Very nice. Maybe not. That is a major change that methinks Apple
ought to rethink. I did not see much else changed. I updated iTunes
under High Sierra but will wait on the update under Sierra until I
develop a strategy. Maybe wait until I get a new phone and have done the
restore.
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On 9/13/2017 7:58 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes
Macworld / Glenn Fleishman
iTunes 12.7 appeared Tuesday
<https://www.macworld.com/article/3224565/software-entertainment/itunes-12-7-for-mac-removes-ios-app-store.html>
following Apple’s slate of product announcements
<https://www.macworld.com/article/3224474/apple-phone/iphone-x-event-recap-everything-apple-announced-at-its-first-apple-park-event.html>,
and its version number hides how much that’s disappeared and changed in
this release. The iOS App Store is wiped out, as are ringtones. iTunes U
and Internet Radio have moved locations. And iTunes for Windows lost its
ability to manage books in iOS.
itunes 12 7 yeah rightIDG
The first time you launch iTunes 12.7, it gives you this hilarious bit
of fluff about the changes made.
While many people have argued iTunes’ feature creep over the years had
made it an increasingly odd sack of unrelated items, this shift doesn’t
come with commensurate improvements or additions elsewhere in macOS, and
may cause some difficulties for people with modest Internet throughput
or low bandwidth caps, which can affect people across both the developed
world (more the U.S. than elsewhere) and the developing one.
The biggest hit is to the iOS App Store in iTunes, which was always a
strange fit. iOS apps were in iTunes, because iTunes was once the only
way to manage content. But you’ll have to adjust your behavior and find
new places to carry out activities you might have before. Let’s go
through the changes.
What to do about no iOS apps in iTunes 12.7
The App Store in iTunes is kaput and there’s nothing you can do about,
so dry your tears and let’s move on. Apple doesn’t let it go neatly out
the door, however. After updating, I found that 5GB of “.ipa” files—the
file format for apps—remained in my home directory (in |~/Music/iTunes
Library/Mobile Applications/|). You can throw those away unless you’re
nostalgic.
If you were used to syncing your apps via iTunes and making purchases in
macOS to sync back, that capability is now restricted to iOS. You won’t
consume more bandwidth downloading an app via iOS than macOS—unless you
have multiple iOS devices syncing the same apps to a single Mac.
Where it will really hurt is if and when you need to restore an iPhone
or iPad. You can still perform iTunes backups, but the restore won’t
transfer apps from your Mac, but instead re-download them over the
Internet from Apple. That can easily consume gigabytes of bandwidth,
depending on your app choices. Many users download few apps, or those
apps that are relatively modest, and this won’t be as big a hit.
There’s no way to bypass or minimize this problem. If you have any kinds
of restrictions on your internet service—whether in performance or
limits—you should consider using a public Wi-Fi hotspot or the Wi-Fi of
a friend without those limits. You’ll need to plan ahead when you wipe
and want to restore an iOS device.
You might wonder what happened to File Transfers, a hack that Apple
introduced many years ago to allow iOS apps to sync data back and forth
with a Mac before iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other methods
were readily available. It remains: with an iOS device connected, click
its icon in the area below the playback bar, and then click File Sharing
in the navigation list at left.
itunes 12 7 file downloadsIDG
File Transfers remains, even though apps are gone.
Other changes in iTunes 12.7
Ringtones are no longer managed as purchases in iTunes, but you can find
previously downloaded ones and manage those in iTunes. Apple says any
downloaded ringtones are in the |~/Music/iTunes Library/Tones/| folder.
And if you select your device in iTunes, you can click the Tones item
under On My Device to remove and add them.
In iOS 11, coming shortly, Apple will let you re-downloaded previously
purchased ringtones <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207955> and
manage them directly on the device.
itunes 12 7 internet radioIDG
You can pick what shows up in the music library sidebar, including
Internet Radio.
iTunes U content was moved to podcasts in iTunes, while Internet Radio
is now part of the music library sidebar. If you’re not seeing Internet
Radio, Control-click on the music sidebar, choose Edit List, and check
the Internet Radio box. (While there, you can opt to include or exclude
other items.)
Finally, Windows users will find themselves paging through their version
of iTunes, trying to find Books. It doesn’t matter how thoroughly you
ruffle the app: Apple says in a bit of doublespeak, “Books on iTunes for
Windows are managed in iBooks for iOS.”
Original Article:
https://www.macworld.com/article/3224531/software-entertainment/itunes-127-how-to-cope-with-the-abrupt-changes.html#tk.rss_all
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