iTunes 7.7 Installs Unwanted MobileMe Preference Pane In Windows

Edward Kirk · July 23rd, 2008, 01:02 PM

Remember that time Apple was trying to push Safari on people updating their iTunes software? It looks like Apple is at it again. They just can't leave those Windows users alone. This time they're spamming them in the iTunes 7.7 update with an unwanted MobileMe control panel that gives the user the ability to open a MobileMe account. They're none too happy about it, either.

As you may remember, iTunes 7.7 is the version required to use an iPhone 3G or other iPhone running the 2.0 software. Installing the new iTunes installs the new software, without asking for permission or letting the user know what it's doing. Uninstalling iTunes 7.7 won't get rid of it, either. Users have to select "Apple Mobile Device Support from the "Add or Remove Programs" applet in XP or "Uninstall or change a program" in Vista to uninstall it.

It's one thing to spam Windows users about something that is currently fully functional, but worrying about getting more users for a service as shaky as MobileMe rather than trying to get it stable first doesn't make sense.

[via Computerworld]

ScooterMac · **Bad, bad, bad** - July 23rd, 2008, 06:40 PM #2

I have a Windows friend (he does have an iPod)

who wasn't too thrilled about it. I think it is bad business when companies are pushy with potential customers. It's like in life, when someone is pushy with you, aren't you going to be a little "put off" by the whole thing. I would be.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	iTunes 7.7 Installs Unwanted MobileMe Preference Pane In Windows - July 23rd, 2008, 01:02 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Remember that time Apple was trying to push Safari on people updating their iTunes software? It looks like Apple is at it again. They just can't leave those Windows users alone. This time they're spamming them in the iTunes 7.7 update with an unwanted MobileMe control panel that gives the user the ability to open a MobileMe account. They're none too happy about it, either. As you may remember, iTunes 7.7 is the version required to use an iPhone 3G or other iPhone running the 2.0 software. Installing the new iTunes installs the new software, without asking for permission or letting the user know what it's doing. Uninstalling iTunes 7.7 won't get rid of it, either. Users have to select "Apple Mobile Device Support from the "Add or Remove Programs" applet in XP or "Uninstall or change a program" in Vista to uninstall it. It's one thing to spam Windows users about something that is currently fully functional, but worrying about getting more users for a service as shaky as MobileMe rather than trying to get it stable first doesn't make sense. [via Computerworld] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

ScooterMac New Recruit Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bad, bad, bad - July 23rd, 2008, 06:40 PM #2
	I have a Windows friend (he does have an iPod) who wasn't too thrilled about it. I think it is bad business when companies are pushy with potential customers. It's like in life, when someone is pushy with you, aren't you going to be a little "put off" by the whole thing. I would be.