Shame: New Apple iTunes 7.1 STILL not fully Vista compatible

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Wednesday, 07 March 2007 23:28

Opinion and Analysis

- Ejecting an iPod from Windows Explorer or the Windows notification area (system tray) using the "Safely Remove Hardware" feature may corrupt your iPod. To always safely eject an iPod, choose Eject iPod from the Controls menu within iTunes. If your iPod becomes corrupt, selecting your iPod in iTunes and clicking Restore in the iPod's Summary panel should return your iPod to a working condition.
- iTunes may display text or graphics incorrectly on your screen. Resizing the iTunes window should correct this issue.
- Contacts from Windows Address Book may not sync with iPod.
- iTunes remains unsupported on 64 bit editions of Windows, including Windows Vista and Windows XP x64.

Apple’s advice on upgrading to Windows Vista:

If you are upgrading from Windows XP or 2000 to Windows Vista prior to the next release of iTunes, here are a few steps that will improve your experience when syncing your iPod or playing iTunes Store purchases once upgraded to Windows Vista.

- Deauthorize all iTunes Store accounts.
- Perform a clean install of Windows Vista (highly recommended but not required).
- Upgrade to iTunes 7.1 or repair iTunes using the iTunes installer if version 7.1 is already installed.
- Open iTunes.
- Choose Authorize Computer from the Store menu in iTunes.