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iTunes 8.2.1 breaks Palm Pre sync [u]

updated 02:30 pm EDT, Wed July 15, 2009

iTunes 8.2.1 update

(Updated with Palm Pre and The Missing Sync info) Apple has posted a minor update to iTunes, bringing the software to v8.2.1. Release notes only describe the patch as providing "a number of important bug fixes," as well as correcting an "issue with verification of Apple devices." It is unknown therefore if the update addresses problems with iPods, iPhones, Apple TVs or all three.

The Mac upgrade is approximately 79.1MB, and can be downloaded from Software Update or the Apple website. The Windows version is roughly 85.01MB, due to the bundling of QuickTime video components. Apple notes that the last update to iTunes was released on June 1st, paving the way for iPhone 3.0 firmware.

Update: Less than an hour into the availability of v8.2.1, reports say that it breaks sync with the Palm Pre. The smartphone is unique in being the only third-party option to sync directly with iTunes; it does this, however, by fooling the program into treating a Pre as an iPod. Apple has warned in the past that future patches could disrupt the Pre's sync technology.

Despite the reported problems with directly syncing the Pre with iTunes, Mark/Space has clarified that its software, The Missing Sync, continues to support the latest version of Apple's software. The application can be used to sync music, podcasts and ringtones, while the APIs are said to be approved by Apple.

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byRyan
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07/15, 02:59pm | report spam | close Reply |
issues

"issue with verification of Apple devices."

or better put - makes sure your not connecting a pre!

sgirard
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07/15, 03:17pm | report spam | close Reply |
Finally

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appleuzr
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07/15, 03:24pm | report spam | close Reply |
bwahahahaha

suck it pre.

VinitaBoy
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07/15, 03:26pm | report spam | close Reply |
Make your own . . .

Come on, Palm, be proud and loud, and develop YOUR OWN "preTunes store"! Don't grovel, whine, and live off the scraps of your betters: Spend the time, money, and effort necessary to build your own enterprise model.

Sheesh!

joecab
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07/15, 03:38pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
Pre sync shall return

Watch and see... I just wonder how long this little cat and mouse game will be kept up. Can Apple really come up with an effective way to lock them out for good?

CIA
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07/15, 03:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
Pre sync shall not return

Pre fixes the sync issue, apple breaks it again. Rinse, repeat. For a consumer buying a Pre, how long until the works/broken cycle irritates you enough that you just give up?

hayesk
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07/15, 03:57pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
Wrong way

Pre should just write their own sync software. I'm sure in the long run it'll be easier. They could still grab music and playlists from iTunes - they don't need to write an entire jukebox application.

slapppy
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07/15, 04:00pm | report spam | close Reply |
Good

Palm and Sprint can spend their own R&D, money and time to build their own store. Instead of being a hacker and leaching off the work from Apple.

pt123
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07/15, 05:58pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
why update?

This is fine and dandy for Apple, but is there a good reason why a user with no stake in the Pre should update?

testudo
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07/15, 06:12pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
Re: Good

Palm and Sprint can spend their own R&D, money and time to build their own store. Instead of being a hacker and leaching off the work from Apple.

Um, they weren't leeching off the store. They were just looking for the easiest solution for users to sync their non-protected music to the Palm Pre.

Oh, and if Palm came out tomorrow and said "We're creating our own "iTunes" and "Store" you'd be all over them for providing another 'me-too' service.

LouZer
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DRM

So Apple believed in DRM-free music and touts its advantages, but if someone tries to actually take advantage of this DRM-free-ness, it all of a sudden becomes a problem?

You don't think Apple pushed for DRM-free just because it was in their best interest, and that's all they care about, do you?

iphoneJobsi
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07/15, 07:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
"Personally, i want Palm

"Personally, i want Palm to sync........He Hee!" - Steve Jobs comeback: http://twitter.com/iphoneJobsi

ebeyer
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07/15, 08:18pm | report spam | close Reply |
broken

Is anyone - ANYONE - surprised that Pre syncing was broken with the very next version of iTunes?

ebeyer
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07/15, 08:18pm | report spam | close Reply |
broken

Is anyone - ANYONE - surprised that Pre syncing was broken with the very next version of iTunes?

jasong
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07/15, 08:34pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: LouZer

Apple has done nothing to prevent you from putting your DRM free songs on the Pre, they've just patched the loophole that Palm exploited to use iTunes to do so.

You just as free to do with your music today as you were yesterday. Don't like the way iTunes works? Use something else. With your DRM free music, there is no lock-in.

aristotles
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07/16, 01:03am | report spam | close Reply |
RIM did it the right way

Palm should have written a plug-in for syncing with iTunes using the publicly available APIs rather than breaking the rules and impersonating an iPod. RIM devices can sync with iTunes through an addon piece of software which Palm could have done as well and bundled with the Pre. They took a shortcut and got burned.

resuna
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07/16, 05:58pm | report spam | close Reply |
Bring back Hotsync

Best PDA/handheld sync software ever. Palms hotsync blows the doors off ActiveSync, iSync, and Missing Sync. Hotsync was a complete handheld sync, and supported syncing the same handheld with multiple computers without data loss.

Palm, quit pissing around with these losers, bring back Hotsync.

Mr. Strat
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07/17, 09:48am | report spam | close Reply |
Here's the deal

iTunes was designed for just one purpose - to allow iPod/iPhone users to get music into their devices and organize them easily. It was designed to be used for Apple products only. Palm cheated (and the Pre isn't that great of a phone anyway).

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iTunes 8.2.1 breaks Palm Pre sync [u]

updated 02:30 pm EDT, Wed July 15, 2009

iTunes 8.2.1 update

issues

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Pre sync shall return

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Wrong way

Good

why update?

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DRM

"Personally, i want Palm

broken

broken

Re: LouZer

RIM did it the right way

Bring back Hotsync

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