iTunes 9 64-bit for Windows, but not Snow Leopard?

Apple should be able to handle and deal with this OS

XP64 was retired 4+ years ago (April 2005) and MS ended mainstream support for it 5 months ago (April 2009).
Why should Apple recode software for an old OS if it is no longer sold or made by it's own manufacturer?
That makes absolute zero business sense.

Why isn't MS updating Office for Mac OS 7/8/9 or Windows ME/NT/95?

I haven't seen anyone in this thread advise anyone to get a Mac. Microsoft themselves are saying, and have been saying for quite a while now, "too bad, so sad, get Vista or Windows 7". The architecture for XP 64-bit was, by almost all accounts, "tacked on" to XP and is very different from Vista or Win 7, so providing support for XP 64-bit isn't as easy as some people make it out to be. There were many developers who elected not to develop for XP 64-bit or were unsuccessful in coming up with a reliable version of their software/drivers. Microsoft themselves, though not publicly, discouraged development for XP 64-bit. And since, as Chris pointed out, Microsoft themselves have discontinued development, so it's not likely that you will see any new software coming out for XP 64-bit.

You can comment to Apple about the issue here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

but I think that the chances of Apple every supporting XP 64-bit or making any changes to iTunes to restore the ability to hack iTunes (and QuickTime, which is the underlying architecture that actually does all the playback) onto XP are vanishingly small.

Windows XP Pro 64 is still for sale and is still updated. Companies have yet to mandate to upgrade to Vista and they still make XP versions of itunes for 32-bit systems. I don't understand at all why this is at all an issue.

Isn't there a way to run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit machine?

I'm running 64 bit XP at work, we recently switched. I loved it when I could sync my work calendar as well as my home calendar (Macs at home).

Before iTunes 9, there was a hack to install it, it seemed like running on 64 bit XP wasn't an issue, Apple just doesn't want to allow it.

A co-worker was going to get an iPod touch after seeing mine and he was having issues with his palm syncing. Could have been a sale! Now we are both out!

Follow the directions here. But the problem is that the I-tunes installer calls for the wrong file name so… if you rename the file named “AppleMobileDevice64.msi” to “AppleMobileDevice.msi” it should install. When it says “iPod service failed to start…” run this patch then click “retry” it’ll work fine. Merry Christmas from Lokie!

P.S. Please repost the patch thanks

Here's the patch again, and oh yeah all it does is replace the ipod bin file with the bin file from itunes 8. Merry X-Mas. Please repost the patch someone....

-Lokie

With this patch, does iTunes 9.0.2 work with an iPod Touch?

Hi,

Rapidshare is totally overloaded...if someone could either repost the patch or e-mail it to me, I would greatly appreciate it. phil.minnick at gmail dot com

Thanks,

Phil

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I have followed all the instructions on the http://yukichigai.googlepages.com/iphonex64 page and ran the patch found here http://rapidshare.com/files/323699313/iPodServiceXP_x64Patch.exe.html after completing all the steps. I get an error message that says this :

The iTunes application could not be opened. A reuired iTunes component is not installed. Please repair or reinstall QuickTime. (-45404)

When I try to reinstall QuickTime, it has the same error. What am I missing??