Current iTunes users can upgrade by running the Mac's Software Update or the Apple Software Update utility in Windows. ITunes 9.2 can be downloaded for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, or in a version for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, from Apple's site. Previously, Apple has charged iPod Touch owners for major operating system upgrades, but an accounting change it instituted last year allows it to provide iOS 4 gratis. iOS 4 will not be available for users of the first-generation iPhone or iPod Touch, both which debuted in 2007. Like last year, Apple is launching iOS 4 several days before it starts selling the iPhone 4, or delivering pre-orders to customers who managed to make it through this week's ordering fiasco.Īpple made that move then, and repeated it this year, to avoid the 2008 debacle when it released iPhone OS 2 and the iPhone 3G on the same day, a combination that brought Apple's servers to their knees as existing customers clamored for the update and new phones were activated in AT&T and Apple retail stores.Ĭurrent owners of 2008's iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod Touch, and 2009's 3GS and third-generation iPod Touch, will be able to download the free iOS 4 upgrade June 21. At least three of the 40 were accompanied by the phrase "arbitrary code execution" in Apple's advisory, indicating that they were critical flaws that could be used by attackers to hijack a PC.Īpple quashed the same bugs, as well as 10 more, last week in a record-setting Safari update. Of the 40 fixes, 38 are in WebKit, which iTunes uses to render some content. The changes to iTunes 9.2 that Apple highlighted included the ability to sync a new iPhone 4 to a Mac or PC, faster iPhone and iPod Touch backups through iOS 4, and support in iTunes for iOS 4's new folders.Īlthough the iTunes 9.2 update applies to both Mac and Windows PCs, the 40 patches bundled with the new version affect only the Windows version of the player program.
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