iTunes + QuickTime updates - 78.8Mb??? - GoFuckYourself.com

kowalsky · 12-10-2008, 05:31 AM

Too oftern I get this message of Apple Software Update telling me that I have a new update available. These updates are always HUGE, 70Mb more or less.
These are 2 simple software, nothing special, how the fuck is possible that every single update is so big? I think even the windows updates are smaller...
Do you get the same size for these updates?

fris · 12-10-2008, 05:33 AM

ya i do, its a pain

DamianJ · 12-10-2008, 05:38 AM

Yeah! FUCK YOU APPLE for having the AUDACITY to actually FIX BUGS and issue releases!

Cunts!

rowan · 12-10-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DamianJ

Yeah! FUCK YOU APPLE for having the AUDACITY to actually FIX BUGS and issue releases!

Cunts!

Yeah, but there's this magical technology called patching or binary diffing. I remember doing that back in the MS-DOS days.

(While I'm here, I want to whinge about Adobe Reader. Installing their update loses all of your settings, then when the install is complete and you do something simple like turn off javascript in the preferences it loads up InstallShield and wants to REBOOT!!!! Just to change a preference!)

ContentPimp · 12-10-2008, 08:35 AM

they must've packed it full of spamware or something

farkedup · 12-10-2008, 08:42 AM

Since when has Apple done anything that makes sense? Of course I had to buy my wife the latest gen of Ipod nano because it comes in pink...

tranza · 12-10-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

While I'm here, I want to whinge about Adobe Reader. Installing their update loses all of your settings, then when the install is complete and you do something simple like turn off javascript in the preferences it loads up InstallShield and wants to REBOOT!!!! Just to change a preference!

I NEVER update my Adobe softwares anymore because of problems like that.

rowan · 12-10-2008, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tranza

I NEVER update my Adobe softwares anymore because of problems like that.

I usually ignore their update beg dialogs, but there was a security issue in this case...

TheDoc · 12-10-2008, 10:05 AM

I don't have QuickTime on my machines or RealPlayer the bigger pile of junk out of the two. I removed winamp too... honestly, with these 3 packages off my boxes has made it more stable, quicker, and no gay ram/video lag.

kowalsky · 12-10-2008, 10:50 AM

I didn´t try to make this a discussion between APPLE and another companies, I don´t care a shit. What I am saying is that I am surprised because of the size of each updates. If you get the installer of each program is almost the same size, so, are those patch to fix problems or new modules of the program or those are the whole program?
Such sizes of update I think are a little inefficient, at least for the standard software companies.

Max - RiotDesign · 12-10-2008, 11:12 AM

Mac universal binaries are twice as big as PC binaries, they include the code for both PPC and Intel architectures... so yeah, Mac updates are very heavy :/

thinkhype · 12-10-2008, 11:21 AM

Nobody wants Quicktime, but they force us to install it

12-10-2008, 05:31 AM	#1
kowalsky Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,494	iTunes + QuickTime updates - 78.8Mb??? Too oftern I get this message of Apple Software Update telling me that I have a new update available. These updates are always HUGE, 70Mb more or less. These are 2 simple software, nothing special, how the fuck is possible that every single update is so big? I think even the windows updates are smaller... Do you get the same size for these updates? __________________ Jimmy Kowalsky www.catchycash.com [email protected] ICQ - 7319094

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TheDoc Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Currently Incognito Posts: 13,827	I don't have QuickTime on my machines or RealPlayer the bigger pile of junk out of the two. I removed winamp too... honestly, with these 3 packages off my boxes has made it more stable, quicker, and no gay ram/video lag. __________________ ~TheDoc - ICQ7765825 It's all disambiguation

12-10-2008, 10:50 AM	#10
kowalsky Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,494	I didn´t try to make this a discussion between APPLE and another companies, I don´t care a shit. What I am saying is that I am surprised because of the size of each updates. If you get the installer of each program is almost the same size, so, are those patch to fix problems or new modules of the program or those are the whole program? Such sizes of update I think are a little inefficient, at least for the standard software companies. __________________ Jimmy Kowalsky www.catchycash.com [email protected] ICQ - 7319094

12-10-2008, 05:38 AM	#3
DamianJ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land Posts: 15,808	Yeah! FUCK YOU APPLE for having the AUDACITY to actually FIX BUGS and issue releases! Cunts!

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ContentPimp Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,184	they must've packed it full of spamware or something

12-10-2008, 11:12 AM	#11
Max - RiotDesign Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 246	Mac universal binaries are twice as big as PC binaries, they include the code for both PPC and Intel architectures... so yeah, Mac updates are very heavy :/

12-10-2008, 11:21 AM	#12
thinkhype Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 519	Nobody wants Quicktime, but they force us to install it __________________ Think Hype Networks ICQ: 462799470 \| AIM: TChiefCL