iTunes 4.7 - Unfix for the "Fix"!

Colin Dunstan · 11-03-2004, 03:40 AM

Thanks to BoingBoing (love you guys!) for reporting how to do a small binary patch to enable iPod download again for iTunes 4.7:

It turns out that Apple's system for disabling the plugin uses a blacklist of disallowed iTunes additions in the iTunes binary. If you open the binary in a hexadecimal editor, like HexEdit, you can find the area where Apple has inserted the string "iPod Download" in its blacklist and simply replace the text with something else (in fact, I think you could probably just change one character) and your iTunes's original functionality will be restored.

The origin of the hack appears to be Hardmac.com.

Alexander Turcic · 11-03-2004, 04:22 AM

So except for bad press Apple didn't achieve anything with it. Engagdet also wrote a cool step-by-step instruction how to get back your files stored on the iPod.

Colin Dunstan · 11-03-2004, 08:52 AM

It won't come easy in future. I just read at the Inquirer that Apple threatened the creator of iPodDownload and his web-hosting company until he agreed to withdraw the plug-in:

Specifically, we have learned that unauthorized Apple iTunes® software
code is being used in a computer program called "iPodDownload 1.0". The
material is currently available for download on the wildbits.com web site,
hosted by your company, at the following URL: http://www.wildbits.com/ipoddownload/

Colin Dunstan · 11-06-2004, 08:55 AM

... his web-site doesn't distribute iPodDownload anymore, but that doesn't mean the author isn't supporting the tool anymore. In fact, you can download a newer version (v1.1) from this Bit Torrent link:

http://www.lokitorrent.com/download.php?id=54589

11-03-2004, 03:40 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	iTunes 4.7 - Unfix for the "Fix"! Thanks to BoingBoing (love you guys!) for reporting how to do a small binary patch to enable iPod download again for iTunes 4.7: It turns out that Apple's system for disabling the plugin uses a blacklist of disallowed iTunes additions in the iTunes binary. If you open the binary in a hexadecimal editor, like HexEdit, you can find the area where Apple has inserted the string "iPod Download" in its blacklist and simply replace the text with something else (in fact, I think you could probably just change one character) and your iTunes's original functionality will be restored. The origin of the hack appears to be Hardmac.com.

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11-03-2004, 04:22 AM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	So except for bad press Apple didn't achieve anything with it. Engagdet also wrote a cool step-by-step instruction how to get back your files stored on the iPod.

11-03-2004, 08:52 AM	#3
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	It won't come easy in future. I just read at the Inquirer that Apple threatened the creator of iPodDownload and his web-hosting company until he agreed to withdraw the plug-in: Specifically, we have learned that unauthorized Apple iTunes® software code is being used in a computer program called "iPodDownload 1.0". The material is currently available for download on the wildbits.com web site, hosted by your company, at the following URL: http://www.wildbits.com/ipoddownload/

11-06-2004, 08:55 AM	#4
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	... his web-site doesn't distribute iPodDownload anymore, but that doesn't mean the author isn't supporting the tool anymore. In fact, you can download a newer version (v1.1) from this Bit Torrent link: http://www.lokitorrent.com/download.php?id=54589

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