"Do you want iTunes to accept incoming network connections?"

Hey, Glenn -

Sorry this is off-topic, but I wanted to ask you about some previous info you shared here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1771551

That thread has closed, hence why I tracked you through this thread.

Does this discussion forum have a Private Messaging function or other way to talk off-forum?

Thanks.

Randy Venier
San Diego, CA

Thanks, Glenn.

see my email to you - via the system messaging. Your email address is hidden in your profile.

I'm running 10.5.7 - Leopard as shown in my profile?

Yep, this worked for me.

I ran the Terminal command and got a message that some internal resource was missing. Downloaded the iTunes installer from Apple, trashed iTunes and reinstalled and now everything seems to be OK.

Interesting enough when running the Terminal command after the re-install, I don't get the "Valid on disk" statement, I just get the Terminal prompt again. But, no missing resource message either.

Anyway, seems to have fixed it, guess I'll know for sure in a few days.

Thanks a lot for posting this info. This message was driving me nuts. I tried so many things.

Glad I could end the madness...

Thanks for posting this information. Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes worked for me too. At first I just reinstalled, but that didn't work, so it seems the uninstall is necessary.

Thanks!

Thanks pascalim,

And thanks to that Apple engineer that gave the golden advice of trashing and reinstalling iTunes. I am using Snow Leopard and iTunes 9 now, so it kind of disappointed me that they still not fix that bug in the Firewall settings.
I am still dazzeled though, how it also repaired all my other programs that were generating annoying firewall messages for incoming network connections. Or most likely, it did somehow reset the firewall.
Anyhow, good luck to you all! As the dutch say: bedankt!

Thanks for the tips!

I have just one question: did everyone who had this problem customize the iTunes icon (perhaps with Candybar?). Like I did. ^_^

Because if so, that's what did it. We broke the code-signing. That's why the check from the Apple engineer is to run codesign...

I didn't have the icon customized.

My problem was customizing the iTunes icon too. This fixed the problem though. So thanks!

Question for you Ralfsmithphilom however... did you have any problems changing the mail or iTunes icon with the newest version of Candybar? I had to manually change them and couldn't at all with Candybar.

+Open terminal and enter "codesign -v /Applications/iTunes.app"+

+If the output of this command is anything but "Valid on disk", uninstall iTunes and reinstall it. This fixed my problem.+

Thanks for the tip, that fixed it for me.

Scott

When I ran the command I got an error. I re-installed iTunes and now it works fine.

Exactly, simplicity rules!

+*Here's why this solves the problem:*+

pascalim wrote:
- Open terminal and enter "codesign -v /Applications/iTunes.app"

Note: Using this particular command may output nothing if there are no errors to be found on a signed application.

Explanation: Mac OS X automatically checks applications for signatures when establishing application-specific firewall rules. This way, if the application changes for whatever reason (or becomes compromised), the application will not match the signature that the firewall is aware of. If, for any number of reasons, iTunes (or any other app) becomes altered, the signature will not match the original one the firewall recognizes. Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes will correct the problem.

*Technical stuff*: Technically speaking, the problem exists with the signature of the application, not the application itself. Generating a new signature will also correct the problem. However, there should be a reason as to why the application does not match its signature (eg corruption). This is why a reinstallation is recommended.

I think I narrowed down the problem. I did the simple solution and it worked for me (basically reinstalling iTunes). Then, I fired up CleanMyMac and I did a system clean up. This involved removing the Universal Binaries and extra language files from iTunes.

Guess what? the problem is back again. and now, codesign -v command is giving me the error "missing seal" again.

Apparently, removing the Universal Binaries from iTunes along with the language files (~100 MB in total) results in that firewall pop up message.

Is this a bug? CleanMyMac's fault? Apple's fault? Non of the other Apple software results in that problem btw and yes, I cleaned their Universal Binaries and language files as well.