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iTunes 7.7.1 released: no relief for iPhone-related bugs
Posted 30 July 2008 @ 10pm in News
Apple has released iTunes 7.7.1, which is accompanied by the usual dearth of change data, through Software Update. Release notes state only “iTunes 7.7.1 includes fixes to improve the stability and performance.” After spending about an hour with the update it’s not clear what if anything changed.
Here’s a quick rundown of initial observations:
- The number of app updates is still not being reported correctly (see our bug report).
- Syncing seems to take longer, and the speed of backups — still glacial — has not improved.
- Photos syncing in iPhoto are still not showing thumbnails, but for unknown reasons, all the photos we took today prior to the 7.7.1 update are showing thumbnails during the photo import. The same is true for photos taken after the iTunes 7.7.1 upgrade. However, photos on the iPhone taken prior to today still show up only as outlined boxes with no photos inside even though all the photos import properly.
- Apple TV remote pairing may have been affected by the update. We had to re-pair our iPhone 3G and iPod Touch to out in-house Apple TV. At first, the Apple TV would not see the remotes. If you encounter this problem, reboot the Apple TV by shutting it down with the remote by pressing and holding pause/play for six seconds. The white power light will go off. Next unplug your Apple TV wait 30 seconds and plug it back in. It should reboot. Try the Remote App again and/or re-pair the iPhone/Touch with the Apple TV as needed. The Apple TV should see the “remotes” again.
- A potential improvement: when the iPhone is syncing the “Info” tab no longer appears to lose the selected settings for syncing contacts, mailboxes, etc.
Feedback? info@iphoneatlas.com.
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7 Comments
Posted by lost_cause_000
31 July 2008 @ 6am
All i will say about apple itunes. i had so many problems with itunes that i gave my ipod away and i refused to help any problem to do with or cause by itunes software other then format and reinstall the OS.
Also i will never buy a iphone for this same reason.
Posted by lost_cause_000
31 July 2008 @ 6am
sorry i cant edit
Posted by mokeyz
31 July 2008 @ 8am
After downloading 7.7.1 I with great trepidation I connected my 2G iPhone to iTunes and it only took 3 hours and 20 minutes to sync. Hell of an improvement Apple!
The update did fix one problem that I only recently started having which was that even though it would spend hours syncing it was not showing apps, music, or videos on the info chart in iTunes - now it does show that there are various types of data on the phone.
This is crazy!
Posted by dirtbagg
31 July 2008 @ 12pm
No problems with 7.7.1 here.
Same outstanding issues though: slow backups and application updates bogus.
Dirtbagg
Posted by teuffy
1 August 2008 @ 1am
Same outstanding issues
+ removed my music
+ applications installed arent running anymore
Posted by Vicw1
1 August 2008 @ 8am
7.7.1 Definitely fixed a serious problem with Calendar appointment syncing to Outlook. Prior to the update, appointments created on the iPhone, and synced via iTunes to Outlook would not be visible in the Day/Week/Month view in Outlook, but could be seen in the List view.
Posted by daniel4510_dotmac
1 August 2008 @ 10am
This morning iTunes informed me I had 3 iPhone app updates available. I checked to see which 3, and ALL my applications appear in the list. So I don’t know which ones require updating. My iPhone, meanwhile, says all my applications are up to date. Too bad all app developers don’t show the version number on their opening screens–some do–so that it would be easier to tell what if anything needs updating.