The backup-and-restore functionality for iOS devices that currently exists in iTunes will also be available in the Finder.Īpple did not say what will happen with iTunes for Windows. Going forward, Mac users will be able to sync their iOS devices' music libraries in the Mac's Finder. But the app largely remained the primary hub on Macs until this new update, which is expected to launch for supported Macs later this year. Apple launched a streaming music service called Apple Music in 2015, which added even more layers, and some critics began pointing to the application as a leading example of unintuitive and even bad user-experience design-hardly something Apple wanted to be known for.Īpple has already spent a couple of years siphoning off some iTunes features to other apps in iOS, its mobile operating system for iPhones and iPads. Advertisementįurther Reading “Oprah” for indie bands: Apple once loved unknown acts-what changed?However, as the features piled on, many users felt that the application became overcomplicated and unwieldy. iTunes was also the primary method for backing up, updating, and managing iOS devices like the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad before iCloud took center stage in recent years. Apple later introduced new media types to iTunes as it expanded its services and content offerings: movies, TV, podcasts, books, and audiobooks. It was lauded as a powerful tool for managing your music library in that it allowed you to not only sort, manage, and play music you bought from Apple's online store, but it also let you import music files acquired from other sources and even sync them to your cloud-based library.
And the program was also the home base for the iPod, one of the first of many products CEO Steve Jobs oversaw when steering the company back to success after he returned to his leadership position in 1998.
iTunes was partly credited with slowing the severe bleeding to piracy the recording industry faced amid the popularity of the MP3 boom on peer-to-peer file-sharing applications like Napster. ITunes-a program for managing your media library, listening to songs, and buying new content-played a key part in the digital revolution of the 2000s after it first launched in 2001. Further Reading The WWDC Liveblog: All the OS details from Apple’s annual keynote
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