From: Aron Roberts (aron@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 03 2001 - 20:56:02 PST
Apple recently released version 2.0 of iTunes, its digital music
management application. Shortly after its release, some Mac OS X
users reported that all or most of the files on one or more volumes
(other than the startup volume) had been erased following
installation, apparently due to an installer script error.
Apple has just issued the following alert, urging Mac OS X users
who've downloaded iTunes 2.0 to delete the "iTunes.pkg" installer
file and wait for a revised 2.0.1 installer:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/#importantnote
>*An important note for those who have downloaded iTunes 2.0 for Mac OS X:
>
>Apple has identified an installer issue with iTunes 2.0 for Mac OS X
>that affects a limited number of systems running Mac OS X with
>multiple volumes (drives or partitions) mounted. For those systems,
>running the iTunes 2.0 installer can result in loss of user data.
>While this error is highly unlikely to affect most users, Apple
>strongly advises that anyone who has downloaded the 2.0 version of
>iTunes for Mac OS X, as well as anyone who has a beta version of
>iTunes 2.0 for Mac OS X, immediately remove the iTunes.pkg installer
>file from their system. A new version that corrects this issue,
>iTunes 2.0.1 for Mac OS X, will be available for downloading at
>www.apple.com/itunes/download. Users who have already installed
>iTunes 2.0 without incident do not need to reinstall iTunes 2.0.1,
>but they should still immediately remove the 2.0 installer file from
>their system. This issue does not affect users of iTunes 2.0 for Mac
>OS 9.
FYI.
Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group
P.S. The Apple-sponsored discussion group in which these problems
have been reported, analyzed, and debated is:
<http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?50@@.efb9834/0>
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