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Apple May Be Planning to Break Up iTunes With New Music and Podcast Apps for Mac
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"I’m Nobody! Who are you?"
Acquainted with Emily Dickinson? She and I are a "pair".
"How dreary – to be – Somebody!"
How about Apple give us a way to add music to iCloud music library, update metadata and store video content on iOS devices locally without ever having to use desktop iTunes. That is the only reason I use iTunes.
Please no - the iOS music app is so bad I never use it.
Please please please apple don't neuter the advanced features in iTunes that actually make it a decent audio player and solid library.
Can you explain how? I use iTunes all the time and don't find it bloated or useless at all.
I keep hearing people say this and I'm completely confused because I have exactly the opposite experience.
In fact I'm terrified of Apple screwing up iTunes because it's perfect right now. They haven't had a good track record of redesigning apps in the past few years.
Anyone know what percentage of iOS install base are Windows users? I would imagine it’s quite high.
I think that's a bit of a different question as iPhones have been computer-free since iOS 5. I would imagine 70%ish of the install base of iOS use Windows as their OS on their computer, but I don't think that tells you the number of iTunes for Windows installs.
What will happen to my 600 movies, 600 tv shows and thousands of songs on my iTunes server with home sharing? Apple has wanted to stop people from ripping DVD's and downloading local copies of iTunes movies for awhile, maybe the time has finally come? Oh well, at least there are old versions of MacOS and iTunes.
IIRC there was a similar rumor a few years ago but it turned out to be wrong.
IIRC there was a similar rumor a few years ago but it turned out to be wrong.
With another mess I believe...
Soon people will complain “why I need 6 apps to manage the content on my god damn phone?”
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There WILL be features going away. I bet one of them is syncing music to music app.
A welcomed change; seriously, anything would be better than the current iTunes UI. My vote is for a roulette-based UI to tide us over until the split.
I'm with you 100%. I've had my share of iTunes troubles over the years. Not factoring in the loss of the App Store, this is the best iTunes has ever been - and I've been using it since it was SoundJam MP. I see the same criticism levied against Excel. "Too bloated". What does "bloated" mean? Too many features that you don't personally use, so no one should have access to them? Too slow? It runs fine on my 6 year old iMac.
I realize that I'm part of a dying breed - someone who still uses iTunes as a "digital hub". I have a large collection of CDs/DVDs/Blu-Rays that I've stored in iTunes, and it's great at managing them. Why would someone want five or six different apps to manage one device?
Wholeheartedly agree. I don't get the guff iTunes receives -- sure it could do something more elegantly and intuitive, but as a music manager (particularly smart playlists) it works fantastic for my needs. It manages 200+ GB of media and is not slow by any means, and extremely rare for it to cause any serious problem. Maybe its better on a Mac, especially with an SSD -- I could see where a spinner would gum things up with large libraries, and PCs, well ...
But I guess I'm old school since I keep an iTunes library, rate songs, manage iOS device content via smart playlists, and yes, I occasionally buy CDs
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Looking at iTunes iPhone sync page, you can use iTunes to locally:
- Update iPhone or iPad
- Backup or restore
- Sync Music (including voice memos)
- Sync Movies, TV Shows, Books, Audiobooks
- Sync Photos
- Sync Contacts and Calendars
- File Sharing for Apps
I think a better approach is bake media file syncing into Continuity. You can use the individual iOS app (e.g., Music, Videos, Books) to sync contents from Macs in the same Wi-Fi network.
That leaves system tasks like update, backup, and restore. I think these functionalities can be combined into Time Machine, which should be renamed as Backup and allow iCloud as the Backup Disk.
I have to wonder though; would this break the “Computers” app on the AppleTV? Because I currently stream music and movies from my iTunes library on my Mac mini server to the AppleTV and I really don’t want to lose that functionality.
I like that the app will be more nimble but I like that all my media files and in one location to manage with back-ups
Same. I have a significant library and it'd stop updating immediately if that were to happen.
Prepare for some serious backlash; I'd say many more people still use this than used the App Store in iTunes.
Ohhhh the idea sounds like gold but I have a sense that the implementation will at first p*ss a lot of people off... I can see them getting rid of a lot of old iTunes ballast that just slows down the app, which people are gonna miss.
Overall I welcome this move though.
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Overall I welcome this move though.
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But he’s right, the concept of manually syncing playlist through iTunes is outdated. You can always download entire lists on the phone for offline usage, even variable, active playlists. iCloud library was a huge step forward, now just remove the podcasts and movies from it and all is good.
iTunes continues to be the only real solution for music collectors with vast libraries that don’t stream. I really hope they keep it’s extensive organization and tag editing options, if so I’m all for this improvement!
Apple: no matter what you do, make sure we have the ability to completely wipe and fresh install iOS onto our iPhones, iPads, iPods, etc. You must preserve this ability that has been available in iTunes for a long time now. Critically important.
You are not alone in the "dying breed" cohort. I decided 18 months ago to preserve my hub/sync method by freezing at OS Sierra and iOS 10, and iTunes 12.6. I will not put my stuff, mostly music, audiobooks, books, and photos in iCloud.