iTunes 12.2 what happened to the downloads window?

I was looking around on the internet about this and just noticed that Apple has reinstated (?) the ability to view the Downloads in a separate window independent of the arrow-in-the-circle dropdown.

Downloads can now be seen on the Activity window found under the Window menu on iTunes 12.6.0.

For OS X Mavericks 10.9.5

Go to iTunes>Window>Activity (or quick keys Option+Command+L)

This will show you what is being downloaded

You can also select "Simultaneous Downloads" at the bottom right of that window.

Yes, I too hate having to figure this stuff out every time something is updated.

First off, itunes is gradually loosing everything that I loved about it in its attempt to become like its competitors. If I wanted the chaos of your competition then I'd buy from your competition. This is another perfect example. The lovely, clean, well organized window we used to know and love has been tossed in the bin where we can not retrieve it. However we can scrape by in a far less efficient way with whats left. When something is in your download que you will see a small icon/button of a downward pointing arrow. click that and you'll see a drop down menu style thing. This is a listing of each of your items in the download que. the same pause/refresh/x button we are used to shows up next to each. there is also a tiny circle that goes from grey to blue as your download progresses (as it does on a cell phone). there is also tiny print that is hard to focus your eyes on that tells you how much of the files is completed based on mb or whatever is most efficient. IF YOU SCROLL TO THE VERY BOTTOM of your que, you will find the check box for simultaneous downloads or single and the "pause all" button. I hope this helps at least a little and trust me when i tell you that I too am once again wondering how progress became defined as lets make things work less.

I would delete my previous post but I don't know how. as soon as i posted I found another persons answer Moi-NoExpert and it isn't completely accurate but using it i was able to find what we are looking for. (all the info i gave before is still true but this is how to get the pop-out window)

ctrl+shift+3 or "view" then "show activity window" done

You can also display the persistent form of the Activity window by pressing Option when you click the button to the right of Search; or by pressing Opt+Cmd+L. "Ctrl+Shift+3" is a Windows key sequence, not recognized in iTunes for Mac, whose community this is.

In the upper right corner of iTunes is a down arrow with a circle around it which animates when a download is active. Hold down the option key (mac) or shift key (windows) and click the down arrow animation. A new window should appear with information about the item(s) being downloaded and its/their status.

It appears Apple has completely removed the progress bar from both software updates and downloading purchases from iTunes store.😕

I did a little test and downloaded a purchased item from the store. On the top right hand side we now get a circle with a down facing arrow.

The circle spins while downloading but there is no indication how far along your download is.

Click on the down-pointing arrow (now in a circle) and a window with a list of downloads and their progress will appear.

Cclick on the arrow.

I see. Thank you. I stand corrected! 🙂

I'm strictly a desktop person. So I totally agree with you. I miss the progress bar and multiple iTunes windows. But it is what it is.

This is another example of a supposed "improvement" that is in no way an improvement. It was always optional to bring up the download window and it was useful. The current approach does not show what has already been downloaded, it contains no progress bar, and it no longer has the simple click box option of having a single download or simultaneous downloads. Apple, bring back the download window. Of all the companies, you should understand the difference between OS and iOS. Stop making desktop operating systems work like iOS devices. Different devices, different purposes, different interfaces...duh.

And there lies the problem. Apple apparently doesn't design for the desktop user anymore. I presume this is their attempt at acquainting us holdouts with the IOS and the inevitable end of desktop production. I have a feeling that time is sooner rather than later. Problem is many of us NEED desktop computers for our jobs.

Every step forward for apple is a step backward. They get rid of the download window for no good reason but didn't bother with all the old issues that were never resolved. I'm not sure if they have too much or too little time on their hands.