16.4 TadXP on 11 Jun 2004 - 07:10

Is there any need to keep the ituneshelper.exe service running, or is it just wasting memory too???

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