Apple has silently made iTunes 12.6.3 available for download, and this is a special version that still includes all of the old functionality - the App Store, iBooks, and ringtones. Understandably, a few people have been upset ever since at the fact that iTunes 12.7 is less bloated than past versions.īloat lovers have a reprieve, however. When you launch iTunes 12.7 you’ll see a disclaimer about the changes.Last month Apple ripped the App Store out of iTunes for PC and Mac, alongside ringtones and other features, without bothering to tell anyone beforehand.You should not need to restart your Mac, unless you also decided to click the Update All button, which installs any other OS updates available.

The installation will take a few minutes.Click Continue to have your Mac close iTunes and continue with the upgrade. If the iTunes app is open, your Mac will tell you that the installation cannot proceed until you close iTunes. When you’re ready, click the Update button next to the section about the iTunes 12.7 update.If you don’t see the iTunes 12.7 update, try reloading the page by pressing Command-R. The app will use the internet to look for new updates.

Click on the Update button at the top of the app.

On your Mac, launch the App Store app in your Applications folder.

If you purchased ringtones through iTunes, Apple says that you can download them through your iPhone using the App Store app, or through Settings>Sounds>Ringtone>Store. You no longer can buy an iOS app within iTunes, and then load the app to your device when you perform a sync.Īpple announced last month that iTunes U content can now be found in the iTunes’ podcasts section. This means that in order to buy an iOS app, you must do it on the iOS device itself. It no longer has an App Store for your iPhone or iPad. Apple has redesigned iTunes so that it focuses on sales of music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and podcasts. ITunes 12.7 for Mac was released on Tuesday with a major change in the app.

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