iTunes 7.0.2 Special Report: Reverting (downgrading) to iTunes 6.0.5

If you are experiencing major issues with iTunes 7.0.2 (or any iTunes 7.0.x release), you may want to use the following process to revert to iTunes 6.0.5:

Delete the following files:

• The iTunes 7.0 application (located in /Applications)
• com.apple.iTunes.plist (from ~/Library/Preferences)
• iTunes.pkg (from /Library/Receipts)
• iTunesX.pkg (from /Library/Receipts)

Then use the iTunes 6.0.5 (or earlier) installer.

Index:

• Album by artist and year do work with iPod
• Audio distortion
• Crashes/quits while library is updating -- fixes
• Installation problems -- fix
• Language/country erroneously switched
• Long playlists, problems
• Playback problems (songs, videos will not play)
• Permissions changes in this release: Explanation
• Re-launches (uncontrollable)
• Podcasts stored on iPods not displayed properly in iTunes
• Release notes
• Reverting (downgrading) to iTunes 6.0.5
• Screen re-draw problems
• Slow podcast, media downloads
• Video stuttering: pauses, skips, etc.
• Volume Logic still incompatible

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