Old computer can't download new itunes

Question

I have and old iMac and I can't download the new version of itunes and I can't get the shuffle to work on the old version. It comes up under devices and then says to restore it. When it is restored and the computer restarts it doesn't come back up on itunes. Any suggestions???

Answer 1

deggie wrote:
No, they don't want to force you to do anything. If you want to stay with a 4 and a half year old OS you are free to do so. Just be careful when you buy any hardware or software to read the minimum requirements and make sure they will work with your computer. If they won't then don't buy them. There are still people out there using OS 9.x.x. They don't write here asking why they can't buy and use an iPhone.
I am fed up of hearing this, for some software it is true - Apple does good by pushing forward and leaving old hardware or old software behind and helps advance technology faster by cutting loose ties with the the things holding it back.
However don't go kidding yourself that this is a technologically limiting situation, this is Apples agenda, a purely superficial limitation - no of course they have no obligation to keep the software that manages ipods working on a 4 year old system, but it will **** off alot of consumers and takes little effort to keep at least the features relevant to syncing new ipods of iTunes 10 backward compatible to a reasonable extent - OS 10.4 is not a million miles different to OS 10.5... iTunes 10 works on windows XP which is 4 years older than OS 10.4 , is a completely different OS and requires much more work to get all of the features working.
The decision of cycling out 10.4 support for new ipods is hardley a technical one.
My sister has been caught in this situation... having been bought a new £40 ipod shuffle her ppc mac which runs 10.4 cannot sync the device, Apple don't sell OS 10.5 anymore and the cheapest on amazon is £125
For someone who buys or is given a £40 device - do you really think they are going to have the latest and greatest mac? or be willing to spend 3 times the price of the device to make their computer compatible?
I suggested that my sister use another family members older pc from the 90's that uses windows XP to sync her iPod instead - all they are doing to people with older macs is forcing them away, don't assume everyone with a mac is stinking rich - one of the top 3 things most mac users say as a reason for buying mac is their longevity (from both a hardware and software point of view) - it's difficult to justify that longevity when apple want to ignore every model and OS they release that is not current.