Hi, File sharing is still there. When your iPHOne is connected, it's one of the options in the list, along with Summary, Music, Movies, etc.
Best, Anna > On Sep 15, 2017, at 10:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just updated last night and as far as my own music library goes there seems > to be little difference for me. I still select “Songs” in the sidebar, then I > turn on the column browser and hide the side bar and I have the same > interface it seems where I have my columns/combo boxes for genre, artist and > album and then a listview with all my songs or, if I selected anything in any > of the 3 columns only the songs which apply. > There are now only 5 media types as follows: > > > Music, shortcut is Control+1 as always > Movies, Control+2 also as before > TV Shows, Control+3 as before > Podcasts, Control+4 which I think is also the same > Audio Books, Control+5, this one is announced by Jaws as iTunes U which I > think was on that shortcut before so of course Jaws needs to change this > announcement in the future. > You used to have I think Apps on Control+7 and Tones, but as we all know > these are now gone. > I just went to the Movies section and it actually seems to be more accessible > as the column browser now seems to apply here, I have one column with genres > so to speak, things like Action and Adventure, Comedy etc., then the second > column is called artists as well, haven’t quite figured out what the names > here are, but after that I have a nice listview just as with songs where all > my movies appear one underneath another and Jaws reads the title and a brief > summary of the movie. > When I go to TV Shows I only have one I ever bought and it is Star Trek > Voyager Seasons 1 and 2, but as I bought them as a package it lists them > together, but the list view again nicely shows each episode, 1 to 15 and then > again 1 to 26 for season 2, Jaws perfectly reads each episode with episode > number and title. > I just went to the Podcasts section as well, since I never set it up it asked > me to do so and using the Jaws Touch cursor it read me all the information > there, I activated the continue button and the Podcasts I am subscribed to > using the Podcasts app on my iPhone all showed up, I can arrow up and down > through the episodes and have buttons for default settings, settings and > more, it all seems to be fine. > Audio Books I only have a few in iTunes, but they also are read out and seem > accessible. > I don’t have time now to connect my iPhone and play around with that, but > I’ll do that tonight or over the weekend and take a look, certainly as far as > the library goes I find this version of iTunes more accessible than before > especially for the movies, TV Shows, Podcasts and Audio Books sections. > > Regards, > Sieghard > <> > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 7:15 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > For those having trouble accessing your music in the new iTunes, try NVDA. > At least it reads the artists or albums whereas Jaws isn’t reading them for > me. > > Richard > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Russ Kiehne > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 6:12 AM > To: viphone@googlegroupscom <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > From the article I saw posted, I got the impression you can no longer use > itunes file sharing to transfer content to a app that supports itunes file > sharing? I hope I’m wrong? > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 8:08 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > Yes, it was in the article somebody posted. > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Russ Kiehne > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 6:23 AM > To: viphone@googlegroupscom <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > Do you know if you can still use file sharing in itunes 12.7? > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:03 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > The article says you can still manage ringtones you have with iTunes so that > part won’t be changed would be my interpretation. I think there would be a > pretty big outcry if Apple did not at all allow users to add their own > ringtones. > As for the app store in iTunes, well, I haven’t used that to manage apps in a > long time so as far as I am concerned I won’t miss it. Yes, I know that some > Voiceover users like to make sure they have backup copies of apps in case a > new update breaks accessibility and this just means set app updates to manual > on the iPhone and let somebody else take the plunge first if you are really > concerned. > What the author said about developing countries and bandwwidth and all that > to me doesn’t make much sense since certainly people in developing countries > often don’t even have a computer let along a home WiFi. My wife is from the > Philippines which isn’t even among the poorest countries and even there > people who have an iPhone are usually in the top few percent of the > population in terms of wealth, the large mass of people there can’t afford an > iPhone and they certainly don’t have a computer or a home WiFi network. > As for iTunes U it does make sense for that to be in something like the > Podcasts app but why Apple won’t let you manage your books on the computer is > a mystery to me, too. I think there is a big trend towards getting away from > iTunes and having your phone tethered to a computer for all sorts of things, > but having some of these options surely can’t hurt, either. > One feature I am sure many of us will like is the new Files app in iTunes. I > just downloaded a Dropbox update and in the Whats New section it mentioned > that Dropbox in this updated added compatibility with the Files app so you > will see all your Dropbox content in the Files app. I assume OneDrive will > follow suit and this new app should really make it much easier to add and > manage files of all types on your device. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of James Homuth > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:05 AM > To: viphone@googlegroupscom <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > Note to self: hold on to current version of iTunes until it becomes > impractical. > > Also: what does this mean for those of us who prefer to make our own > ringtones? Are we boned as of latest version? > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Mary Otten > Sent: September-13-17 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes > > > 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. > > IDG > 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. > > IDG > 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. > > IDG > 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. 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