I haven’t seen anybody else mention that iTunes downloads and .exe exists for basically all versions that came out. Just not on the Apple site. It’s common for people to download old versions to try and work with old iPods or OS versions. Even if there is no “update” for iTunes on windows: what’s stopping you from using the current version until it breaks? It should still it’s job of transferring music to your current device for a long time
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I'm actually kinda curious about the purchased music I had on there... Is it still there? The only things I ever actually bought were exclusive albums/tracks from like 2 bands so I hadn't really thought about it until now.
If you purchased the music then it's still there.
To those who say "who cares?" I do. I do physical backups of my wife's phone monthly.
Time for an upgrade
... to Android
Yea agreed she has an iPhone 12 mini
Idk but iTunes for Windows has never not been shit. When I recently switched back to iOS from Android I found copytrans. I can’t speak to how secure it is, but it has done a great job of putting all the music I own onto my iPhone.
I like it more than using Apple Music on a Mac for doing the transfer because the last time I tried that, Apple tried to tell me I didn’t have the rights to listen to a song that I literally sang and recorded.
Thank you will look into it
As someone who's never used Apple devices I was a bit peeved when my car came with an iPod. I spent days trying out random 3rd party software because I refused to use iTunes. In the end, I settled for CopyTrans software.
You still need to have the iTunes services installed afaik, but you can use this program to put music on your device, pad out the meta info on the MP3 files and sync the playlists without having to open iTunes at all.
Maybe not entirely the answer you were looking for, but it was a workable solution for me after days of trial and error, so I'm hoping I can save you those troubles.
Would there be any other way to access the iTunes music/media store? I only use itunes now to buy DRM free music when its not available on bandcamp. As far as i know its been the only way to access and purchase via the itunes store on a non-apple device
You don’t need an Apple Music subscription to listen to music you own.
Yes but without iTunes how would you get the mp3 files onto the iPhone?
As someone has already written in another comment, the Apple Music app.
Not an Apple user, but can't you just connect your iPhone as a USB device?
When I still had an iPod Touch many years ago, that only worked after Jailbreaking. The way they lock down the file system on iOS has been one of the worst parts of the Apple Walled Garden in my opinion.
3rd party app and then transfer files via USB.
There’s really no reason for iTunes anymore.
Got MP3s? Stick them in a fileshare on your PC and use the Files app to copy them onto your phone. Or run a streaming service and stream them over.
But if you really want to manage everything from the PC, you can always use software like iMazing to do so.
Lots of options, all better than iTunes.
Didn't realize you could music onto the phone in that manner. Will look into it
Edit when you say the files app do you mean windows Explorer?
No, I meant the Files app on the phone. It can browse Windows fileshares on the same WiFi network.
I learned something new every day thank you
Yes, windows file explorer works. You'll plug your phone in via USB and treat it like a thumb drive, moving files back and forth.
Cool didn’t know that. Thank you
And Apple Music will play the songs and see the song info (artist song name etc?)
I do not have a subscription to Apple Music
Well I want something with metadatas and number of play.
Metadata is in the mp3 itself tho...
To do some managing with it.
This is great news! Now I can finally go back to using the last good version of iTunes without worrying about it accidentally updating to a later version.
Which version is that? I'm interested myself.
I have to double-check, but I think 1.7.2 was the last one with both Visualizer and Party Shuffle.
It's fucking amazing to me that in the decade since I haven't been able to find a music library software that has both smart playlists and something like Party Shuffle. If I had more free time I might have written one myself by now.
Thank you so much. I use iTunes to help maintain a personal mp3 library. I could and probably should use something else, but I guess I never learned. One day. But seriously, thanks for the version tip!
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They did kill iTunes as it was too old and the work to modernize it would be too much. However, the functions of iTunes live on in several apps: Apple Music, Apple Devices, Apple TV, and iCloud for Windows. You will just have to grab the apps you need from the Windows Store. Such a fuss was made about this, I'm surprised you didn't know! The Apple Support updated relevant pages to let people know too.
I’m in the minority I guess cause I was happy about this. I hated having to install iTunes just to back up/restore phones. I wanted the full encrypted backup. iCloud doesn’t do that.
iTunes and such wasn’t working with accounts using self provided safety keys. I finally got Apple Music and iCloud in Windows 11, then promptly installed Cider. It’s not perfect but I can scrobble stuff and it still has lots of features
Hope they don't kill it entirely, or at least move their media codecs out to a separate download.
CoreAAC > all other AAC encoders
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