HT201628 Delete itunes osx
I have recently managed to delte everything from my mac, excluding the programmes installed at the time, this means that all folders associated with the applications have also been deleted, since this i have been having lots of issues with itunes, i have tried to delete to reinstall but get an error messgae saying "“iTunes” can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by Mac OS X"
i cannot install over the top as i already have the current itunes installed, any ideas how i can delete the programe or repair the installation i have on there to install the required folders that have been deleted?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Bradm
Hi Brad...
i cannot install over the top as i already have the current itunes installed, any ideas how i can delete the programe or repair the installation i have on there to install the required folders that have been deleted?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3) < your profile
You can only reintsall apps on Lion v10.7 using Lion Recovery
That reinstalls the Mac OS X as well as iTunes.
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