Does the Apple website https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210384 have the latest version of iTunes for Windows? It says "If you can't access the Microsoft Store Download iTunes 12.10.11 for Windows 10 (64-bit)" -- it seems like 12.12.8 is only available on the Microsoft Store app?
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Apple Releases iTunes 12.12.8 for Windows
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I used it just earlier this week. It's completely identical to iTunes in that regard.
There’s an Apple Configurator for iPhone if an iPad is trying to get enrolled.
I wonder if this is an issue with Windows and not iTunes.
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry
iTunes may not be perfect but it’s still a necessity as it’s the only way to manage an iOS device, at least on windows.
The biggest problem with itunes is that for some inexplicable reason, it still doesn’t support FLAC files. it’s the only way to sync music files to the iOS music library, due to Apple’s locked down ecosystem, but you can’t even put FLAC files onto your device because iTunes is crippled and can’t recognize them to begin with. Whereas Apple’s official specification for iOS and iPhones claims to support FLAC, it is meaningless as they don’t offer any way to get the files into the library. It is a false claim as far as I am concerned. I wonder when they will fix this.
The biggest problem with itunes is that for some inexplicable reason, it still doesn’t support FLAC files. it’s the only way to sync music files to the iOS music library, due to Apple’s locked down ecosystem, but you can’t even put FLAC files onto your device because iTunes is crippled and can’t recognize them to begin with. Whereas Apple’s official specification for iOS and iPhones claims to support FLAC, it is meaningless as they don’t offer any way to get the files into the library. It is a false claim as far as I am concerned. I wonder when they will fix this.
Windows iTunes has always been garbage, but what I'm talking fondly of is the name iTunes itself. It was an awesome trademark and Apple abandoned it on their own platform.
Rather than do that, Apple should have just made Windows iTunes better, and kept using iTunes across MacOS and Windows.
Whenever I obtain a FLAC file, I just transcode it to ALAC which is fully supported. The nice thing is both formats are lossless, so the conversion is lossless too.
I use an old app called Max to do the conversion. It can batch convert hundreds of files quickly by doing it in parallel across all your cores.
Unfortunately there are other considerations that make ALAC a non-equivalent, these have been explained and gone over on the internet countless times. So I’m not going to go into it here but the TLDR is I would sooner hit delete on my entire music library than transcode to ALAC.
I have to wonder why Apple has such an aversion to simply adding support for both. There’s no good reason I could think of. Imagine if it was 2003, iTunes could only play AAC and would reject your MP3 files - everyone would’ve been up in arms.
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iTunes seems to work just fine, factory restore, join corp WiFi, automatically provisioned.
Same here, the TV app on both my Macs is horrible and i do all my purchasing either via the Apple TV, or my PC, then I download them and use them via my Mac/apple tv. I blame the Mac developers for this, it shouldn't be this way.
Sooo how does this work for those who downloaded Apple TV and Apple Music which disables iTunes? Do we have to uninstall those for it work or will it work in the background now?
Ventura still supports iPod Classic, at very much reduced functionality (i.e. not able to edit or change smart playlists on the classic, etc).
And there is no reason for Apple to honor everything they claim either, at least according to Apple’s track record. In fact, even back in 2003 Apple would’ve just forced everyone using AAC and deny MP3 access and after initial backlash it would be as if nothing happens. FLAC doesn’t benefit 10 billion people, so Apple clearly forgot about the support and just subsequently ignored it.
If it weren't for Windows I couldn't do my job, so it does have some benefits.
After updating Itunes feels more responsive, often Itunes momentarily freezes for a few seconds, not doing that now
New iTunes is out for Windows build 12.12.9.4 x64. Release notes shows "This update includes security improvements."
Although I would never want to use Windows (because I strongly prefer macOS), I am glad to see that iTunes is still getting updates. I miss iTunes and prefer its interface to what Apple has created for the Mac as replacements for iTunes.