08 February, 2008

Updating non-existent software?

I've got a principle, called the 'least bit' principle. The short form of the 'least bit' principle is that when I get a system, I want to configure the system with the least number of bits required for the required functionality of the system.

So for my Mac, the first thing I wanted to do was eliminate all bits (software) that are not required for functionality as I intend to use the system.

So I dragged iTunes into the trash.

It worked. So I emptied the trash.

That didn't work.

A reboot fixed that problem. The iTunes in the trash went away. All is good. I got rid of unnecessary bits.

So now that I have no iTunes, what happens when I run Software Update? You guessed it. Apple offered to update a non-existent iTunes application.
Annoying.

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