No more Apps in iTunes?

There is a new application from apple - Apple Configurator 2 (Apple Configurator 2 on the Mac App Store). It looks like its used to install apps on devices and you can install a command line tool from it to.

Click here and fill out the form.

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Me too done on the feedback. Thanks, Neil, for the link!

I'm glad I heard about the no-apps-in-12.7 before I fell for the "upgrade". I'll stick with 12.6 & hope they don't somehow destroy the installation.

With my older-eyes, I much prefer to do searching & researching on my nice bright 25" screen (& good keyboard, and notebook beside me) rather than on any device -- even the Giant iPad isn't as good.

I don't mind updating apps on each device -- that's just a couple of touches & let it do its thing. But aside from IAP I have rarely actually purchased an app from a device -- I go look it up further, read reviews, etc. via iTunes on my nice big screen. If forced to do it all on a device, I strongly suspect I'll be discouraged from any casual shopping.

But having to d/l each app to a new (or newly restored) device sounds like a horrifying prospect and an appalling waste of time and bandwidth.

What, if anything, were they thinking???

"With my older-eyes, I much prefer to do searching & researching on my nice bright 25" screen (& good keyboard, and notebook beside me) rather than on any device -- even the Giant iPad isn't as good."

>>>I'm in the same boat as you. Unfortunately, I pulled the trigger and now have 12.7.0 and hate it. I'm hoping I can revert back to 12.6.2, however my first attempts have be feudal.

My eyesight has issues which the architect of 12.7 hasn't lived through! Yes a nice 24"monitor, with kb & mouse saves me much time and frustration. You would think that someone did some level of usability testing. I wonder if there are ADA issues in play here??

"What, if anything, were they thinking???"

>>>>>sadly they weren't thinking!!!!!

Well Apple has just ensured that I will not update any apps nor search for new apps to install. I have always been careful about installing updates, and read reviews on the now-nonexistent AppStore to make sure there were no significant issues (either privacy changes or tech glitches). Without this ability, or a suitable parallel approach, there is little to no incentive to update any app. Thanks for nothing Tim.

>>>"My eyesight has issues which the architect of 12.7 hasn't lived through! Yes a nice 24"monitor, with kb & mouse saves me much time and frustration. You would think that someone did some level of usability testing."

I'm not sure Apple cares, or even wants to care about the older-generation much. It doesn't go with their obvious promo appeal to the cool millennials. They're not the only company that seems to feel that way -- however happy they are to take our money they otherwise ignore us.

Middle-age & up eyes don't match that!

Wrong millennium!

Totally agree. This is silly because now I can only update my apps using my wireless service. With the size of app files getting bigger, this makes me question the "good sense" of whoever decided to remove the Appstore from iTunes. Not a happy camper at all!!😠

But guess what, I downgraded from iTunes 12.7 and re-installed 12.6. [[12.7]] is not acceptable to me!!

Simple Question for Apple, if I am foolish enough to upgrade to an iPhone 8, how long will it take to restore my 377 apps, on a slow broadband for example 5Mbit /second. What about people with capped broadband data limits. Dont tell me to use public WiFi as here in UK they are pretty slow and I can't hang out in a public WiFi area for the many hours it will take to instal. Simply this was not thought out, or it was designed by Apple developers who work and test in WiFi areas with GB speeds.

It is a very annoying update indeed!!!!

I found that if you click and drag the .ipa file over the 'your devices' section on the left hand side of the window (after you have plugged in your device) then the application will get copied over on your device. 🙂

It means that your purchases have been hidden by whoever manages your apple ID. You can resolve this by going to the View My Account option under the Account tab. Scroll down and select Hidden Purchases, then select which purchases you would like to show.

Using iTunes 12.7.0, unfortunately for me.

Seriously!!

If you are trying to screw the people who sell apps through the app store, I can't think of a better way to do it, because you have just provided huge disincentive for me to buy apps.

I have a microwave broadband connection and downloading is s....l....o....w. I also like to resync with different apps depending. Taking apps away in iTunes just made my life so much harder. Furthermore, you just changed the whole way my not-techy wife manages her apps, and she is confused and ticked off something fierce.

It feels like someone has added nanny locks to the doors. Come on, Apple, adults can manage content themselves.

Anyone have this in their itunes?

Lol. Instead of adding new features they just remove the existing ones.

This is ridiculous. Apple what the f are you doing?!