how do I update iPhone apps with new iTunes 12.7?

Update using the App Store app on your iPhone, in the Updates tab. As publicized, iTunes 12.7 does not have an apps section.

Uninstall 12.7 and then download and Install v12.6.2.

After re-installing v12.6.2 a message is shown - "library file was created a new version of itunes" & then iTunes will close immediately.

To Fix this issues to go Music\iTunes which is under C:\Users\YourUsername\Music\iTunes in this folder go to - Previous iTunes Libraries and rename the file "iTunes Library 2017-09-xx" to just "iTunes Library" and copy/replace this renamed file to C:\Users\YourUsername\Music\iTunes

And then iTunes will work with App Sync, Backup options as it was before.

JimFerguson wrote:

Does this mean that in 12.7 I have to update each iOS device separately from the Apple Store app on each device? For me that would mean 3 downloads rather than one.

Say it ain't so!

It is so, and you would have to do 3 downloads even if you did it with iTunes, because apps are now device type specific to reduce the size of apps by excluding any code that is not used in the specific device (look up "app thinning"). But you don't have to manually download anything; just enable automatic updates on your devices.

kawh80 wrote:

I have iOS 6 on my child’s iPod and in iTunes 11 you could adjust app layout, download/delete apps, and generally play with the way it would be layed out. That was the same for iOS 9 and 10 on my phone and iPad with iTunes 11. Now with new update I have to do this with device and not the convenience of my Mac book pro. You see I hate it when a company takes away efficiencies for profit. They want to focus iTunes on movies and music. When I tried to restore from a back up I then couldn’t put all my downloaded and purchased apps right onto the device from my computer. You have to do this on the device. Maybe they will add this function to the App Store on my Mac to display the iPhone, pad and pod to focus on apps.

Management of apps, books, and tones has been removed from iTunes 12.7. See Changes in the new iTunes - Apple Support for details. The intention is clearly that management of these generally takes place on the device.

See the Manually add items from your computer section of Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes - Apple Support for the control that remains. This can be used to copy apps (including apps that have been withdrawn from the store), ePubs, iBooks, PDFs, and tones from your computer to your device. The File Sharing feature for copying data between apps and the computer is still there. You can also use iCloud Drive, or Dropbox to move content to and from the device.

A long time criticism of iTunes, at least from some quarters, is that has been that it has become bloated. Perhaps this is an attempt to address that. I let both my iOS devices update automatically when there is an updated app, and I'm not interested in hanging on to old apps that a developer has withdrawn, nor do I need to rearrange my apps often, so while the change is drastic, I don't think it really affects me much. I'm more irritated by the changes to iTunes U, and iBooks in iTunes for Windows.

See Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support for access to iTunes 12.6.3 if you want to revert to a build with app management features. Windows users need to uninstall the current copy of the iTunes application first. See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash for steps to revert to a pre-iTunes 12.7 version of your iTunes database.

tt2

You OBVIOUSLY have not read the posts, and don't understand what the changes are. FACTS:

• Your CDs, home movies, MP3s, podcasts, music from other sources, videos are unaffected by this change. You still sync them using iTunes as you always have. iTunes simply has gone back to what it started as, a music management app. The way it worked until 2008.
• You won't lose anything. Nothing. Nada.
• The only difference is you will not sync apps or iBooks from iTunes anymore. Instead you will use the App Store on your iOS device, or the iBooks reader. And you will get "clean" copies of the latest versions when you purchase, download, update or sync directly from Apple's servers.
• You will install business apps the same way you always have, with the Configurator app. Or, if you prefer, download iTunes 12.6.3, which still supports app downloads from your computer. But if you are talking about custom Enterprise business apps the Configurator is the correct way to manage Enterprise apps.
• Here is the official description of the changes: Changes in the new iTunes - Apple Support

While I agree that it is a minor inconvenience to not be able to browse the app store from your computer, it is not the worldwide disaster that you imply.

I still own a iPhone 5s with Wi-Fi problem. The only way I can update my apps is thru iTunes else I will spend more money for data just to update my apps!...😟

Had you read the thread, you would have learned that you can use iTunes 12.6.3 (for businesses) to continue to manage Apps on your computer.

You can download it here:

Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support

Note, that this may not be supported for too long, and you should either get your iPhone's Wifi working or get a new iPhone, and not rely that this option will continue to be able.

Also note, that there's a limit to how large a download through cellular data can be. Currently its is 150MB. If an app update exceeds that size, you will not be able to download it over cellular data anyway.

Management of apps, books, and tones has been removed from iTunes 12.7. See Changes in the new iTunes - Apple Support for details. The intention is clearly that management of these generally takes place on the device.

See the Manually add items from your computer section of Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes - Apple Support for the control that remains. This can be used to copy apps (including apps that have been withdrawn from the store), ePubs, iBooks, PDFs, and tones from your computer to your device. The File Sharing feature for copying data between apps and the computer is still there. You can also use iCloud Drive, or Dropbox to move content to and from the device.

A long time criticism of iTunes, at least from some quarters, is that has been that it has become bloated. Perhaps this is an attempt to address that. I let both my iOS devices update automatically when there is an updated app, and I'm not interested in hanging on to old apps that a developer has withdrawn, nor do I need to rearrange my apps often, so while the change is drastic, I don't think it really affects me much. I'm more irritated by the changes to iTunes U and iBooks in iTunes for Windows.

tt2

Management of apps, books, and tones has been removed from iTunes 12.7. See Changes in the new iTunes - Apple Support for details. The intention is clearly that management of these generally takes place on the device.

See the Manually add items from your computer section of Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes - Apple Support for the control that remains. This can be used to copy apps (including apps that have been withdrawn from the store), ePubs, iBooks, PDFs, and tones from your computer to your device. The File Sharing feature for copying data between apps and the computer is still there. You can also use iCloud Drive, or Dropbox to move content to and from the device.

A long time criticism of iTunes, at least from some quarters, is that has been that it has become bloated. Perhaps this is an attempt to address that. I let both my iOS devices update automatically when there is an updated app, and I'm not interested in hanging on to old apps that a developer has withdrawn, nor do I need to rearrange my apps often, so while the change is drastic, I don't think it really affects me much. I'm more irritated by the changes to iTunes U and iBooks in iTunes for Windows.

See Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support for access to iTunes 12.6.3 if you want to revert to a build with app management features. Windows users need to uninstall the current copy of the iTunes application first. See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash for steps to revert to a compatible version of your iTunes database.

tt2

If you're going to go back it makes more sense to revert to iTunes 12.6.3.6 which can be found linked to from this support document: Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support. 12.6.3.6 has support for iOS 11 and iPhones 8 and X, and for Mac users will install over iTunes 12.7 without having to remove it first. Use the techniques in Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash to revert to a database compatible with the older version of iTunes.

tt2

@Akira1138 perhaps iMazing might be of use to you? I use iMazing to backup and restore my iOS devices but it also has the ability to manage apps.

https://imazing.com/guides/how-to-install-apps-itunes-12-7

William Fiveash wrote:

One of the things that bugs me about app management being removed from iTunes is that over the years I’ve collected a number of travel related apps. When I am not traveling overseas I delete them from my iPhone but when I do travel I used to be able to scroll through those apps in iTunes and select the ones I want to reinstall. Now I can’t do this as easily with iTunes 12.7. 8^/

You have several solutions to this question:

• Install iTunes 1.6.3, which includes app management
• Delete the apps from your phone. When you need them again, open the App Store, tap on Updates, then on your icon in the upper right, the Purchased, then My Purchases, then Not on this phone and just download them again.
• Go to Settings/General/iPhone Storage and tap Offload Unused Apps - Enable. This will remove infrequently used apps when your storage is low, but keep the icons. So if you tap on one it is reloaded, along with its data. The other 2 methods, as well as yours, will not reload app data.

Install iTunes 12.6.3 on one of your Macs and use that to manage apps on your devices as before.

tt2

Hi, I had similar 'experiences'. I used this method, and seemed to work for me, until Apple get their act together and re-install it on later version of iTunes. Apple what are you thinking to disable this functionality on 12.7? There's no way to see an overview of all the use/un-used/installed/non-installed apps on your iOS devices.

Just ignore the fact that this link is to solve for something else, the method works to de-grade to iTunes 12.6.2.20 or any version you like.

http://www.sidify.com/faq-revert-to-itunes-12.5.html

Hope that works.

You went through a whole lot of trouble when all you needed

to do was connect your phone to your home WiFi network.

There are no download limitations via WiFi on iOS devices.

The only limitation may be monthly caps on your data from

the ISP that your local network is connected to.