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Does anyone use last.fm (Scrobbler) and do they have a app that can scrobble on Catalina with iTunes (so not the Music app) so far none I tried work..
Looks like the broken AppleEvents is preventing scrobbling apps from working.
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It would be really useful if you could add apps to this pane:
Hi there!
I'm writing from Germany; and it is a long time ago when I went to school... so sorry 'bout my bad english. I installed 10.15 and than I recognized, that I'm not able to burn a CD of my Audiobooks. While using iTunes, I created a playlist and chose audio-CD or -mp3-cd - and it works. So now I was so happy to find this manual for using iTunes with Catalina, but I still have a problem:
iTunes can't be started, because there comes a pop-up-window which says "can't read iTunes Library.itl" and asks me if I want to get a newer version... So what can I do? Or does anybody knows how to burn an Audio-CD with "Books"?
Thanks for answering!
I'm writing from Germany; and it is a long time ago when I went to school... so sorry 'bout my bad english. I installed 10.15 and than I recognized, that I'm not able to burn a CD of my Audiobooks. While using iTunes, I created a playlist and chose audio-CD or -mp3-cd - and it works. So now I was so happy to find this manual for using iTunes with Catalina, but I still have a problem:
iTunes can't be started, because there comes a pop-up-window which says "can't read iTunes Library.itl" and asks me if I want to get a newer version... So what can I do? Or does anybody knows how to burn an Audio-CD with "Books"?
Thanks for answering!
Read:
Code:
sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "select * from access where service='kTCCServiceAppleEvents';"
Code:
sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access values ('kTCCServiceAppleEvents', 'com.edysoft.FlacTunes', 0, 1, 1, '??', NULL, 0, 'com.apple.systemevents', '??', NULL,1571402310);"
sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access values ('kTCCServiceAppleEvents', 'com.edysoft.FlacTunes', 0, 1, 1, '??', NULL, 0, 'com.apple.iTunes', '??', NULL,1571402310);"Delete:
Code:
sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "delete from access where client='com.edysoft.FlacTunes';"It doesn't seem to make FlacTunes work properly, but have fun with it
PS: SIP must be disabled.
Done it. I changed the iTunes Library.itl into iTunes Library.itl_old and installed iTunes again - it works
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Which brings me to the next question... how did you manage to uninstall the app Music? I hate it that it opens for everything and it just kills my vibe
Thanks again and it's pretty much you @bogdanw who got us all old iTunes users happy with the Catalina update!
That's pretty sweet! I am trying to get BitPerfect working with iTunes... Did something similar to what you are mentioning here but nothing is shown in the list. Does that mean that I have to restart my Mac to get that working?View attachment 870516
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Write:Code:sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "select * from access where service='kTCCServiceAppleEvents';"
Code:sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access values ('kTCCServiceAppleEvents', 'com.edysoft.FlacTunes', 0, 1, 1, '??', NULL, 0, 'com.apple.systemevents', '??', NULL,1571402310);" sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access values ('kTCCServiceAppleEvents', 'com.edysoft.FlacTunes', 0, 1, 1, '??', NULL, 0, 'com.apple.iTunes', '??', NULL,1571402310);"
Delete:
Code:sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "delete from access where client='com.edysoft.FlacTunes';"
It doesn't seem to make FlacTunes work properly, but have fun with it
PS: SIP must be disabled.
Which brings me to the next question... how did you manage to uninstall the app Music? I hate it that it opens for everything and it just kills my vibe
Thanks again and it's pretty much you @bogdanw who got us all old iTunes users happy with the Catalina update!
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I didn't uninstall Music and I don't think it's a good idea to do so. It is considered a system app and removing it can cause errors.
However, for the purpose of testing BitPerfect 3.2.0, I did delete it and its Music folder. BitPerfect doesn't recognize iTunes, even after selecting the iTunes music folder. I don't think BitPerfect will work with iTunes in Catalina because the app has been recently updated to look for Music.
iTunes12.8.dmg
Okay it finished with an error
Must I use one of the specific versions as mentioned ?
In the first post of this thread I included links to updated scripts that work on Catalina final version
iTunes 12.6.5.3 & 12.8.2 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-12-6-5-3-on-macos-catalina-10-15.2184518/post-27807492
iTunes 12.9.5.5 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-12-6-5-3-on-macos-catalina-10-15.2184518/post-27843550
I've installed iTunes on Catalina, but I'm having an issue when trying to get iTunes to sync my iPod. It keeps asking me to restore my iPod, then I get the error "The iPod could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1433)." Then after the iPod resets, my MacBook says "iPod in Use: This iPod is in use by another user on this Mac." has anyone else had this issue?
Never mind. I found this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/has-anyone-gotten-an-ipod-shuffle-2nd-gen-to-work.2196567/
EDIT: The script below does not work on a new Mojave install. Try:
- with SIP enabled and keeping iTunes 12.9 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-12-6-5-not-working-in-mojave.2142646/post-28061792
or
- with SIP disabled, iTunes only https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...tible-with-macos-mojave.2143244/post-27613162
- with SIP disabled, full iTunes install https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...tible-with-macos-mojave.2143244/post-27234821
iTunes 12.9 will remain in place for Apple to update, start iTunes12.6.app from /Applications/ and create a new library.
- with SIP enabled and keeping iTunes 12.9 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-12-6-5-not-working-in-mojave.2142646/post-28061792
or
- with SIP disabled, iTunes only https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...tible-with-macos-mojave.2143244/post-27613162
- with SIP disabled, full iTunes install https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...tible-with-macos-mojave.2143244/post-27234821
Try this script in Mojave
Code:
set theDMG to choose file with prompt "Please select iTunes dmg file:" of type {"dmg"}
do shell script "hdiutil mount " & quoted form of POSIX path of theDMG
do shell script "pkgutil --expand /Volumes/iTunes/Install\\ iTunes.pkg ~/tmp"
do shell script "hdiutil unmount /Volumes/iTunes/"
do shell script "cd ~/tmp/iTunesX.pkg;" & "cat Payload | gunzip -dc |cpio -i;" & "ditto ~/tmp/iTunesX.pkg/Applications/iTunes.app ~/tmp/iTunes.app;"
do shell script "plutil -replace CFBundleGetInfoString -string 'iTunes 13.6.5.3' ~/tmp/iTunes.app/Contents/Info.plist"
do shell script "plutil -replace CFBundleShortVersionString -string 13.6.5 ~/tmp/iTunes.app/Contents/Info.plist"
do shell script "plutil -replace CFBundleVersion -string 13.6.5 ~/tmp/iTunes.app/Contents/Info.plist"
do shell script "plutil -replace CFBundleVersion -string 'iTunes 13.6.5.3' ~/tmp/iTunes.app/Contents/version.plist"
do shell script "plutil -replace CFBundleShortVersionString -string 13.6.5 ~/tmp/iTunes.app/Contents/version.plist"
do shell script "ditto ~/tmp/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunes12.6.app"
do shell script "rm -rf ~/tmp"
display dialog "Patched iTunes12.6.app was copied to /Applications" buttons {"Ok"}
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Any idea how to fix an issue with syncing music over to my iPhone? I was able to install 12.8.2 on the latest version of Catalina. However, when I try to sync my music, it selects about 1/3 of my library and will not sync any of the other music... Would appreciate any help!
What model of iPhone?
You can try to install iTunesAccess:
- download the pkg from http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...o46hniuyttg61e1ozp4xcmuhufh5/iTunesAccess.pkg
- disable SIP (reboot into Recovery, csrutil disable in Terminal and reboot)
- mount system as writable with sudo mount -wu / in Terminal
- install iTunesAccess.pkg
You can re-enable SIP (reboot into Recovery, csrutil enable).