Apple iTunes 10.5.0.142

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Apple released iTunes 10.5.0.142, for both Windows x86 as well as Windows x64.

What's new in iTunes 10.5:

  • iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores your music and TV purchases in iCloud and makes them available on your devices anywhere, any time, at no additional cost.
    • Automatic Downloads. Purchase music from any device or computer and automatically download a copy to your Mac and iOS devices.
    • Download Previous Purchases. Download your past music, TV, app, and book purchases again, at no additional cost. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they are no longer on the iTunes Store.
  • Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.
  • Wi-Fi Syncing. Automatically sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes any time they're both on the same Wi-Fi network.

HT4981 describes the security content of iTunes 10.5.

The 'iTunesSetup.exe' (x86) or 'iTunes64Setup.exe' (x64) is basically a compressed 7zip archive which contains six different MSI's which together take care of installing everything which is needed to run iTunes:

 

You can use these switches and properties against it:

iTunes64Setup.exe /s /v \"ISSETUPDRIVEN=0 SILENT_INSTALL=1 INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=0 ASSUME_QT_DEFAULTS=0 ASSUME_MEDIA_DEFAULTS=0 ALLUSERS=1 /qb!\"

Or just extract the MSI's and install every MSI separately. The correct order to install these MSI's then is:

  • AppleApplicationSupport.msi (2.1.5)

    With iTunes Apple ships two 'support' MSI. The 'Application Support' msi has the core files for 'Application Support' within iTunes.

  • AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi (4.0.0.96)

    With iTunes Apple ships two 'support' MSI. The 'Mobile Device Support' msi has the core files for device management of devices which can be connected to iTunes (iPhone, iPod, Ipad).

  • Bonjour.msi (3.0.0.10)

    Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers. Specifically, Bonjour enables automatic IP address assignment without a DHCP server, name to address translation without a DNS server, and service discovery without a directory server. Bonjour is an open protocol which Apple has submitted to the IETF as part of the ongoing standards-creation process. To learn more, check out the Bonjour Protocol Specifications which detail the technologies that make up Link-Local and Wide-Area Bonjour.

  • iTunes.msi (10.5.0.142)

    the Itunes.msi contains the core files needed to run Apple iTunes. You can use these public properties:

    DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS - no advertised shortcuts
    DONT_AUTO_SYNC_IPODS - whether to sync iPods automatically
    IS_ASU - Automatic Software Update on or off ('0')
    REGSRCH_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS - no desktop shortcuts ('0')
    SCHEDULE_ASUW - schedule the Automatic Software Update task in the Windows Task Scheduler, on or off ('0')

  • AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi (2.1.3.127)

    The 'AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi' is optional and only needed if you want to use the Apple Auto Update feature and/or MobileMe: