How to Reinstall iTunes on Mac
Needless to also take into consideration, iTunes is a fundamental software for Mac, especially if we intend to synchronize music and video on your iPhone or iPod.
Before understanding how to reinstall, you should understand the circumstances that can lead to such extreme action, because the captain some contexts and problems and irreversible only way to solve it is to reinstall the entire package.
Doing so in all likelihoods the problem disappears. For example, the iPhone or iPod will not sync with your iTunes library, or iTunes will not recognize them; the installation process was interrupted, so it is incomplete and programs do not work now; We accidentally deleted iTunes from your computer; instead of updating iTunes to the latest version, prefer to reinstall the application from the beginning. So, if we are faced with one of the scenarios mentioned above, the best solution certainly reinstalls iTunes.
1.) First, you need to delete the old iTunes and all files associated with it. Prior to that it is better to make sure you have a backup of your entire library, if you do not want to lose the music. We can create one on the computer itself: while the application is open iTunes, click on Preferences, then Advanced, and select the field ” Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to a library “, find the folder in the Music folder of the computer; or, even better, create a backup on an external Hard Disk Drive: connect the Hard Disk, iTunes click on File, then Export Library, and then select our library and hard disk.
2.) Now we are ready to delete the old iTunes. We ensure that the application is closed, we click on the Macintosh HD, double-click the icon of the application. We click the iTunes and drag it to the Trash. Well, there are applications that delete is as easy as a drag and drop them in a basket, others may require a small additional step. iTunes is one of these. We must therefore erase all traces of the system as this may not be automatic: go into Library > Preferences, look for all files that begin with com.apple.iTunes and delete them. Apple also suggested to delete the folder Library > iTunes. The latter contains all the update files for the iPhone and iPod, so, as a precaution, better make a backup of this folder in case you lose important files. Now we can restart the system to cleanse it of all.
3.) We are ready to reinstall iTunes, go to the official website of iTunes and we download the latest version: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/. The site automatically detects that we are using a Mac, insert the e-mail address. We decide if we want to receive offers Apple and click the Download button. The program is downloaded to the default folder, which on newer Macs is the Downloads folder. In any case, the installer will automatically appear. Followed by a series of cues, terms and conditions, go ahead, except the terms and conditions and when we get to the window with the button installs, click. A window appears that asks you to enter a username and password, these is the username and password that we created when we turned up for the first time on our Mac, what is asked of us every time we want to perform actions such as installing a new program or update, our iTunes account [if we have one].
And store them and click OK. The computer will now start to install iTunes. A progress bar appears on the screen showing how far it is to the installation. In a minute or so, a sound and a window to warn us that the installation has been completed. Click on Close to close the installer. Now we can open the new iTunes icon on the Dock or in the Applications folder, and possibly dredge up the backup of our music and copy it to the new iTunes library by dragging it to the left on the screen of iTunes ..
