Apple’s iTunes software will only install and run if additional Apple products are installed on the computer system as well. This includes Apple Quicktime and Bonjour. A user installing iTunes will notice that the installer will also install Quicktime and Bonjour on the host system with no obvious option to opt out of their installation.
There is however a way to install iTunes without Apple Quicktime, Bonjour, MobileMe support and iTuneshelper process running at startup. This can be achieved with a custom installer that can be downloaded from the Custom Installers page which contains installers for the English and multi-language versions of iTunes 8.0.2.20 and 8.1.0.52. The only requirement other than running the installer to install iTunes is an installation of Quicktime Alternative and the Quicktime Alternative iTunes add-on which makes the program compatible with iTunes 8.
The correct sequence for installing iTunes without Quicktime and Bonjour would be therefore to install Quicktime Alternative, then the Quicktime Alternative plugin and finally iTunes using the custom installer. The custom installer will skip the installation of aforementioned programs and services. This is great news for users who do not want to have those programs running in the background or those who prefer to run the Quicktime Alternative program instead of the original.
The iTunes customer installer is only available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It comes as a msi file that allows a silent installation with the switches /qb /norestart.
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If bonjour isn’t needed to run itunes and/or quicktime, why is it on my pc?
Thanks for the tip, saves me a process again.
Rruben, read up on Bonjour: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(software)
Got rid of itunes and quicktime long ago, but is there a way to install photoshop without bonjour?
Aah now it’s clear.
Thanks Martin.
You can also download the MSI installer and manually extract, although that would be wasting your bandwidth if you do so. Nice article.
I tried this sequence, but when i tried to install itunes with the installer, this message came up: An error occurred while attempting to create the directory: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\CoreFP.
It won’t let me go any further, it won’t let me install it. What do I do?
Good Stuff! Not that you no longer need the QT Alternative add on for iTunes. QT Alt, and the custom iTunes installer are enough
I just got a new Ipod Touch for my dad, and I installed this version of Itunes because i hate quicktime, but when i plug the ipod Touch in, it says it can’t be used because i need Bonjour. Is there anyway to get around this? Is there an alternative Bonjour?