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Downgrading iTunes 9 to 8

Hi,

I recently downloaded itunes 9 and I really don't like it. I want to go back to itunes 8 but I just can't seem to figure out how to do it. Can anyone help me? I've lost my music before and I'm trying not to risk doing that again. Thanks

Eric

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Posted on Sep 12, 2009 2:32 PM

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Nov 18, 2009 7:04 PM in response to yerfdog123

Me too... iTunes ruined by 9 - beach ball delaying the simplest of moves... So I took GP's great advice and believe I did it well as 8.2.1 is up and running and... STILL BAD.
AM I THE ONLY ONE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ENDLESS BEACH BALL BLUES with 8.2 (something I never had before upgrading to 9)?
It's definitely 8.2.1 and my library is in perfect order - nothing lost, but... no good. SLOWWWW!
Might there be something else I should do in order to get back to the old speed and... being able to use the **** thing?

Nov 19, 2009 1:19 AM in response to fo4ever

fo4ever wrote:
... I cannot believe that Apple would put a stark, white background in the grid view, and then take away the ability to change the size! Why isn't there an option to change the background color? I'm sure NO ONE at Apple has all of their desktop icons on a plain white background! Feedback sent.

...> Thanks again.

(9.0.2) iTunes/Preferences/General/Grid View - choose Light or Dark

Tracy

Dec 20, 2009 8:51 PM in response to GangstaPenguin

I downloaded iTunes 8.2.1 setup, and it says that it is a .dmg file?? Do you know how to open a .dmg file??
thank you!!! 🙂

Dec 23, 2009 3:59 AM in response to whitwhit009

That's Disc iMaGe file for Apple computers. It's of no use to PC's.

Tracy

Jan 17, 2010 1:23 AM in response to yerfdog123

I downloaded the disk image for itunes 8 and my mac says it can't recognize the file type. ***? all you guys did this no problems? why am is my comp not reading it? I'm running 10.5.8. on a powerpc G4 ibook.

thank you for any insight? Does apple not offer people the option of downloading itunes 8 for G4 macs??

Ziggi B

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Feb 2, 2010 2:51 AM in response to yerfdog123

I have downgraded to iTunes 8 - yay!

But... during the time I had iTunes 9 I created some really nice playlists that I would love to keep - many hours work.

Has anybody got any idea how to make a itunes 9 library transferable to itunes 8?

Is there a way to export it from 9 in a way that will work for 8?

PS possibly the biggest problem of itunes 9 is that it will irreparably damage ipod classics!

Feb 2, 2010 6:32 PM in response to whitwhit009

In case you haven't found it yet, here is the link to Itunes 8.2.1 for windows.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL928
Hope this works for you. I'm downloading it now

cv99999

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Feb 24, 2010 9:34 PM in response to GangstaPenguin

Thank You! your solution works perfectly :o)

Kurizi27

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Feb 26, 2010 5:26 AM in response to GangstaPenguin

I have the newest version, and I saw your way of downgrading it. I'm only wondering what will happen to all the songs if I downgrade it...Will they all disappear?

Mar 1, 2010 7:45 PM in response to yerfdog123

Major thanks to GangstaPenguin for the much needed downgrade info!

The second I opened iTunes 9 I lost the iTunes Store. Apparently, it won't work without Safari 4.0.4, which in turn requires an upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5.8 or above. I'm on a school MacBook, and we're all running 10.5.7 just fine the way it is.

Bodie

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Apr 27, 2010 7:17 PM in response to yerfdog123

I tried iTunes 9 last year and hated it. So I went back to 8 on my Mac Pro. Today I thought I would go ahead and "upgrade?" to 9.1.1 on my MacBook Pro. It still *****. I made a clone backup of my MBP hard drive before I did this, so I could go back to 8 that way. But I found GangstaPenguins tip for going back to 8. It worked great. All the things that I loved about 8 that were missing from 9 are now back.

Thanks GangstaPenguin!

Apple, some of your "upgrades", aren't.

May 3, 2010 4:07 PM in response to yerfdog123

thank you GangstaPenguin!

Jan 3, 2012 5:28 AM in response to blondieblue227

itunes is still the biggest lump of turd going.

they can make super fast phones, improve the IOS but itunes is so draconian.

why cant you have more than 1 itunes on 1 computer?

why doesnt the software update work for ipods?

why dont apple understand computers need replacing from time to time and therefore understand that itunes needs to be reinstalled on new machine without the owner losing everything from their ipad/iphone/ipod!!!

it goes against my prinicples but im seriously contemplating jailbreaking my apple products. imagine the simplicity of drag and drop files from pc onto the device. the time and hassle saved. no more "the itunes file wont open as you have a newer version" or "there was an error with the software update" or "when you sync your device you will lose everything youve spent ages putting onto it".

ah....the simplicity is something apple cant get in their heads!

Downgrading iTunes 9 to 8