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aaron.kilbride

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 65

itunes in windows 7 virtual box?

Ok so i've been reading up on virtualbox... but i am confused on a few things,

1. can you run itunes in windows 7 in a virtualbox. i've seen people do it in xp... but not 7? any success stories?

2. what is the difference between the virtualbox_bin packages in the aur? which should i use?

i am running  virtualbox_bin 3.1.4-3 in arch 64.

lamegaptop

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From: Orlando

Registered: 2009-05-10

Posts: 33

Re: itunes in windows 7 virtual box?

I used itunes in windows 7 via virtual box. I was investigating it so that I could switch my daughter to Linux. It actually worked great. I also used it to upgrade my garmin maps. There's something kinda satisfying reducing Windows to an app running on linux.

I've used the free RC version of windows7 and the copy that I was forced to buy when I bought my Lenovo Thinkcenter. They both worked the same.

You'll want to use virtualbox_bin for the USB support. And watch the USB settings in the virtual machine - I think I had to un-check USB2 for it to work.

Arch 64, by the way, and whatever the version of Virtualbox was about 2 or three months ago.

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anitsua

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Registered: 2009-11-07

Posts: 22

Re: itunes in windows 7 virtual box?

1. iTunes in windows 7 works and runs ok*. I'm running iTunes 9.02 with win7 pro in virtualbox.

2. I don't know... I'm using the virtualbox-sun package for arch32.

* This statement is true for versions of iTunes < 9.03... see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp … 1&tstart=1 for details.

I kept mine working by simply not updating to 9.03, though from what I've read downgrading to an earlier version is possible and is the suggested solution at the moment.

Last edited by anitsua (2010-03-06 01:15:43)

doorknob60

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Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 403

Re: itunes in windows 7 virtual box?

Or, ditch iTunes all together http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/10/ipho … ux-part-2/ No more iTunes for me

Proof:

Last edited by doorknob60 (2010-03-06 03:07:56)

graysky

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Re: itunes in windows 7 virtual box?

@doorknob60 - nice, how much of the setup outlined in that blog you posted are accomplished with pacman/AUR?

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meijin

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From: Israel

Registered: 2009-03-05

Posts: 95

Re: itunes in windows 7 virtual box?

@doorknob60: are you using a jailbreak ipod for that?
if not, can you give the instraction how to do it in arch?

thanks!