Apple has released a new version of iTunes that ties into a beta incarnation of the company's just announced iCloud web services. iCloud doesn't officially launch until the fall and many of its services won't be available until then, but the new iTunes – version 10.3 – provides access some of the tools announced yesterday under …

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Tuesday 7th June 2011 18:12 GMT David Kelly 2

No Click-Through User Agreement

First time in a forever I have upgraded iTunes and didn't have to go through at least one layer of agreeing yet again to the User Agreement, or two or three.

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1. Tuesday 7th June 2011 19:24 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  RE: No Click-Through User Agreement
  
  Don't worry it's still there, just try accessing the iTunes Store.
  
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2. Tuesday 7th June 2011 19:24 GMT jonathanb
  
  There was for me
  
  I had to agree to one on my MacBook. My PC is currently saying no update available, so I can't comment on that until the update is fully rolled out.
  
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Tuesday 7th June 2011 20:23 GMT Chris 3

Yer what?

"With iTunes 10.3, all items you purchase from the iTunes store to be automatically downloaded to your other Mac and iOS devices running the app."

I'm running iTunes 10.3 on a Mac and I've just tried grabbing the free single of the week and a free iBook. Neither have magically appeared on my iOS device, presumably because the functionality won't be baked in until iOS 5.

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1. Wednesday 8th June 2011 08:31 GMT cpf
  
  You've gotta flip a switch on your device's settings panel
  
  It's under "Store."
  
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  1. Wednesday 8th June 2011 11:32 GMT Chris 3
    
    Many thanks
    
    Nuff said.
    
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Tuesday 7th June 2011 20:23 GMT cloudgazer

alas not quite as advertised

So far we can't download all purchases, it's limited to Apps, Books & Music within the USA - and only Apps and Books outside the USA.

I'm really hoping they extend it to video, and outside the US soon - but I guess it will depend on the media firms.

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Wednesday 8th June 2011 08:37 GMT Myopic Aardvark

Stupid small print

I was a bit disappointed last night, as the "US Only" part of it was kept in the small print.

Hoping that by the time Mobile Me is discontinued at the end of June, we will have a global iCloud.

Otherwise, it's another case of "Global" being west coast of the USA to the east coast of the USA (plus some tiny islands elsewhere).

Really disappointed that the news agencies and certain sites who report technology news (ahem), didn't point out this rather important part of the announcement (it was the first question asked after the discussion, from what I've now read!)

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1. Wednesday 8th June 2011 09:50 GMT Adam T
  
  That's June 2012
  
  (Just in case you misread the release)
  
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2. Wednesday 8th June 2011 09:57 GMT Snapper
  
  This June?
  
  I think you'll find that's June 2012 if you look carefully!
  
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  1. Thursday 9th June 2011 08:42 GMT Myopic Aardvark
    
    Ah right
    
    Thanks for that - yes, I did misread it. Even longer to wait then.
    
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Wednesday 8th June 2011 08:44 GMT Fred Flintstone

I want to check this first..

So far I have stayed well away from any "service" offered by any provider who is very keen to get their hands on my contacts - until I can be sure my contacts are not uploaded to some nebulous cloud service with no constraints on abuse it's not going to happen here..

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1. Wednesday 8th June 2011 09:32 GMT David Cantrell
  
  Pointless title, which must contain letters and/or digits.
  
  I too worry about uploading my contacts and diary to Teh Clowd, but not because of security. I worry because it's not clear whether I'll be able to later easily extract all my data and move it to another platform.
  
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