Haven't pulled the trigger yet but will be watching to see if Apple try and ruin all of this capability in an update to Mojave.
You can get your iTunes Library.itl from the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. Just rename "iTunes Library 2018-10-31.itl" to iTunes Library.itl and copy it in the iTunes folderI removed the file "iTunes Library.itl" (due to a cannot be read because it was it was created by a newer version of iTunes).
No need to run the script after every update, just save the iTunes.pkg created and install it again.Good news though - bogdanw's script still works if you remember to disable SIP.
You can get your iTunes Library.itl from the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. Just rename "iTunes Library 2018-10-31.itl" to iTunes Library.itl and copy it in the iTunes folder
No need to run the script after every update, just save the iTunes.pkg created and install it again.
I keep 12.6.3 to arrange IOS apps in an iTunes window on Mac. I can see all my app pages and folders at once. I am amazed that newer versions have done away with that! It might well delay my upgrading to mojave. (still on [not high] sierra).
Anyone dealing with wifi data caps recognizes the costly problems of updating apps on each IOS device. Would not be an issue if "bug fixes" by a developer simply changed that part of an apps software affected by the change. But no, not uncommon to see +100 MB downloads per app for unending "bug fixes" etc. Add that number for many apps times the number of IOS devices and that's a ridiculous amount of costly data.
And then there's the time consumption required for multiple downloads of the same app. Much simpler to download it once (via iTunes or some other organized way Apple has yet to devise) and then sync to the various devices. Why is that so hard for Apple to comprehend? Apple is really good at making amazing products. And equally obtuse when it comes to recognizing some very basic and essential user needs. Unfortunately the Tim Cook era of IOS/OS user simplification and dumbing-down lives on.![]()
You should turn on content caching and use the built in updates. You should save data as the updates will get downloaded once, but they'll also be smaller than using the full updates from iTunes, because the built in app update doesn't pull the whole app every time.We have over a dozen iDevices in the household and Xfinity places a 1TB cap on our internet data, so we would use up half the data cap on app updates alone if not for iTunes 12.6.5.3 > We've downloaded 47GB of app updates in iTunes just in the past 4 weeks (about 43GB for the calendar month of December). Averaging that to 45GB/mo x 11 iOS devices = 495GB/month of 1000GB used up by APPLE!
You should turn on content caching and use the built in updates. You should save data as the updates will get downloaded once, but they'll also be smaller than using the full updates from iTunes, because the built in app update doesn't pull the whole app every time.
See these links for more information about content caching: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204675
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/manage-content-caching-on-mac-mchl3b6c3720/mac
Yes, the script still works but each security update or small upgrade reinstalls iTunes 12.9.I have tested and can confirm that bogdanw's fix still works on Mojave 10.14.3
I didn't see anything like that but that's pretty concerning. There's no way I'm willing to only use pre-curated tones.The Apple support page for custom ringtones seems to suggest that iTunes 12.6 has a limited life. It talks about corporate services for managing iOS device content as an alternative to iTunes.
I thought the latest version of iTunes didnt have the App Store, but I just stumbled on thisView attachment 819914
I can't figure out the steps to even find that page
I'll bet that if you tried to use that "store" page, it would only partially function, if it all.
With the stores, iTunes is really only displaying specialized web pages that are rendered by the WebKit framework in the OS. 12.7+ probably doesn't know how to handle those links even if it's able to display them.
Sadly the ship has sailed on iTunes. I'm planning on a new machine when Apple gets off its butt and refreshes the iMac, and am budgeting for a substitute like iMazing as part of the purchase.
For now, 12.6.5 works on this El Cap machine, even though it is slightly buggy, and lacks the icon resource for the XS so it's not a fully polished experience. But it does function for the important things, and successfully restored my old phone running 10.3.3 to a new XS, with the exception of the 32-bit apps.
Just type https://AppStore.com/<name of a known developer> then when the iTunes page appears, click PowerSearch (top left).
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Its great to read all about the iOS apps on a large Mac screen. Also it appears you can buy iOS apps from there. Haven't done much testing yet. Just thought I would let people know as it might be of help.