So still no Cloud Sync huh? I was going to use that as my easy argument to get my 1 install of iTunes off my Network :( Plenty of others reasons to pick from though.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers???? On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cant Apple products finally sync over the air yet? Yes, over WiFi. > Didnt they announce that not too long ago? > > Is iTunes still even needed? Yes, that's where the syncing comes from. :-) ITunes syncs wirelessly with my iPad over WiFi. But there's no way around needing Itunes, as that's where the library of media that is being synced comes from/goes to. (and apps are considered media, so it backs those up, too, along with songs, videos, books, etc) > > > > > > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:16 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers???? > > > > Regardless of the issues of streaming, let me fill you on on some > things about Apple products - especially when related to iTunes: They > are worse than Adobe. > > > > 1. Their update process can break easily, more often on 64bit. I'm > not saying it common, but its easy. And its not easy to fix. IME it > frequently requires a manual wipe of some kind. > > > > 2. They cache all of their installation files. Just like what Adobe > Reader and related products do, they save/store install files of every > single downloaded "upgrade" that they process (firmware as well). As > well as multiple backups of devices that are attached/synched, and > other crap. If you are space-strapped, and have finite backup/sync > windows - your processes can be seriously impacted. > > > > I've seen backups impacted by 10GB of older/cached upgrades of Apple > products per user. It just keeps growing over time until you manually > delete it. I've been a bit of a backup whore recently, so this in > turn has made me a disk-space analyst as well. I am extremely > annoyed with Apple, Adobe, and Quickbooks especially. Some of it can > be easily compensated for with scripts. Some of it, not so easily scripted without non-builtin tools. > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM, justino garcia > <jgarciaitl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > iTunes removal has come up in our office. > > What is norm are you allowing iTunes on the network? > > -- > Justin > IT-TECH > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
