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It just needed some love and attention (and maybe a major redesign). Nobody is arguing that iTunes isn't a jumbled mess, but it didn't need to be broken up. Which, let's be honest, that's were those device management features should've been all along. Except when you have to click a separate icon in the dock to access music or podcasts, or use Finder to sync and monitor the rest of the stuff on your iPhone. We're getting separate audio apps, but each is so similar to iTunes, you won't know the difference. So at the end of the day, what we're left with is neither better nor worse than what we had before really - just different. And that would've likely meant losing some key functionality along the way. Apple could've gone the News route, and lazily ported over an iOS app to the desktop. I'm fully aware this situation could've been a lot worse. How iPhone management will appear in Finder (Chris Velazco/Engadget) And it seems like that will continue, at least for the immediate future. Apple Music looks like the iTunes store, and less like a streaming service. iTunes looks dated compared to other services, and that spills over into other desktop interfaces. When you compare the design to Spotify, Pandora or PocketCasts (on desktop), the gap is glaring. Please, Apple: just give us something that feels like a player, and less like a file management system. Sure, they're focused on their specific niche, but the overall look is the same.

Music and Podcasts, however, look pretty much identical to iTunes.

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The TV app is, mostly because the company is gearing up to launch its streaming service, Apple TV+.

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On a Mac with the latest version of macOS, use the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, Apple Podcasts, Apple Books or Finder instead of iTunes.

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I think I could accept this if they were each redesigned. On a Chromebook, you can download the Apple Music app from the Google Play Store. Please, Apple: just give us something that feels like a player, and less like a file management system.īasically, instead of a nearly organized and slimmed-down iTunes, Apple is giving us separate apps, each with a single focus. But in that case, you will have to open up each app individually, according to Apple's macOS Catalina announcement. Of course, if you really want to use a cable, you can. Apple already lets you download your music, movies and more directly to your device via the cloud. Thankfully, you won't have to use a different app to sync things to your phone or tablet. It's not really better, just in a different place. However, this will mean firing up another app when you want to switch content libraries. You will know exactly where everything is immediately - no more dealing with that godawful drop down menu that plagues the current version. In fact, I'd argue more apps might not be better. Sure, this makes a lot of sense on the surface, but it doesn't really address the main problem of iTunes. Once all kidding was put aside though, Apple announced its solution: iTunes will be split up into three apps in macOS Catalina for Music, Podcasts and TV. The current version of iTunes (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget)

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