If you have 20 gigs of ram installed it still runs great! Just checked, iTunes is using 2.92 GB. At that level I can scroll fast thru 5,700 albums in artwork view and never see a beachball. That's on a 2011 iMac running High Sierra.Now when it first launched. It was smooth, fast and very responsive for it's first few years. It only became the bloated pile of poop after a few versions as they added more and more things without ever making sure it was efficient and optimised.
We'll find out for sure tomorrow, but according to rumors the Music app will support the iTunes legacy features including importing music, backups, restores and DFU mode.bye bye smart playlist..
and now how do you upload your own music to apple music????
iTunes was always one of the worst, slowest, and most bloated programs ever created. On par with the original Realplayer if anyone is old enough to know that program.
Judging by reaction on twitter (search #itunes) this will be a pivotal moment for Apple - if they mess this up and people lose songs or playlists they’ve accumulated for years, the fallout could be ugly.
I really hope they don't get rid of purchasing music. I have no interest in a subscription model – I'm oldschool, I like to "own" selected albums I love.
Maybe they’re just changing the branding today and releasing the new products later?Interesting to do it today. Because iOS, macOS etc are not due out for a few months. So if they are deleting today are we due for an early release of these products? iTunes typically updated out of cycle?
[doublepost=1559572648][/doublepost]I wonder... I have purchased hundreds of dollars in music over the years. I don't care to by the apple music monthly streaming. Will I still have access to my songs?But why? I get that Music, Books, and Podcasts are replacing the iTunes app, but the store will still exist. There's still a place for those accounts. And based on leaked iOS 13 screenshots, we'll still have the iTunes Store on iPhone.
[doublepost=1559572843][/doublepost]Will myUpdated FAQ incoming:
Where is my music? In Music. That's where you can play music from Apple Music, which you may subscribe to. But your music that isn't in Apple Music can be played in Music, so you can still access your music in Music without subscribing to Apple Music.
will my Playlists remain intact as well?[doublepost=1559572648][/doublepost]I wonder... I have purchased hundreds of dollars in music over the years. I don't care to by the apple music monthly streaming. Will I still have access to my songs?
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Because it would make it impossible to manage what I want to put in the phone.No, I pegged the right poster.
You whined that you won’t buy a new Mac... because iTunes won’t be there??
Your post was just one example of what I was talking about.
Dropping the "i" in favor of generic names was a puzzling marketing choice, especially since the business lingo these days is all about "brand". Does a diffuse pot of multiple subbrands have an advantage over a solid, tight, single "i" image of the company?There are many reasons I think sunsetting iTunes is a bad idea, though I acknowledge I may be in the [largish] minority on that. One reason, however, will be the complete crapshoot of online search results for the inevitable problems that require troubleshooting.
Generic names like Music, Photos and TV (etc.) will make it that much harder to find support articles for upcoming software problems. At least with names such as iTunes, GarageBand, or iPhoto, you could clue in on pertinent material much easier.
It's attention to the little details like these that really separates the great from the merely okay.
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Because it would make it impossible to manage what I want to put in the phone.
I was not asking for new software. Just don’t make old software stop working when they are perfectly fine.
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Considering the fact they have already removed the ability to manage apps on the iOS in iTunes, my hopes can’t be too high, can I?Yes.
And you nor anyone else won’t know if the new music app will or won’t do for at least another hour, so the hyperbole in this thread is silly.
Since you're not familiar with the Zune software, how can you have an opinion on it?
The Zune Marketplace was also, IMO, one of the best subscription services. $10/mo (or $100/yr) got you unlimited streaming, downloading AND 1 FREE ALBUM a month to KEEP! Yes, yours to keep with no DRM.
It's Microsoft who killed Zune. Terrible (lack of) marketing and MS just can't compete their way out of a box if they had to.
It may have been a "fact" iTunes was the best player for an iPhone or Mac, but not for Windows.