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Apple Wipes iTunes Pages on Facebook and Instagram, Begins Moving Away From iTunes Links
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Stop being so dramatic. Its iTunes, not your marriage.
Kindly tell me how I can manage my iTunes library over the cloud?
I wonder if this means the iTunes Store will simply be called Store. Or, now we will be purchasing content through their respected apps (music purchases through music app, videos through TV app, etc)?
I thought Apple was going to do something really smart and delete all their Facebook accounts!
I have to agree. I try searching for how to do something in Pages and I get results for word with the word "pages" in it.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.
The original Real Player wasn’t as bad as that RealOne Player crap. Then again both were full of ads.
Nice explanation, thanks. Seems you're much more into the app than me and thus encounter more problems. I just use it to listen to music and sync and I don't watch movies through iTunes, I use VLC. My music library is just around 30gb, so I'm guessing it's getting more confused as its size increases.
About your covers problem, but have you tried (you probably have) disabling the automatic cover download function? For all my music, I added the covers manually and they have always stayed put.
About needing all of your files, I get it. But our approach is different, I keep everything on a external drive and when needed, I copy a few videos to the Mac and watch them with VLC, kinda a Windows approach, not having everything in one nice place with cover art etc. I never bothered importing everything into iTunes and that might have been a good thing...
Let's remember that iTunes isn't just music; it's also TV shows and movies. The fact that they're discontinuing iTunes altogether means that we can look forward to news on the TV and Movies front at WWDC. Will TV shows and movies be sold directly in the TV app? Will individual music tracks and albums be sold on Apple Music alongside the streaming service?
If Apple will stop selling music altogether and move into streaming exclusively, then perhaps the same will happen with movies and TV shows. An AppleTV+ service that includes streaming movies and TV shows that are currently available in iTunes would be an enticing proposition.
I'm looking forward to seeing how Apple ties up all the loose ends.
If Apple will stop selling music altogether and move into streaming exclusively, then perhaps the same will happen with movies and TV shows. An AppleTV+ service that includes streaming movies and TV shows that are currently available in iTunes would be an enticing proposition.
I'm looking forward to seeing how Apple ties up all the loose ends.
As difficult as iTunes had become to use I still will miss it greatly. For anyone using iTunes for a very long time knows that the original layout was much easier to navigate and use and then eventually they changed the layout little by little after each update and literally changed how the app looked. Took away functionalities that power users had grown accustomed to. I remember that was some of the first times I was genuinely confused at why Apple would “break” something that was working and working quite well. Small example is the sidebar and how the sync page for connected iOS devices changed. Horrible!!!
Even still I will miss iTunes because you still had all your media in one location and in my case very meticulously organized (tons of time spent) and it looked decent! Though we all would have changed or fixed things inside of iTunes none of us would’ve broken down a powerhouse app and brand into 3 newer apps.
I don’t understand the need to break something that isn’t broke and it’s not something that people barely use. Tons of people have spent countless time organizing their music libraries to possibly have it vanish. I am also nervous about making the transition to the new Music app and possibly having my content not transfer correctly. In the past things have been bumpy and I would be nervous about this transition for sure.
I’m hesitant to try any new Apple app ie: Apple Maps or new Apple TV app !!!
Even still I will miss iTunes because you still had all your media in one location and in my case very meticulously organized (tons of time spent) and it looked decent! Though we all would have changed or fixed things inside of iTunes none of us would’ve broken down a powerhouse app and brand into 3 newer apps.
I don’t understand the need to break something that isn’t broke and it’s not something that people barely use. Tons of people have spent countless time organizing their music libraries to possibly have it vanish. I am also nervous about making the transition to the new Music app and possibly having my content not transfer correctly. In the past things have been bumpy and I would be nervous about this transition for sure.
I’m hesitant to try any new Apple app ie: Apple Maps or new Apple TV app !!!
Maybe Apple can commission Billy Joel to record a special version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” focused on hardware and software updates
“Floppy disks, gone away, what else do I have to say”
Massive brand recognition like... I dunno... iPod?
Apple could've kept going on the iPod momentum for at least another 5 years. By releasing the iPhone, they killed the iPod at the absolute height of its popularity.
Apple Music is a recognized brand in its own right. In the US, it has surpassed Spotify and is on track to doing the same in other countries. iTunes is associated with the past and with purchasing music. Killing it now makes perfect sense.
He would've killed it earlier.
Steve had no problem killing the iPod mini, then Apple's best selling device, and creating the iPod nano. He effectively killed the entire iPod market with the release of the iPhone. Steve had no attachment to brands if he could create a better one.
Why are we moving away from the iTunes brand which is something everyone knows to call it very uninspired names?
There’s the Macintosh. The iPad. The PowerBook.
Literally all products launched under Tim Cook’s tenure are called “Apple [generic name of the thing]”. Apple Watch, Apple Music, Apple Card, Apple Pay. They killed OS X, which is a very cool name, to call it macOS, which is ****. I’m still mourning the loss of the iPod app in iOS 5 (remember, it’s an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device...).
They’ve been horrible at branding and this is fragmenting the brand. “Air” used to mean something a few years ago, now it means something else entirely (and I’m not sure what it is). Same for Pro. And Apple TV is both a device and a service?
Jesus.
There’s the Macintosh. The iPad. The PowerBook.
Literally all products launched under Tim Cook’s tenure are called “Apple [generic name of the thing]”. Apple Watch, Apple Music, Apple Card, Apple Pay. They killed OS X, which is a very cool name, to call it macOS, which is ****. I’m still mourning the loss of the iPod app in iOS 5 (remember, it’s an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device...).
They’ve been horrible at branding and this is fragmenting the brand. “Air” used to mean something a few years ago, now it means something else entirely (and I’m not sure what it is). Same for Pro. And Apple TV is both a device and a service?
Jesus.
One way to get all of your music—even ripped music to iCloud—is iTunes Match.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146
Not me. I'm still using an Apple II, because I hate change. But you wouldn't believe how many dongles I have connected.
I'm with you on your last paragraph there. I was in the Apple store a week ago, and you could see the utter confusion at the iPad section. I watched the employees trying to explain differences between the iPad models. I don't understand them myself, and I'm a lifelong Apple fan. Such crazy confusing product lines.
So pay more money basically for something that works perfectly fine as it is? If Apple offered match for free I might use it, as long as my custom album art, metadata eg all carried across. Along with 'number of plays', 'last plays' etc. Basically if it fully synced all the information that iTunes sync does now then I'd do it. Also if it still worked with Last.fm.
iTunes sync is just so simple and easy to do what I want and with Wifi Sync turned on, it happens automatically without me needing to do anything whatsoever.