iTunes 10.5 Beta 9 – Download Now

Apple today has released iTunes 10.5 Beta 9 ahead of Gold Master release which is expectedto be available next Tuesday alongside iOS 5 GM.

iTunes 10.5 beta 9 is integrated with some bug fixes and performance improvements. Following is the list of iTunes 10.5 beta 9 known issues.

This release comes in after iTunes 10.5 Beta 8, which included enhanced support for the iTunes Match service, was unexpectedly released three weeks ago. According to rumors, bothiOS 5 Beta 7 (the current latest seed) and iTunes 10.5 Beta 9 are the very last pre-release seeds of the software in question just before both products reach Golden Master status. For those of you who don’t know, “Golden Master” is the designation given to a developer-only seed that will then be made available to the general public if no major issues are found. As with any pre-Golden Master build, some last-minute bugs should have been squashed, although we haven’t yet had the chance to try out iTunes 10.5 Beta 9 at the time of this writing.

• Scan and match” feature is not yet complete. Some users’ tracks may not be recognized by iTunes Match even if the tracks are available in the iTunes Store, and those tracks will be uploaded to the users’ iCloud storage. Some tracks may also be mis-matched to a different version of the same song on the iTunes Store.
• Music can only be added to iCloud from one computer at a time.
• Updating an iOS device to iOS 5 beta 7 may result in music failing to play. Users should turn off iTunes Match in settings and then turn it back on to restore functionality.

Apple will release iTunes Match on its big upcoming media event on October 4 where company will also unleash the next iteration of iPhone, probably called iPhone 5 and iCloud service alongside some other announcements.

If you are a registered Apple developer then head to iOS Dev Center to download iTunes 10.5 beta 9.