Downgrade/Uninstall iTunes on a Mac

by lightmaster on Jun.01, 2009, under Guides

The Info

Why would you want to uninstall iTunes, especially if you’re on a Mac? Because Apple is constantly trying to prevent jailbreaking. The latest version of the iTunes 8.2 pre-release rewrites the way that your computer communicates to your iPhone over USB, effectively breaking every program that talks to your iPhone over USB. On a PC, its really easy to downgrade iTunes just by uninstalling the current version and installing an older version. On a Mac its not so easy. Thankfully, MuscleNerd figured out how to completely uninstall iTunes on a Mac.

The Process:

  1. Close iTunes and any programs that use iTunes.
  2. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
  3. Copy and paste this command into Terminal and then press “Enter” (The command is all one line)
    “sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DeviceLink.framework /System/Library/Extensions/AppleMobileDevice.kext /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iTunesAccess.framework /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreFP.framework /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework”
  4. Restart you computer
  5. Download iTunes 8.2 pre-release from the Downloads Page
  6. Install the older version of the iTunes 8.2 pre-release

Thanks to MuscleNerd for this guide.

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    [...] Originally Posted by SBik2 how??? and can anyone help me to downgrade back to the itunes beta where ipcc updating was allowed? I upgraded to the actual 8.2 to see if it fixed the crashing prob. Your on a Mac, right? Follow this guide and, when you get to the last step, install the version of iTunes from beta 4. Uninstall iTunes on a Mac | iPhone/iTouch Guides [...]

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