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Simple workaround for installing iTunes upgrades
Authored by: DavidVH on Jun 22, '04 01:17:48PM
With iTunes on my Apps partition, Apple's iTunes 4.5 and 4.6 updaters (via Software Update) did not actually update the iTunes application. And after the failure of Software Update, downloading the new version of iTunes from Apple and running the installer was equally ineffective, even though it ran without giving any error message. I found a fairly easy solution, though:
  1. Delete the "iTunes4.pkg" file from /Library/Receipts

  2. Download the new version of iTunes at:
    http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes.html

  3. Run the iTunes installer.

Voilà!

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Clarification to workaround for installing iTunes updates across partitions
Authored by: DavidVH on Nov 10, '04 10:27:44PM
In case you're wondering about the previous comment: Yes, you have to download the entire new version of iTunes, not an updater. The download address has changed, too; use one of these instead:

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