Apple bumps iTunes to 10.4.1

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:52

Your IT - Entertainment

At least some of the issues facing users of iTunes 10.4 have been fixed with another update.

iTunes 10.4 was released just over a month ago, largely to take advantage of OS X Lion's full-screen app capability. But various problems were soon reported, among them the need to relaunch the program in 32-bit mode to play certain older media files. The problem was that iTunes 10.4 required QuickTime to play those files, and that only worked in 32-bit mode.



That shortcoming still exists, but iTunes 10.4.1 fixes certain other issues. The media keys on some third-party keyboards should now work consistently with iTunes, adding adding artwork to songs and videos shouldn't cause problems, iTunes shouldn't hang while purchasing an HD movie, and the program should open as normal after the Mac wakes from sleep.

Apple has also addressed unspecified issues with VoiceOver support in iTunes.

The Windows version of iTunes has also been updated. The Mac update is available via Software Update (a 12MB download if you're already on 10.4), or you can obtain the complete installers (90MB for Mac, around 78M for Windows) from Apple's support site (the 64-bit Windows version is here).