iTunes 12.7

Thanks again. I'm not actually looking to add anything from my computer. All I'm looking for is access to the iBooks store on my PC. In previous incarnations of iTunes, the iBooks storefront was an option (along with music, audiobooks, podcasts, tv and movies). Now it isn't.

I basically need the iBooks storefront and access to see the books being sold, not books i've purchased etc. Does that make sense?

Thanks again.

BTW, iTunes 12.7 will support syncing with iOS11 (one reason for the release).

So if you want to update your iDevices, you have no choice but to update to

12.7 or rely on all OTA updates and backup of your iDevices.

Since I don't keep every app I've ever downloaded on my phone - how do move them back & forth to my iPhones and iPad? I can see them all in the mobile apps folder but now what? Is the expectation that I go to the app store on each device and download it all over again every time I want to add it - to any/all devices????

I hate this change. It makes it very hard to backup, update, store, move files to apps. This is obviously a move to disconnect all iOS devices from computers of any kind. I run an iMac, my wife a PC. Now we have to do all this one device at a time. Log in to feedback and complain. Maybe they'll come up with a new app that has all the features that they took out of iTunes. Stupid, stupid idea!

divzpt wrote:

But if Apple let us choose between versions, it solve the problem. Also I want to use selective restore from backup.

Disabling apps management for users now, Apple going to past, not future.

Yes, that was a possibility. But, I never used it. I suspect most other people didn't, either. I connect my iPhone to my computer when there is a major update (e.g. iOS 11) and if I'm going to switch to a new phone, take mine in for service or leave the country. So, about 3 or 4 times a year. I know there are lots of people who have never ever connected their phone to their computer. It's becoming more the norm.

I understand that my usage is different than yours. And I'm certainly not judging your preferences. You should submit your feedback to Apple letting them know how your feel.

jk2010 wrote:

Since I don't keep every app I've ever downloaded on my phone - how do move them back & forth to my iPhones and iPad? I can see them all in the mobile apps folder but now what? Is the expectation that I go to the app store on each device and download it all over again every time I want to add it - to any/all devices????

The document Drew linked to above seems to indicate you can drag and drop.

D. Hoffmann wrote:

What about getting apps onto your iOS device that are no longer on the App Store, but still function?

You should be able to drag and drop them. See the article that Drew linked to above.

woodmeister50 wrote:

All over WiFi that are about as secure as leaving my car windows

open and keys in the ignition at an airport when I go away for a week.

Not true. iOS uses SSL-encrypted communications for all interactions over WiFi, and requires apps to do so also, so you information is still safe, even on open WiFi networks. And, if you are at home, presumably you have enabled WPA2 encryption on your router, so you have double protection; both the router's encryption and the iOS SSL.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

woodmeister50 wrote:

All over WiFi that are about as secure as leaving my car windows

open and keys in the ignition at an airport when I go away for a week.

Not true. iOS uses SSL-encrypted communications for all interactions over WiFi, and requires apps to do so also, so you information is still safe, even on open WiFi networks. And, if you are at home, presumably you have enabled WPA2 encryption on your router, so you have double protection; both the router's encryption and the iOS SSL.

Thank you for that clarification.

the 2 features I used most were the app stores and iTunes U- these are the two features apparently abolished by the update -- and it makes iTunes essentially useless to me. I would be happy with a Mac app that I could use to organize IOS apps, but I am not aware of one.

Drew Reece wrote:

I suspect that iTunes also backs up new apps to that location, so in theory you could revert apps if you have an old copy (e.g. from Time Machine). I don't have iTunes 12.7 to test that theory - update an app on iOS & then sync to iTunes to see if it updates the copy on the Mac.

I have 12.7 (not my choice), so I checked. Syncing does not copy apps from iOS to iTunes. Which makes sense, in a way, because with app slicing introduced in iOS 10 an app for one device will be different code than the same app for a different device.

From other forum:

"On my internet connection it take about 20 minutes to download a GB. So if I want to re-do a 256 GB device and fill it with apps, it would take more than 4 straight day. Through a USB cable it would only take about 3 hours."

divzpt wrote:

I know people without WiFi at home. How they can install apps more than 200 Mb?

Stupid idea, Apple!

You will either have to travel somewhere with a public

WiFi or be forced to purchase a wireless router, just so

you can purchase apps or update your apps!

No kidding. Did they actually THINK about this before they made the change?

I have perhaps a dozen apps that have file storage capability. I used to be able to drop a PDF from my Mac in Finder to, let's say, Adobe Acrobat reader. So how do the fascists at Apple allow me to do that? Where is the documentation? Why was there ZERO warning about this loss of capability!?

ROTTEN apple.

The File Sharing features for apps are still accessible in iTunes, but I wouldn't be surprised if they end up being shifted over to iCloud Drive at some point. You can still add a .ipa file stored on your computer to an iOS device, although 32-bit apps won't work on iOS 11. If you have an older device you can now get a compatible version of an app, should it exist, direct from the store without the workaround of downloading the current version in iTunes first.

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