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   It's Not You, iTunes 12.5 Keeps Updating

   Adam C. Engst

   Apple released iTunes 12.5.2 last week to fix a problem with play order
   and squash a bug related to lyrics and Beats 1 (see '[1]iTunes 12.5.2,'
   28 October 2016).

   However, many people have noticed that the App Store app started
   offering iTunes 12.5.3 shortly after that, with exactly the same
   release notes. Checking iTunes > About iTunes revealed that it was
   actually iTunes 12.5.3.16.

   A day later, those who had installed 12.5.3 were surprised when the App
   Store app prompted them to install iTunes 12.5.3 yet again, with those
   same release notes once more. That version identified itself internally
   as iTunes 12.5.3.17.

   [2][tn_iTunes-updates.jpg]

   We have no idea how these three versions might differ, but it isn't
   related to anything you've done ' Apple bears full responsibility for
   the confusion.

   If you installed iTunes 12.5.2, it's almost certainly worth installing
   the latest version of 12.5.3, under the assumption that whatever the
   changes may have been, they were so small that it wasn't even worth
   moving the version number to 12.5.4.

References

   1. http://tidbits.com/article/16871
   2. http://tidbits.com/resources/2016-11/iTunes-updates.png

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