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Muckraker · 03-20-2012, 10:25 AM

AHA! I may have thwarted Apple with my expert hacking skills. I went back to the Itunes Producer download page to see if there was anything I missed. There were no links to old versions, no version history, no acknowledgment that any version exists prior to 2.6.

I right-clicked the file location for the 2.6 download and pasted it in a new browser window. I changed the 2.6 in the link to 2.5 and got a file not found page. Curious. I pasted in 2.4 and bang the .dmg file starts downloading. I start experimenting and find that I could download version 2.5.1 in the same manner.

I click the 2.5.1 and it starts installing. The system requirement screen comes up and lo and behold it requires a minimum G4, 512MB, and OS/X 10.5.8--just like I remember. It says for "optimal performance" I should use an Intel processor. Click, click, click. ITunes Producer 2.5.1 is now installed on my Mac.

I have no clue why this handy information is totally unavailable on the web. News flash to Apple: When you update an application you include a version history and if you still have usable older versions available you--you know--make a freaking hyperlink somewhere. Between this "hardware upgrade encouragement," the price-fixing scheme they had set up with big publishers, and their slave labor in China I'm beginning to wonder if Apple is as benevolent as people make it out to be.

Anyway, for other owners of completely obsolete and useless Mac equipment--the stuff so old and weak and pathetic it cannot handle the simple upload of an EPUB file--here are some of the version links I verified. If I could find a version history I'm sure there would be more:

https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...ucer_2.2.1.dmg
https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...ucer_2.3.1.dmg
https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...oducer_2.4.dmg
https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...ucer_2.5.1.dmg

Hopefully Apple keeps them up even though their forced-upgrade plot has been foiled. And if you don't believe me that this is a completely intended scheme on their part then just Google the older links above. I Googled the 2.2.1 hyperlink and the top hit is an archived post here at Mobileread. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/arc.../t-101960.html
The three other hits in the entire world are old Itunes Producer PDF manuals...

Tuesday To Do List:
1. Laundry
2. Grocery Store
3. Thwart evil plot of largest company in the world.

03-20-2012, 10:25 AM	#6
Muckraker Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 2409168 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle	AHA! I may have thwarted Apple with my expert hacking skills. I went back to the Itunes Producer download page to see if there was anything I missed. There were no links to old versions, no version history, no acknowledgment that any version exists prior to 2.6. I right-clicked the file location for the 2.6 download and pasted it in a new browser window. I changed the 2.6 in the link to 2.5 and got a file not found page. Curious. I pasted in 2.4 and bang the .dmg file starts downloading. I start experimenting and find that I could download version 2.5.1 in the same manner. I click the 2.5.1 and it starts installing. The system requirement screen comes up and lo and behold it requires a minimum G4, 512MB, and OS/X 10.5.8--just like I remember. It says for "optimal performance" I should use an Intel processor. Click, click, click. ITunes Producer 2.5.1 is now installed on my Mac. I have no clue why this handy information is totally unavailable on the web. News flash to Apple: When you update an application you include a version history and if you still have usable older versions available you--you know--make a freaking hyperlink somewhere. Between this "hardware upgrade encouragement," the price-fixing scheme they had set up with big publishers, and their slave labor in China I'm beginning to wonder if Apple is as benevolent as people make it out to be. Anyway, for other owners of completely obsolete and useless Mac equipment--the stuff so old and weak and pathetic it cannot handle the simple upload of an EPUB file--here are some of the version links I verified. If I could find a version history I'm sure there would be more: https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...ucer_2.2.1.dmg https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...ucer_2.3.1.dmg https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...oducer_2.4.dmg https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itun...ucer_2.5.1.dmg Hopefully Apple keeps them up even though their forced-upgrade plot has been foiled. And if you don't believe me that this is a completely intended scheme on their part then just Google the older links above. I Googled the 2.2.1 hyperlink and the top hit is an archived post here at Mobileread. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/arc.../t-101960.html The three other hits in the entire world are old Itunes Producer PDF manuals... Tuesday To Do List: 1. Laundry 2. Grocery Store 3. Thwart evil plot of largest company in the world.