Finally Updated to iTunes 7

You may recall that September 20th of this year, I suggested that you should not be the first to take new software updates -- let others see if there are problems. In this case, I was speaking of iTunes 7, as many people were having problems (and on Apple's Discussions forum) with the popular software. About a month ago, I finally installed iTunes 7 on the PC that I did not sync with.

The new software seemed to work well, but I had no reason to update my PC used to sync my 3rd generation iPod. Yesterday, I finally took the plunge -- 3 months after my warning. Everything seemed fine, the software loaded fine, my iPod seemed to sync okay too. This morning though, I found a problem -- I no longer had Podcasts listed as an option in the playlist. Fortunately I could scroll through recently added songs and find my podcasts.

Tonight I reconnected my iPod, found the Podcast tab on the iTunes sync screen, and specifically synced all podcasts. Now I do not know whether it was coincidental or a required step, but my Podcasts option in the playlist reappeared.

Am I happy with the new iTunes? Yes, I like it much better. Am I happy I waited? Definitely, having my favorite podcasts every day is more valuable than a new version of software. Next time software you use has an update available, wait and see if there are bugs to be worked out before updating your own version.

NOTE: If you are a Windows user, do not follow this rule -- you should immediately update Windows when Microsoft releases new patches; ideally your machine should be configured to do this automatically. The chance of being without your computer due to a rare problem with a patch update is better than compromising your machine and/or data to an unknown hacker.

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