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

[dan9700]

Now if i restore phone to betas etc i have to remember every app and re download wow bad move this is long normally i keep itunes updated with apps and just sync ipad and iphone now its gonna be a pain

 

[Porsupah]

Does 12.7 enable 4K offerings within the iTunes Store? Having had a quick check with 12.6.1.25, I don't see any mention of 4K or UHD on any of the recent major releases I checked, like La La Land or Wonder Woman. Or is that coming later on?

 

[jmelrose]

How does one sync documents... I use iTunes to sync about 30GGB of books/comics to my iPad. How does that sync happen now?

 

[Act3]

Does removing the App Store make iTunes snappier on a windows pc ?

 

[macintoshmac]

What if you made your own custom ringtones?

Exactly the question I came back to post. What about custom ringtones I have with me?

 

[iapplelove]

I hope someone check that out before downloading it here. I don't use iCloud backups

I'm downloading now and backup to both my Mac and iCloud. So I'm safe either way. Will report back

 

[cmichaelb]

I wonder if the iOS apps are now going to be a section in the MAC App Store.

 

[steve knight]

Great decision Apple. Who downloads iOS apps on their Mac anyway?

Anything that removes bloat from iTunes is good for me.

I like to look through the apps on it though since you can see more info at once.

 

[Icaras]

This is excellent, excellently news. The beginning of the end off iTunes bloat! Be gone!

But seriously, why are audiobooks even there still?

 

[tmoney468]

Did they remove internet radio from this too?! JFC!


Edit: I guess it's under Music -> Library ->Internet Radio. Is there a way to add it to the drop down?

 

[macintoshmac]

Does removing the App Store make iTunes snappier on a windows pc ?

It makes it cheaper and less tempting since people aren’t going to be able to spend money with Apple at least on iTunes on Windows/ Macs.

 

[AstroRob]

What if you made your own custom ringtones?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201593

Covered in the last section.

 

[macintoshmac]

How does one sync documents... I use iTunes to sync about 30GGB of books/comics to my iPad. How does that sync happen now?

Again, valid question.

 

[mariusignorello]

I noticed this a couple days ago when it redirected me to Safari for app product information.

 

[fastasleep]

Did they remove internet radio from this too?! JFC!

FTFA: "Internet Radio is now part of Music"

 

[macintoshmac]

Now if i restore phone to betas etc i have to remember every app and re download wow bad move this is long normally i keep itunes updated with apps and just sync ipad and iphone now its gonna be a pain

Seriously?! With this as well?!

 

[Appleaker]

I guess Apple would rather 100% of people get better performance at the expense of 1% of total users who used that outdated functionality.

“Outdated functionality”, do you have any clue what I was talking about? In what was that outdated?
And you seem a bit aggressive for someone who agreed with the change, but wants the functionality in another application.

 

[Lemonsoon]

Wait so where do you backup you phone and what happens when you use an app thats not on the store anymore?

 

[fastasleep]

How does one sync documents... I use iTunes to sync about 30GGB of books/comics to my iPad. How does that sync happen now?

I assume you still see the Apps tab on your device, when it's attached. I wonder if they improved the app manager/arranger aspect, which has always been clunky at best, but still 100x better than trying to organize a hundred apps on the device itself.

 

[JetBlack7]

Great, I used to store IOS apps on my mac and was perfect the way it was. Now, I will probably have to spend a good 30, 40 minutes downloading all the apps I am currently using on my iphone instead of choosing them from my mac and syncing directly. Not to mention, how will I sync custom ringtones to my iPhone?

 

[usarioclave]

Hmm, I wonder how I can get my old, now gone apps onto devices? The only copy of Boardz I have is not downloadable anymore, even as a purchase which is strange.


Edit: you can drag them onto the device, even though there's no App icon. So they removed the UI but kept the functionality, interesting.

 

[lovek]

I don't see it yet in Australia. Is anyone else from Australia able to download it?

EDIT: It popped up just as I posted this comment.

 

[Rogifan]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201593

Covered in the last section.

Thanks for this. I do use custom ringtones so thankfully they didn’t take away that functionality. If only Apple would let you drag and drop video onto your device without having to use iTunes.

 

[JCCL]

Does it add Flac Support now? It seems that iPhone 7 and up now support flac playback with iOS 11, but there is no way to put them in. Hope this enables it.

 

[cmichaelb]

So, if you want to download an app to both your iPhone and iPad, you've now got to download it twice? Hopefully, as noted above, iTunes still keeps copies locally.

What of switching stores? The iOS 11 App Store doesn't offer any means to switch accounts, seemingly locking it to the account specified in the system preferences. Presumably that's now (for now?) got to be accomplished in the iTunes Store.

No, there's already a setting to download all new apps to all your iOS devices no matter what device you initiated it on.