Apple appears to be giving us even more indication that those rumors about the death of iTunes may hold water that even some reports from Bloomberg also confirmed that Apple is preparing to completely abandon iTunes.
The program, according to the agency, will be replaced by independent applications for music, television and podcasts, along with the release of macOS 10.15. According to Bloomberg, this solution is in line with Apple’s strategy, because without iTunes, users will be able to manage their gadgets through the Music app.
It is assumed that the head of the company Tim Cook will announce the changes at the conference of developers WWDC 2019, which starts on June 3. The iTunes player first appeared in 2001. With it, Mac computer users listened to music and podcasts, watched movies and TV shows. In addition, it was used to synchronize information on Apple devices.
Earlier, after a four-year break, Apple introduced a new portable multimedia player of the seventh generation of iPod touch, which retained the design of previous models, significantly improving its performance. The novelty did not receive either Touch ID or Face ID, retaining the design of the previous model and the mechanical button “Home”.
As noted on Reddit and reported by MacRumors, Apple’s iTunes pages on Facebook and Instagram have been scrubbed of their content just days ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), its annual event at which the company is reportedly planning to announce it’s killing the 18-year-old app (and not a moment too soon, in our opinion).
The Instagram account for iTunes currently directs visitors to its Apple TV page, while the page’s link directs to Apple TV+. MacRumors noted that on Facebook, it appears as though Apple may have moved the content from its iTunes page over to its Apple TV page. Curiously, however, its Twitter account appears to be fine.
Back in April, developer Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted that he was “fairly confident based on evidence I don’t wish to make public at this point that Apple is planning new (likely UIKit) Music, Podcasts, perhaps even Books, apps for macOS, to join the new TV app,” adding that this also meant “the much-discussed and long-awaited break up of iTunes.” And as we inch ever closer to WWDC, which kicks off on Monday, that rumor has hit full-on fever pitch.
On Friday, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman added fuel to the fire by reporting that the app—which has been used for far too many confusing functions for far too long—would be replaced by new macOS apps Music, TV, and Podcasts. According to the report, users will be able to manage their iPhone products through the Music app instead.
We’re not saying that this is a conclusive indication that Apple is killing iTunes—but if it is? Good riddance.
