iOS 6 upgrade - warning

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[Dave2002]

I recently made the mistake of letting my elderly iPod upgrade to the latest version of iOS 6. The next time I went to use it and connected it up to the iMac I got the message that 'This iOS version is not compatible with iTunes 10'. Since I was quite happily using Snow Leopard and iTunes 10 that was a bit of a bombshell as iTunes 10 is much more usable with classical music IMO.

There is no easy way of reverting the iOS back to the preceding version and so if I wanted to continue using my iPod and updating it with music etc then I had no option but to migrate to iTunes 11.

How many hours of music do you have on either your iTunes library or on your iPod?

There are ways of getting all the music/tracks off. However, hopefully you won't need to do that - though beware of resets etc. as mentioned below.

Isn't there a factory reset option on the iPod - though it might immediately try to update back to the latest version as soon as connected again?

Do you actually need Snow Leopard?

I think that iTunes 11 will work with Snow Leopard, so there is probably no need to change the OS if you don't want to.
I use iTunes 11, and it's not so bad, though when it's first installed it doesn't look good IIRC. With a bit of further work it can be made to look similar to iTunes 10. I am sure there are guides to making iTunes 11 more manageable.

I've still got Snow Leopard running on one machine, and I have no immediate intention of upgrading that one. Now that Yosemite has replaced Mavericks I expect more compatibility issues will come to light - will have to wait and see.

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[Frances_iom]

... For there is no way back.

as many have pointed out if you accept being a "licencee at will" of some mega non-taxpaying corporation that will ditch you the monent that a more profitable set of customers come along why moan about it - it is merely to be expected

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[Frances_iom]

I really don't see the relevance or merit of this comment in a technical thread. I'd go to the Politics thread if I wanted to read this sort of guff.

but just look at how many of the posts deal with the consequences of updates, changes to conditions etc imposed on users who have built up certain expectations based on a mistaking one-sided licence conditions for property rights - the whole background of the board is itself based on the imposed changes to R3 upsetting what were the expectations of a possible significant minority of longstanding listeners that 'their station' (in which many including myself had invested significant money in high quality receivers) was no longer attractive.

Yes you can probably work around the latest iTunes 'nonsense' which after all is catering to the profits Apple can derive from selling to a mainly pop music oriented customer base into which the needs of classical music never really fitted - but a better arrangement would be for you to own both the playback equipment and the database(hardware + software) needed to store + locate music - hence my usual suggestions as to Linux (tho of course that is not immune to one sided changes but in general older formats remain supported for considerable periods and the low cost of modern equipment should allow decoupling of your database from any equipment direct connected to the internet and subject to attacks via many mechanisms) - but of course many licensors impose problems in transfer between their controlled equipment and equipment within your own personal control - Richard Stallman pointed out the likely consequences of this over 20 years ago and has been proved correct on many occasions

[MrGongGong]

Only at times? I must improve.

As Frances so eloquently says, the question of getting locked into the clutches of corporations is relevant - especially ones like Apple, flogging over-priced & over-hyped products to people who want to look 'cool' & using paying customers as test beds for their often faulty software & hardware (look at their latest bendy phone, for example).

Actually Apple computers aren't more expensive in real terms and (and I find this painful to say in many ways) they really are better built and more reliable than even the most expensive PC's
Their software on the other hand is appalling, I don't understand why people think that they HAVE to use it ?
Plenty of alternatives about
Thinking that they are somehow the retail branch of Amnesty International and having one makes you morally superior is daft IMV