Apple Releases iTunes 12.7 With Major Changes, Including No Built-In App Store

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Anyone able to confirm yet that backup/restore via iTunes still works in 12.7?

 

[M.PaulCezanne]

Should've ditched it completely years ago.

 

[ChrisMoBro]

"In a day filled with surprises" - oh MacRumors, you are too funny

 

[svkrzn]

I have a 2mbit connection downloading apps on iTunes at 238kb/s. I do it overnight and then I sync all my 3 devices in the morning because when my son watches Netflix or Youtube, there is no way I can download a single 100mb file in under 1h or so. After this update I'll have to download each of the app I am using 3 times and do it overnight, one device per night. GREAT.

And BTW, compressed app downloaded on iTunes for mac is around 200mb, if you were to download that app on iOS, it would be downloaded uncompressed, around 600mb.

 

[Shirasaki]

As the title suggests, iTunes 12.7 no longer support users to create custom ringtones and import them into iOS devices. Downloading IPA files (iOS app installer) to save them locally is also no longer possible. iTunes 12.7 will not support them at all.

I use a bunch of custom ringtones and have a full backup of lots of apps I have purchased so far. So this time, I will continue the war against iTunes auto update. I regret updating to iTunes 12.7 straight without creating a backup of my iTunes library file. This time I will stay at iTunes 12.6 forever.

What do you guys think regarding the removal of those features?

 

[allanfries]

Excellent!

 

[fhall1]

It's quite an amazing update! They got rid of the junk and are focusing on what's important... music! iTunes already feels snappier and no longer lags when switching between the store and the library. Apple really is improving everything, from not only the hardware, but the software too! I couldn't be happier with Apple and the decisions made in 2017. I don't see why people are complaining in all honesty.

Take the time to read the posts here and you'll see why...not everyone has your simplistic use case.

 

[ToM7]

wondering if we gonna see iTunes 13 with all new UI in the next year

 

[jk73]

Make sure before you upgrade to iOS 11 go to SETTINGS-> GENERAL -> ABOUT-> APPLICATIONS-> click and look very carefully through that list. Those are all the ones that you will not be using (or seeing) once you install iOS 11.

What is the above supposed to show? The "Applications" section isn't clickable for me, using iOS 10.2.1. Thanks.
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What happens to the applications folder in the iTunes media library once updated? Does t delete it or keep it around? If it keeps it then am I to go and delete my application files?

What about older devices that still rely on a sync? Will iTunes recognise this and not just delete all the apps from my iPad 1?

Curious about this as well.

 

[rlarsen_eu]

You were able to back up iOS apps on your Mac using iTunes 12.7?

Guess I will have to try for myself before I comment any further.

Nope - only the information about the app is installed on the device, and if you need to restore your device, the app(s) will be downloaded again from the App Store (if the app still exsist) - it is the same set up as on iCloud.

 

[MRevitt]

Has anyone else noticed that after syncing your iPhone or iPad with the new iTunes you lose a lot of space. For me it has been around 10GB on each device I have sync'd. And when you sum the space used in the backup usage bar in iTunes it comes to around 10GB less than the amount that is shown as actually used.

So where did all my space go.

 

[fhall1]

For me, I will stick with plain Sierra, IOS 10, and iTunes 12.6 for a long time. Afraid of change? In this case, absolutely!

For years my process was to stay on the previous version of OS X until the .3 or .4 release of the latest version was released and then upgrade. With Sierra I waited until the .6 (final) version was released to update from El Capitan....I think that will be my plan for High Sierra migration too. I like it because it gives third party software and hardware vendors a whole year to make sure their products are compatible. The problem is I would like to take my iOS devices to iOS 11, but if it requires iTunes 12.7 or later, I'll have a big decision to make.

 

[MRevitt]

The folder is still there, you just can't use it any more although the help page says you can copy apps onto your device over the USB cable, but doesn't tell you how

 

[RabidMacFan]

I was easily able to install custom ringtones onto my iPhone 7 (iOS11) using iTunes 12.7. I just went to the device in iTunes, under "On My Device" I went to "Tones", and dragged several .m4r ringtone files into the list. All the ringtones copied directly over to my phone. The only weird thing is that there is no way to delete a ring tone from this interface.

 

[g3nw1]

I’m surprised people don’t care about the core issue. Ringtones, etc are fine but right now with the new iTunes there’s no way to install/update an app over cellular if it’s bigger than 100Mb in size. You can do it only via wi-fi. But there’re a lot of places in the world without wi-fi or any other connection except cellular. So if you happen to live in such location you’re forever cut off from bigger apps. Unbelievable they didn’t think about it.

100% My situation and just tested and they still have the 100Mb limit in place, I ONLY have a truly unlimited 4G connection (Use around 150+Gb a month Prime/Netflix etc streamed to Airplay projector) but only have 30gb as Wifi Hotpoint per month that I use as my day to day email/internet needs.

This update was needed as have suffered with iTunes becoming bloated over the years! (Been a user since first version) but limiting updates for larger apps just seems ridiculous and a huge oversight on Apples behalf!

Hopefully this will be resolved next week when they release new software.

 

[panar]

The only weird thing is that there is no way to delete a ring tone from this interface.

What a mess...!!

 

[seattle29]

Descriptions of TV shows no longer appear in the list view.

I have to right click on each episode and go to the TV Programme Info, Description tab to see what the episode is about.

Any way to restore this??

 

[Yun0]

Custom tones working fine as usual here, what are u talking about..

 

[Mr Todhunter]

I've tried to transfer a ringtone to my iPhone SE from my Macbook pro running the latest high sierra beta. NO WAY it can be done. I will now read every page of this thread in case somebody has an answer that I missed.

 

[rlarsen_eu]

Even with iTunes 12.6.x you'll no longer be able to download new or updated apps.

For me this stopped last week - but I didn't take any action on it, because I also running the new macOS 10.13 DP, so I just thought that the App Store was temporary 'down'.

 

[Absrnd]

I have a ton of ripped dvd's, that I use with Infuse on my iPad,
It looks like you can still manually add media with iTunes, but will that side menu expand to show the apps, so you can choose witch media goes to a certain app ?

 

[johannnn]

I have a 2mbit connection downloading apps on iTunes at 238kb/s. I do it overnight and then I sync all my 3 devices in the morning because when my son watches Netflix or Youtube, there is no way I can download a single 100mb file in under 1h or so. After this update I'll have to download each of the app I am using 3 times and do it overnight, one device per night. GREAT.

And BTW, compressed app downloaded on iTunes for mac is around 200mb, if you were to download that app on iOS, it would be downloaded uncompressed, around 600mb.

I'm very sorry for your situation, but to be honest I'm very happy that Apple thinks about the future and don't hold innovation up for some people with old tech (I'm on 100mbit myself).

 

[Lnds500]

Descriptions of TV shows no longer appear in the list view.

I have to right click on each episode and go to the TV Programme Info, Description tab to see what the episode is about.

Any way to restore this??

Yeah, you hit "more"

 

[svkrzn]

I'm very sorry for your situation, but to be honest I'm very happy that Apple thinks about the future and don't hold innovation up for some people with old tech (I'm on 100mbit myself).

Yeah, it's not my fault Australia doesn't invest in Optical Fiber...

 

[theoapo]

I kinda like this change but i just discovered that I can no longer unhide hidden app purchases!
:O

Will IOS11 give us a method to do that from our devices?