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Apple Releases iTunes 12.12.4 for Windows With Security Updates
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Nobody uses iTunes on Windows to stream music.
… okay, then how is it Apple Music was just released for Roku, PlayStation and other smart TVs. You can code from home.
I have encountered this error earlier while I was using iTunes 12.12.3.5 and trying to update from iOS 15.3 RC to iOS 15.5 RC and it no longer showed up on iTunes 12.12.4.1
I knew there was a possibility of an error showing up but I just tested to see if it will proceed with the upgrade...
You usually would need to download and install a new version of iTunes [no longer applicable to macOS since Mojave no longer gets iTunes update and Finder is used for Catalina and newer] if you are going to upgrade to a new version/major update of iOS/iPadOS...
90 percent of the world's computers?
I thought iTunes was supposed to die. Why not release a bona fide Apple Music app for Windows and increase services marketshare? ?
We even had a job listing for .NET app development at Apple some years ago. Something just feels wrong about all of this.
What s/he meant was, the actual Windows users who have installed iTunes. That is a self-fulfilling prophecy though because iTunes on Windows is hot garbage sauce. I’m sure most users promptly uninstall it before looking for a different music player in the Microsoft Store app.
We even had a job listing for .NET app development at Apple some years ago. Something just feels wrong about all of this.
What s/he meant was, the actual Windows users who have installed iTunes. That is a self-fulfilling prophecy though because iTunes on Windows is hot garbage sauce. I’m sure most users promptly uninstall it before looking for a different music player in the Microsoft Store app.
Right now the only official way of updating/restoring iOS/iPadOS devices on Windows is through iTunes... If that is the only purpose of iTunes for you, you may say it is indeed bloatware...
Exactly. Apple should have given us an Apple Music app and maybe a dedicated Apple Devices app. This level of neglect is shameful for the world’s #2 Most Valued Company.
I only ever tried it once and it must have been <5 minutes before it decided it wasn’t going to play nicely with my HomePod Minis anymore ?
That thing is just a ui for the streaming service. I didn't spend 10 years meticulously maintaining my music library, movies and TV shows just to toss my itunes library out with nothing to take over for it bc Apple dropped the ball on the Mac and split iTunes up & replaced it with 4 different iTunes clones.
On win, Winamp with the nLog skin still really whi... but it ignores movies & shows and can't sync my devices.
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I think he meant the windows iTunes users.
Which… obviously.
When iPods were the big thing, iTunes for windows was pretty much necessary for, to be frank, The majority of customers purchasing them.
A lot more iPod users on windows computers then random MP3 player users on Mac.
Now most people don’t use iPods, most people don’t hook up their phones to their computers, and most people don’t use their computers to store their music anymore
Some people ask if iTunes is relevant.
I ask if Windows is still relevant.
I ask if Windows is still relevant.
Make sure you're using the "Legacy" "Windows 7" version and not the even worse version in the MS Store. It's the exact same thing wrapped in a package and with less functionality and even slower.
Sadly it is. Apple is not interested in serving the market Microsoft serves. Linux and its community really aren't either. There's no other option. I dread the day when I'm forced to upgrade all my clients to Windows 11, Microsoft has officially lost their minds with that one.
I mean look at just last week when Apple finally admitted that they discontinued Server, which has been known to be about useless for a long time now.
It's true that Apple seems to be making a push into business but they have a very long way to go.
But if you mean for consumers, yes run screaming away from Windows. People who don't like computers but need one to function in society should just get an iPad or a Chromebook or at most a MacBook Air.
Operating system market share
This report lists the market share of the top operating systems in use, like Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Linux.
netmarketshare.com
And of that 90% of computers at least 50% of them are in offices, not what people choose to use at home, instead what they get stuck with at work. The rest of the Windows market share is mainly cheap computers and expensive gaming rigs. I like Windows fine, and I use it daily, but I prefer my Mac or Linux.
While iTunes on Windows is...not the best, this UI conjures up good memories of a certain time at Apple. Like...iPhone 5-6s era Apple.
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