What happened to iTunes?

With macOS Catalina, your iTunes media library is now available in the Apple Music app, Apple tree Television app, Apple tree Books app, and Apple Podcasts app. And Finder is where you can manage and sync content on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Now there's an app for every media blazon

With macOS Catalina, your music, videos, podcasts, and audiobooks are organized in to their own dedicated apps — the Apple tree Music app, Apple tree TV app, Apple tree Podcasts app, and Apple tree Books app. You tin besides access your iTunes Store purchases in these apps.

If you take a PC, you can continue to use iTunes for Windows to manage your media library, brand purchases, and manually sync and manage your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Use Finder to sync and manage your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Finder is the new place to back upwards, update, or restore your iPhone, iPad, and iPod bear upon. Just connect your device to your Mac and information technology appears in the Finder sidebar. And yous can easily drag and drop files to your device.

Use Finder to manage your devices.

Upgrade your iTunes library

After you lot update to macOS Catalina, just open the Apple Music app or Apple Idiot box app to use your iTunes library in the new apps. Accept multiple iTunes libraries? Learn how to switch between them in macOS Catalina.

If you lot open the Apple Podcasts app or Apple Books app first, you won't encounter whatsoever of your media until yous open the Apple tree Music app or Apple Goggle box app.

Here are some things to know

  • The Apple Music app and Apple TV app read the contents of your iTunes library — so don't delete your iTunes library.
  • If you lot open the Apple Music app and don't see all of your anthology artwork, leave the Apple Music app open then your album artwork can finish downloading.
  • If you previously used multiple iTunes libraries, your audiobooks are imported in to the Apple Books library and podcasts are imported in to the Apple Podcasts library on your computer.

Where'due south my media?

Here's where y'all can find your entire media collection, access your iTunes Store purchases, and synced libraries.

All of your music is now in the Apple tree Music app

The Apple Music app is where you lot can find all of your music, including music that you imported in to iTunes, purchased from the iTunes Store, and playlists and smart playlists that you created in iTunes. And if you subscribe to Apple Music, y'all can stream and download millions of songs, and admission your entire music library across all of your devices.

Explore the Apple Music app.

Looking for the iTunes Store?

If y'all don't see the iTunes Store in the sidebar, here'due south how to find information technology:

  1. Open up the Apple Music app.
  2. In the carte bar, choose Music > Preferences.
  3. Go to the Full general tab and select iTunes Store.
  4. Click OK.

Everything you lookout man is now in the Apple Telly app

The Apple TV app is the new dwelling house for all of your movies, Television receiver shows, and dwelling house videos — including your purchases from iTunes. Browse movies and TV shows that y'all tin can buy, rent movies, and subscribe to just the channels that you want to sentinel. And soon you lot can observe new favorites with Apple TV+.

Discover the Apple TV app.

Detect podcasts in the Apple Podcasts app

Find all of the shows that you've subscribed to or added to iTunes in the Apple Podcasts app. Continue listening to your favorite podcast episodes. And discover new shows that yous might like based on the ones that you're already listening to.

Mind with the Apple Podcasts app on your iPhone or iPad.

Listen with the Apple Podcasts app on your Mac.

Heed to audiobooks in the Apple tree Books app

Find your audiobooks, including the ones that you purchased from iTunes, in the Apple tree Books app. Find new books to read in the Book Shop. Or buy audiobooks from the new Audiobook Store so you can listen on the go.

Check out the Apple Books app.

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