![]() ![]() Luckily, it's not too tough to downgrade from iTunes 11 back to iTunes 10.7 (the last version to be released to the public)-as long as you're willing to use a little elbow grease. I often hear from Ars readers wondering how to get back to a previous version. If the above description fits you, you're not alone. Although Apple is certainly proud of its new mini player, "Next Up" interface, and album view, some iTunes users simply miss the old version and want to roll back. OK, so perhaps iTunes 11 wasn't quite that hyped. I think iPhone 8 requires 12.It has been nearly four months since Apple released iTunes 11 with its "dramatically simplified user interface" that was meant to change users' lives and make us all billionaires. I think iPhone 8 requires 12.7, but earlier models are good to goĪs to sync with iOS devices, I have my phone and ipad both on iOS11 and can backup and sync through 12.6.2 just fine. It will tell you the macOS version.Īs to sync with iOS devices, I have my phone and ipad both on iOS11 and can backup and sync through 12.6.2 just fine. Next, in Pacifist, go open System -> Library -> CoreServices folders. In there you will find the version number of iTunes. It will unarchive and show you the contents of the plist. Use the "View Files" icon on the toolbar of Pacifist. ![]() Open the arrow next to Applications and find iTunes at the bottom of the apps list. This will show you the internal components of the installation. Right-click on the installer and select "Show package contents" Find the SharedSupport folder and open it. It is possible to look inside the HS installer to see what iTunes will install (taken from elsewhere): I did it this way as I was concerned a clean install of Release might land me with 12.7. I have iTunes 12.6.2 after a clean install of the GM then upgrade to Release. * I've digged it from 12.7 install pkg with Pacifist Rm -rf /Library/Documentation/Applications/iTunes/Acknowledgements.rtf /Library/Documentation/iPod/Acknowledgements.rtf /Library/Frameworks/amework/ /Applications/iTunes.app/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ /System/Library/CoreServices/UAUPlugins/ADIUserAccountUpdater.bundle/ /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Library/MobileDevices.bundle/ /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ /System/Library/Extensions/AppleMobileDevice.kext/ /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUsbEthernetHostĪfter doing that you must replace the iTumes library file from backup and just reinstall 12.6.2 downloaded from Apple iTunes support page. So with that, if one upgrades or clean installs High Sierra, can you downgrade only the iTunes component? Has anyone with the public Betas or the GM tried that? And if so, what were the results? This is not a good move that Apple has made. If you have a Mac hardwired (read: ethernet) to your router, you'd get much faster speeds (1Gbps to even 10Gbps, depending on the router and pipe coming in)! Plus, you lose a centralized place to manage your apps, backups of your iDevices, and redundancy of those backups (Time Machine). This not only kills anyone without a huge data plan (some apps are pushing 1GB!), and WiFi speeds are not fast enough to carry that type of download without taking a considerable amount of time. I don't like the idea of having the apps removed from iTunes, and being stuck having to download everything directly to your phone or iPad. High Sierra has some huge advantages for me to warrant doing the upgrade/clean install on my MBA.
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