Apple preps for iOS 5, iCloud with iTunes update

Apple today ready iOS, Windows and mac users for tomorrow’s release of iOS 5 and iCloud by shipping iTunes 10.5.

The update to Apple’s music player and iOS App Store portal also provided a huge number of security patches: iTunes 10.5 fixes 79 flaws in the Windows version.

iTunes 10.5 is going to be required to synchronize an iphone, iPad or ipod touch powered by iOS 5, the mobile os upgrade Apple will launch Wednesday.

Additionally, it preps users’ music along with other media content for storage on iCloud, the follow-on to 2008′s problem-plagued MobileMe service which will sync data between devices, Macs and Windows PCs, and store media content along with other files on Apple’s servers.

iTunes 10.5 can be downloaded from Apple’s website, but Mac users can upgrade by selecting “Software Update” from the Apple menu. Windows users already running iTunes will be alerted by the Apple Software Update tool.

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