One of the biggest victims of Vista’s ongoing incompatibility problems has been iTunes. Apple have announced that a new compatible version will be available ‘within the next few weeks’ but in the meantime, have issued advice to help minimise problems. Apple concede that iTunes 7.0.2 may work for many users using Vista but recommends that they wait until
the new version is released. So far, a number of issues have been reported by Vista users that the release will rectify.
One of the most annoying has been that users who purchased music from the iTunes store have found that when upgrading to Vista from Windows 2000 or XP, they suddenly find the music won’t play. iPod users have been particularly hard hit. According to Apple, those that have the ”Enable Disk Use’ turned off may be unable to manage their device properly using Vista. What’s worse, using Vista’s ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ option can actually corrupt your iPod. It is strongly recommend that users select ‘Eject iPod’ from the ‘Controls’ menu in iTunes to avoid running the risk of this.
To prepare for the new release, Apple has also issued a series of recommendations for those upgrading to Vista to minimise any such problems. These include Deauthorizing all iTunes accounts, Enabling disk use on all iPods, and uninstalling the old version of iTunes. Finally, once users have installed the new version, users should select ‘Authorize computer’ from the ‘Store’ section in iTunes.
