So this is how Apple extracts cash from me!

My 3GS died yesterday. I took it in and got a new one.

Came home, pretty happy, because the 1-year warranty was going to expire in a week or two.

Plugged it in. WARNING: Need iTunes 10 to connect this iPhone.

"Great," I think to myself. Another chance for Apple to botch my computer up.

So I download iTunes 10.

WARNING: Need Mac OX 10.5 (Leopard) to install iTunes.

I have a PowerPC G5 - can't get Leopard on this computer.

So here I am, unable to restore my backup to my phone, because my iTunes / OS / hardware is too old.

Fun times. What a waste of a Monday.

So the worst case scenario? I shell out a shit ton of money for new hardware (which I've been meaning to do) and I might never be able to restore that backup.

Posted by roy on February 7, 2011 at 01:40 PM in Ramblings | 4 Comments

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Comment posted on February 8th, 2011 at 01:51 PM
do you have a PC which you can connect your phone to? can you copy that restore point to another machine?
Comment posted on February 8th, 2011 at 01:59 PM
Wow, I just wrote a post that described that exactly! The irony of using a PC to solve my Apple to Apple problem!
Comment posted on February 8th, 2011 at 06:45 AM
dude, don't do it!
Comment posted on February 7th, 2011 at 08:06 PM
I know it's a requirement for the iPhone 4, but I'd be pretty annoyed if the minimum requirements changed for something while I still owned it.