Reinstalling iTunes 10.5 with OS X 10.5.8

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Reinstalling iTunes 10.5 with OS X 10.5.8

Recently had a hard drive failure. I had the Apple Store reinstall OS X 10.5.8, as I do not wish to have to upgrade all of my business software applications to have a more current Mac OS X. After restoring from my Time Machine, my iTunes (Ver. 10.5) is acting quirky and among other things will not sync to my iPod. I receive messages saying reinstall iTunes; however, iTunes 10.7 apparently will not install with my OS X 10.5.8.

What I wish to do is to reinstall iTunes 10.5, but all download sites, even if they advertise 10.5 downloads, actually attempt to download 10.7, which as I said will not install with my older OS X.

How can I obtain an iTunes 10.5 version to reinstall? Please advise.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iTunes 10.5

Posted on Oct 3, 2012 7:57 AM

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Limnos

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Oct 3, 2012 8:10 AM in response to souldiver

Apple removes almost all old versions from its support site except for a few cornerstone versions. There's iTunes 9, then the last one for pre-OSX10.6 is

iTunes 10.6.3 - http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1575

If you absolutely must have iTunes 10.5 there is this file

http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-2597.20111011.PigVe/iTunes10.5.dmg

It is hidden on Apple's servers and probably not intended for you to download but it is on one of their servers so it isn't a disallowed link to an external server.

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souldiver Author

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Oct 3, 2012 12:45 PM in response to Limnos

Thank you. Installed ITunes 10.6.3 and back up to speed again. Peace...

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