ITunes 9.0: A Quick Fix for Your Headaches. . . .

There is a fix to this problem with iTunes 9.0:
If you’re having problems with songs skipping or being ignored altogether, Apple TV not being recognized, iPod or iPhone not registering correctly, or whatever, then I suggest either spending hours on the phone with Apple support, or simply deleting 9.0 and going back to 8.0. It’s easy enough to do, although the Apple techies will tell you that you cannot do it. I did a search for “iTunes 8.0 for Mac” and downloaded the older version in seconds, and had it up and running like new within minutes. I saved my iTunes Music Library.xml file to my desktop, so I could later import all my playlists again, and that was about it.
Dean

iTunes 9.01 worked for you, but it didn't fix my Powerbook G4. Whilst proceeding to my favorite cigar store in Fair Oaks Mall, I ducked into the Apple Store to ask the experts.
An Apple Store Genius gave me two responses.
RESPONSE 1, The Company Line: "Your iTunes 9.01 is speedy-fast as lightning, you just THINK it's slow, but it isn't slow... it's fast. Apple urges you to change your point of view."
RESPONSE 2, Off The Record: "Apple added lots of extra stuff to iTunes 9.01 that works great on the newer computers with the Intel chips. Just save your iTunes.xml file on an external drive, delete Version 9, download Version 8, synch your iTunes.xml file with V8. The company is moving away from supporting Power G3 and G4 units because the population of G3 and G4 units is declining as folks upgrade to newer Intel models."
He went on to say that, in his opinion, Apple will continue to focus application updates toward Intel units, and blow-off backward compatibility for G3 and G4 units as a sales tool to push the existing user base to toss away their faithful, rugged Power chip units, and buy a new Intel unit.
I am a marketing guru by trade, a guy who helps companies market more effectively to grow sales. As a marketing guru, I would urge Steve Jobs to forsake the G3 G4 user base when updating software, slow their zippy computers to a crawl with each update, and send lots of emails to G3 G4 users extolling the virtues of upgrading to Intel units.
On the other hand, I adore my faithful Powerbook G4 1.5 with 2 Gig of RAM. It's like a teddy-bear to me. It's my pal. Until it breaks, you can have my G4 Powerbook when you pry my cold, dead fingers from the keyboard.

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