Apple issues iTunes 10.4.1 performance and stability update

Apple has made available a minor update to iTunes that fixes a variety of bugs discovered in the release of iTunes 10.4, such as unresponsiveness when purchasing HD rentals and longer-than-expected launch times.

The new iTunes 10.4.1 update is available from System Update and Apple's download page, which lists a 90.26MB Mac Universal Binary package as well as two Windows versions, one for 32-bit editions and one for 64-bit systems.

Apple's update notes for the new release lists the following improvements:

Fixes a problem where the media keys on some third-party keyboards work inconsistently with iTunes
Addresses issues with adding artwork to songs and videos
Resolves an issue which may cause iTunes to become unresponsive when purchasing an HD movie
Fixes a problem where iTunes may take longer than expected to open after waking your Mac from sleep
Addresses issues with VoiceOver support

Apple has separately issued a 10.5 version of iTunes to developers for testing, which incorporates support for syncing with devices running iOS 5.

27 Comments

zindako 468 comments · 15 Years

About 13 years ago

Updating now ;-)

dickprinter 1058 comments · 16 Years

Is there a difference between "fixes", "addresses" and "resolves"?

hiro 2662 comments · 20 Years

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dickprinter

Is there a difference between "fixes", "addresses" and "resolves"?

Yes, unofficially and between the lines.

Fixes means exactly that.

Addresses means they tried and mostly it works, but in some instances it's still broke.

Resolves means the bug is gone, but just as likely the feature went with it.Well either that or the copy just reads better without repeating the same term a bajillion times in a vertical row...

tallest skil 43086 comments · 14 Years

I'm on the newest 10.5.

STILL inexcusably bad at caching artwork and sort order is STILL completely broken when you switch between any two sections of your library.

Come on, Apple; this is absolutely pathetic.

elroth 1201 comments · 18 Years

Originally Posted by Tallest Skil

I'm on the newest 10.5.

STILL inexcusably bad at caching artwork and sort order is STILL completely broken when you switch between any two sections of your library.

Come on, Apple; this is absolutely pathetic.

Not that surprising, given all the mistakes lately with Mac software. They really should clean house and hire good designers in the Mac software department, instead of sending them all to iOS.