David Hanak On January 9, 2001, as part of the Macworld conference, Steve Jobs introduced to the world a program that was supposed to accompany the life of almost every user of the macOS, iOS, and to some extent Windows platform in the coming years - iTunes. This year, more than 18 years since its introduction, the life cycle of this iconic (and by many reviled) program is coming to an end.
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In the upcoming major macOS update, which Apple will publicly demonstrate for the first time on Monday as part of WWDC, according to all information so far, there should be fundamental changes regarding the default system applications. And it is the new macOS 10.15 that is supposed to be the first in which iTunes does not appear after 18 years.
This is what the first version of iTunes looked like in 2001:
Instead, a trio of completely new applications will appear in the system, which will be based on iTunes, but will be more specifically focused on specific activities. We will thus have a dedicated Music application that directly replaces iTunes and, in addition to the Apple Music player, will serve as a tool for synchronizing music across iOS/macOS devices. The second news will be an application focused purely on podcasts, the third will be on Apple TV (and the new upcoming streaming service Apple TV+).
This step is welcomed by many, while others condemn it. Because from one (highly controversial) application, Apple will now make three. This may suit those who use, for example, only music and do not deal with podcasts with Apple TV. However, those who use all services will have to operate through three different applications, instead of the original one. We will already know more tomorrow, as this change will most likely be discussed in more depth on stage. iTunes is ending anyway.
Are you happy about it, or do you see it as nonsense to split it into three separate applications?
Source: Bloomberg
+1000 for liquidation, that application has grown to colossal proportions…. However, I would not be completely afraid of an early termination, there are a lot of activities that cannot be solved elsewhere, mainly device management, backup, synchronization... A minority, but it is still used...
I primarily need a file transfer app others can push…
So this might be a problem for me in particular... I'm quite curious how it will turn out with iTunes for Win... I have a server at home with a library of over 5Tb and there iTunes on Win shares everything on the network (for ATVs, other PCs on the network with iTunes, MacBooks , iPhones, iPads...) I'm a little afraid of what will happen now. I've been putting this library together for 15 years, and during that time I've tried almost countless variants, and I can say that iTunes is probably the best software I've ever worked with. So now I'm really afraid of what's to come... I can't imagine that now I'll have to scatter everything between individual applications. I hope that at least sorting, editing and working with files in the library will remain at the same level as in iTunes, because there really is nothing that can work with a large number of files in one library as pleasantly, simply and efficiently as iTunes...
The person who can write that iTunes is the worst, has either never worked with it or does not know what it means to sort, sort and somehow put together a library with a large number of files...