Stephen Withers
Friday, 03 October 2008 11:41
Opinion and Analysis
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Software updates from Apple fix various bugs in iTunes 8 and deliver security patches and functional improvements to the Apple TV. It's the second time in less than a month that Apple's updated iTunes.
iTunes 8 was released less than a month ago, and the
previous version of Apple TV was only three months old.
Here's how Apple describes the improvements to iTunes in the release notes:
"iTunes 8.0.1 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
"• Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist.
"• Improves syncing spoken menus to iPod nano.
"• Addresses an issue of deleting HD TV episodes when downloading.
"• Improves checking for updates from the App Store
"• Improves accessibility with VoiceOver.
"• Addresses problems syncing Genius results to iPod."
Nothing terribly dramatic there, unless you buy HD TV shows from the iTunes Store, of if spoken menus was one of the things that attracted you to the new iPod nano (I'm certainly tempted by them).
As of this writing, iTunes 8.0.1 is available via Software Update (Apple Software Update on Windows), but not yet from
Apple Downloads.
Version 2.2 of the Apple TV software addresses three security flaws found in Apple TV 1.0 and 2.1. They all relate to the handling of maliciously crafted content.
What's the nature of the vulnerabilities, and what else is new in Apple TV? See
page two .
