Apple will soon be getting rid of its iTunes app. Bloomberg is reporting that the company is working on new standalone apps that will replace iTunes on the Mac.
And yes, we kind of knew this already. Back in April, we wrote that Apple is working on new Apple Music, TV, Podcasts, and Books app for the Mac that will be replacing iTunes. At the time, it was uncertain whether Apple will be completely getting rid of iTunes, as it wasn’t clear whether the new Apple Music app will have the capability to let users manage their Apple devices as iTunes does right now.
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But according to Bloomberg, the new Music app will indeed allow users to sync their devices and manage them instead of having to use iTunes. We got a look at the new Apple Music app recently, and it doesn’t look very different from iTunes either, but it could mark a major change in strategy for Apple.
What will be more interesting to see is how Apple deals with replacing iTunes on third-party platforms. Whether the company will release new Apple Music, TV apps for Windows to replace the classic iTunes app (which is also available via the Microsoft Store) remains unknown. The company also launched iTunes on third-party smart TVs recently, so I’m assuming they will simply get rebranded to Apple TV once the company’s video streaming service launches later this year.
dontbe evil
<blockquote><em><a href="#432225">In reply to ahassall:</a></em></blockquote><p>but but apple is the best, never force updates, only ms does</p>
dontbe evil
<blockquote><em><a href="#432313">In reply to truerock2:</a></em></blockquote><p>have an upvote, some butthurt apple fans didn't like your truly comment against his beloved company… you know iPhone never stuck in boot-up, it just works</p>
wocowboy
Premium Member<p>I am just thrilled that I will now have to launch 4-5 different programs in order to have all the media I have on my computer properly organized and synced to my iPhone. And probably another separate application that only takes care of device management, iOS updates, etc. Having all that handled by ONE application is just so old-school. Or it must be, according to the whining and moaning all these pundits have been doing while demanding that iTunes be broken up into separate applications for each different type of media. The fact is, the iTunes has been doing a great job of organizing, syncing, and device management since it came out years ago. The interface might be a bit obtuse at times, I will agree with that, but for media management and syncing it works just fine. </p>