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iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waste-of-bandwidth-and-time dept.

eakthecat writes "Hot on the heels of the 4.8 release, Apple has released the next version of its popular iTunes jukebox software. Version 4.9 incorporates several new features, most notable of which is podcasting. The front page and iTunes webpages have not been updated yet, but you can get your greedy little hands on it or through the new podcasting link in the music store! !"

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  1. Re:Annoying installer by natrius · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Is anyone else annoyed that their is no real Windows "updater" for iTunes, and each update basically requires iTunes to reinstall, sometimes clobbering my settings that tell Quicktime to stop bothering me?

    You mean you can't just apt-get install itunes?

    Oh wait... neither can I. But apt-get install pymusique is even better.

  2. Re:Podcasting mainstream? by ThatsNotFunny · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Especially the technological advances in the prescription painkillers industry. ;)

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  3. As Mr. Incredible says ... by thinkfat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's psychotic! They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity ...

  4. Re:Think the rock hit your head by aaronl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple is not some kind of perfection here. Their Windows software is terrible. They break their own UI conventions and make software that looks different from everything else. They clutter the screen with crap and make their software incredible heavy.

    iTunes is a great example of this. It had more features a year ago than it does now. Taking stuff out because "the home market doesn't use it" is not a good idea for customers. Apple is not right for doing it. Apple is not what Slashdot pretends it is. It's just another company.

    People don't bitch about WMP not having sharing because it never had it, and isn't intended to. You could always just share the folder and be done with it.

    There are alternatives that do all the things that Apple removed. Most of them are better than iTunes. You can even do multicast audio out of some of them.

  5. Re:Podcasting mainstream? by mmkkbb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Gee, two recent consecutive very non-trollish comments modded -1 troll! I wonder if someone is stalking me!

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