{"id":162,"date":"2008-08-03T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T11:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/razorianfly.wordpress.com\/?p=558"},"modified":"2008-09-09T09:41:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T08:41:25","slug":"itunes-771-sorry-i-can-no-longer-update-your-applications-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/03\/itunes-771-sorry-i-can-no-longer-update-your-applications-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes 7.7.1 &#8211; &#8220;Sorry, I can no-longer Update your Applications. GoodBye.&#8221; &#8211; [Updatedx2]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.tinypic.com\/2m42hhk.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorry, I just had to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>[Updatex2] &#8211; 13.08.08 (9.33am)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the latest security fix for Mac OSX Leopard has completely resolved all update procedure issues with iTunes and iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Go figure?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Update] &#8211; 06.08.08<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; iTunes has now started displaying MULTIPLE versions of each update when accessing the update section of iTunes. Also to note, I can no longer download any applications (never mind update them), to my iPhone through the App Store. I get an alert to the effect of:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;iTunes is unable to download these applications. These applications will be available once you connect to iTunes&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Original Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, whats the problem? &#8211; iTunes 7.7.1.<\/p>\n<p>The recent update pushed by Apple. After updating to it, many users are now reporting serious problems with the application update system, including me. I&#8217;ll walk you through what we&#8217;re experiencing as iPhone and iPod touch users &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, If you don&#8217;t have an iPhone or iPod touch &#8211; thank you for bothering to even read this article!<\/p>\n<p>Now, normally, whenever iTunes gets word there&#8217;s an update for an application you already have in your library, iTunes notifies you pushing a little badge notification beside &#8216;Applications&#8217; on the left pane.<\/p>\n<p>Rather like this:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i38.tinypic.com\/2m786mb.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">iTunes showing that 5 applications need updating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to iTunes 7.7.1, iTunes coped with these updates, flawlessly. When clicked, the user was brought to a page displaying the exact amount of updates needed, and the relevant buttons required to purchase or download these updates, for the applications in question.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 647px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i38.tinypic.com\/wu4276.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Normally clicking the &#39;5 Updates Available&#39; link brings you to 5 updates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is no longer the case &#8211; I too clicked to the &#8216;update&#8217; link today, expecting 5 new updates, as quoted.<br \/>\nThe number of updates that were actually displayed, was quite a bit different to <strong>5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 761px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i33.tinypic.com\/2d85282.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">iTunes showing 97 updates are available, after quoting 5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>97<\/strong>. Yes &#8211; 97 application updates. To get a jist of this problem, that&#8217;s every application I currently own, in my library. So I say, Ok &#8211; I&#8217;ll download them, as they must be newer versions of what I already have &#8211; right? &#8211; Erm, No. What actually happened was iTunes 7.7.1, gracefully, &#8216;Updated&#8217; all my applications (both bought and freely downloaded) in my library to a previous version. For example, it gracefully &#8216;Updated&#8217; Sketches from v1.2 back to v1.1.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not the only one experiencing this. I know this for a fact. There are hundreds upon thousands of people experiencing this, it&#8217;s featured all over the web. What did you change in iTunes 7.7.1 to make this system collapse?!<\/p>\n<p>What is going on here Apple!? &#8211; I mean seriously. iTunes 7.7.1 has completely messed-up the whole updating system for mobile applications. The App Store is now worthless to me, <a href=\"http:\/\/razorianfly.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/01\/apples-app-store-the-hobby-that-will-grow-to-be-worth-in-excess-of-12-billion-by-2009\/\">ironically<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[I&#8217;d love to hear what you think about this &#8211; Drop me a comment below.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re paying iPhone and App Store customers.<\/p>\n<p>Sort it Out.<\/p>\n<p>R-Fly<\/p>\n<hr size=\"10\">\n<hr width=\"100%\" size=\"4\"><\/hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Updatex2] &#8211; 13.08.08 (9.33am) Interestingly, the latest security fix for Mac OSX Leopard has completely resolved all update procedure issues with iTunes and iPhone. Go figure? [Update] &#8211; 06.08.08 &#8211; iTunes has now started displaying MULTIPLE versions of each update when accessing the update section of iTunes. 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