iTunes 12.2 what happened to the downloads window?

But yeah, time to submit some feedback! I liked seeing a progress bar as well. Why have an extra window just to see how far a song is from being downloaded/etc.? Silliness!

I liked the downloads window. It wasn't just small file songs that I download, it's gigabite size updates and iTunes purchased movies etc. It does use up a fair chunk of your download when you are doing other things. But as I have seen many complaints of iTunes features and services degraded since version 9 i do not see that Apple will put these back. Wish they read these forums with a more serious attitude. These features need to be driven by customer needs, not Apple direction. Surely it isn't that hard? I have put my feedback in. Here's hoping everyone else does too.

If you right click on the list you get the Pause/Pause All options. If you select an item in the list and right click you get Pause/Pause All/Delete/Show in Playlist options. If you have any downloads paused you also get the Resume/Resume all options.

I have found everything I wanted in the downloads window except for the ability to see how fast the download is going. You used to be able to select the item and click it a second time and have the average download speed display (i.e. 768K/sec, 3M, etc) I found this invaluable in diagnosing download speeds and issues.

I found the stop/pause buttons!!!! Just make sure that iTunes is not maximized on your screen. Shrink it a bit and be sure there is room to the right of your now shrunken iTunes window. Then when you click on the circle with the downward arrow and the list of downloads appears, you will be able to see the pause buttons for each download like you could before Apple got rid of the separate window. Hallelujah!

The loss of the separate Downloads window is a disaster for me also; mine was there as of last night, then suddenly disappeared today (I definitely didn't close it myself). The part-time interns that Apple keeps assigning to work on iTunes are progressively making what's already a hot mess get even worse and worse...

Apple PLEASE PLEASE tell us you are reading these and our frustrations are not going unheard? PLEASE????

Add my name to those who are less than pleased with the latest iTunes "improvement."

I was very used to seeing a list of completed iPhone app downloads to aid me in syncing them to my phone.

I can confirm that the download window code still exists in Windows code as well, because I continued to have my download window available until I unwittingly closed it. Since the code is still there, one would think it would be a simple matter for Apple to add a preference to re-enable it if desired. Hope someone at Apple actually reads these messages.

Yes Apple do read these, but no Apple will not change it, so I am told by a support representative. Suggestions he made were to submit feedback directly to them on the issue. I guess the more people that do that then the more chance we can get it fixed. As an Apple fan for decades I have to say I am looking keenly at the lesser Windows 10 machines as an option for my aging computers.

Hi guys. I just reply to the last post, but I have the same issue with iTunes 12.2. Why did they remove that window? Can't the software just identify the platform and display the downlaod list differently for iOS and Windows? What is really bothering me is that Apple (and many others of their size) put their product on the market without any chance for the user to pick up the phone and call someone, actually. Are they affraid of our complaints? Forums are okay as long as someone will find out the solution to our problems, but I would like to see the company staying behind their product with a quick, responsive, and responsible contact. Hey, but what am I saying here: real customer support? No, just let them struggle with our software and, eventually, they will accept it as is. Why? Because they are already trapped in our marketing net... I know, I am a bit frustrated...

You have the right to be frustrated cos-tan. The rest of us are as well. But from what I am told by an Apple representative Apple have no intention to change it back to the way it was before. Lets hope they can just add the feature back as a preference option, instead of making iTunes a less enjoyable and simple programme to use. Shame on you Apple

This worked for me on Windows. However I accidentally closed the downloads window and can't get it back. There has to be a hack for this, but I don't know what it is.

Hope someone works one out and posts it, I would love to know how to get it back. Also, if anyone knows of an App that can link effectively to Apple products maybe post it here so we can move away from iTunes?

This is a problem in the windows version of iTunes. I want to see my downloads even after they are finished! I subscribe to two podcasts with sometimes overlapping content. Now it's really hard to know if there is! Not a help, folks!

Sorry to tell you acseligman, but that feature has been removed. You will no longer be able to see a window to show your downloads that can float on your screen like the old versions of iTunes. Apple has also taken away the automatic download on the Mac version for your podcasts. Now you will have to download them manually, and individually. Hope you don't have too many of them. Apple tell me that they did this because they received a few complaints about auto download and none about how good it was to have them downloaded automatically. So the minority won on this one. Even the Apple Support person I spoke to thought it was ridiculous.

Only way you can see the download window in iTunes is to never close it before updating to the latest versions. People are reporting that the window stays open forever until you close it for the first time, then you will not get it back again. Instead we get a tiny rotating pie chart that does not represent at all the downloads you are doing. Apple stuffed this one up sadly, and with previous history it won't be brought back.

Would be good if someone out there *hint hint* could develop an App that can replace iTunes, I would move to it in a heart beat.

Found a new problem that Apple won't fix. For no explainable reason my entire podcast library dumped half of my podcasts so that I had to manually go back and add them in. On top of that, saved podcasts did reload and the "add file" option did nothing. How does this company produce such mediocre crap and still stay on top?