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Q: How do I revert to iTunes 10.7?

Having encountered manifold problems with iTunes 11, I'd like to revert to v. 10.7.  When I uninstall 11 and install 10.7, the error message tells me it ain't gonna work because I have an iTunes Library.itl file from a later version of iTunes.  Can't deny that.  Anybody know how to perform this procedure and avoid that?

Posted on Apr 6, 2013 5:23 PM

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Q: How do I revert to iTunes 10.7?

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  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Apr 6, 2013 6:35 PM in response to pdel
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    Apr 6, 2013 6:35 PM in response to pdel

    You can restore much of the look & feel of the previous version with these shortcuts:

    • ALT to temporarily display the menu bar
    • CTRL+B to show or hide the menu bar
    • CTRL+S to show or hide the sidebar
    • CTRL+/ to show or hide the status bar (won't hide for me on Win XP)
    • Click the magnifying glass top right and untick Search Entire Library to restore the old search behaviour
    • Use View > Hide <Media Kind> in the cloud or Edit > Preferences > Store and untick Show iTunes in the cloud purchases to hide the cloud items. The second method eliminates the cloud status column (and may let iTunes start up more quickly)
    • If you don't like having different coloured background & text in the Album view use Edit > Preferences > General and untick Use custom colours for open albums, movies, etc.

     

    If you still feel the need to roll back to iTunes 10.7 first download a copy of the 32 bit installer or 64 bit installer as appropriate, uninstall iTunes and supporting software, i.e. Apple Application Support & Apple Mobile Device Support. Reboot. Restore the pre-upgrade version of your library database as per the diagram below, then install iTunes 10.7.

     

    RestorePrevious.png

     

    See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to scan the media folder and catch up with any changes made since the backup file was created.

     

    tt2