Weird D/L Bug in iTunes 9
12 September 2009 // Filed under Apple + Applications + iTunes
I’ve just run into what I believe is a pretty serious bug in iTunes 9. A bug which just about prompted me to throw my computer out the window.
I’ve been trying to download the newest version of MobileNavigator from the iTunes Store (trying being the operative word as I’ve been at it since it’s release). It has a few features which take the turn-by-turn navigation app to the next level.1 Because I live in what many people would call the sticks, I have to use an insanely slow and unreliable ISP with a max download speed of 1.5 Mbps. The newest version of MobileNavigator weighs in at 1.44 GB, and when also trying to download HD versions of Lie to Me from iTunes on my home server, these things take a while. I can take that. But after 2 days of utter slowness I decided to pause the HD downloads simply so I can finish the MobileNavigator download and be on with it. All was well with the world until I unplugged the power supply from my MacBook Pro (yes it had plenty of battery) with just under 1 minute remaining in the download, and POOF!
My download, mysteriously, started over. You know, from the beginning. So after 2 days, one interrupted internet connection (which had already prompted the download to start anew rather than continue where it left off), and a nearly finished 1.44 GB download, I have exactly nothing to show for it except for 3 hours remaining in my downloads list in iTunes.
Thanks Apple.
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1. A couple of the new features of MobileNavigator include iPod controls within the app and text-to-voice.
2009-09-12 :: Christopher Williams