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What You Need to Know about iTunes 12.7 Update

Posted to TuneMobie Software News by Kerwin Douglas on October 12, 2017

Summary

On September 12, 2017, Apple released iTunes 12.7 update for both Windows and Mac. The new iTunes 12.7 focused on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks, added support for syncing iOS 11 devices and included new features for Apple Music and podcasts. If you previously used iTunes to sync apps or ringtones to your iOS device, use the new App Store or Sounds Settings on iOS to re-download them. Now, Apple Music Converter and M4V Converter Plus are fully compatible with iTunes 12.7.

What is new in iTunes 12.7: No More Built-in App Store & Ringtone Section

iTunes 12.7 update

On September 12, 2017, Apple released iTunes 12.7 update for both Windows and Mac, and shocked up once again as iTunes was totally re-designed with built-in App Store and ringtone management revamped. Like updating old iTunes versions as before, you can upgrade to iTunes 12.7 from the Mac App Store through the Software Update mechanism on Mac or run Apple Software Update on Windows. Windows users can also download latest version from Apple official website and simply install to overwrite the old version. For all users, iTunes 12.7 update is free of charge.

Now let's see how Apple describe the iTunes 12.7 update, actually, there is nothing difference on update information between Windows and Mac version.

iTunes 12.7 for Mac/Windows

The new iTunes focuses on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks. It adds support for syncing iOS 11 devices and includes new features for –

  • Apple Music. Now discover music with friends. Members can create profiles and follow each other to see music they are listening to and any playlists they've shared.
  • Podcasts. iTunes U collections are now part of the Apple Podcasts family. Search and explore free educational content produced by leading schools, universities, museums, and cultural institutions all in one place.

If you previously used iTunes to sync apps or ringtones to your iOS device, use the new App Store or Sounds Settings on iOS to re-download them without your Mac/Windows.

iTunes 12.7 Update

After updating to iTunes 12.7, if you launch it, you will need to click Agree button to open it, and a dialog will pop up to show you a message "iTunes has been updated to focus on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks" as below.

Popup message of iTunes 12.7 update

Now, the App Store and Ringtone section have been entirely eliminated in iTunes 12.7, internet radio is part of Music, and iTunes U has been folded into Podcasts. Sooner or later, you will get used to the change.

TuneMobie Products Are Now Fully Compatible with iTunes 12.7

If you are a TuneMobie user, using Apple Music Converter or M4V Converter Plus or both, either Windows or Mac version, you don't need to worry about the incompatibility problems as our R & D team have updated the products and all of TuneMobie products are now fully compatible with iTunes 12.7. You can feel free to upgrade your iTunes to 12.7 as well as upgrade TuneMobie products to latest version.

Here we provide download link of latest version for iTunes Converter Toolkit, which includes both Apple Music Converter and M4V Converter Plus. Apple Music Converter will help to convert Apple Music tracks and audiobooks to MP3 or M4A with ID tags, metadata and 100% quality retained, while M4V Converter will help to convert iTunes M4V movies, TV shows and music videos to MP4 with all multilingual subtitles, audio tracks, closed captioning, audio description and Dolby 5.1 retained and 100% quality kept. TuneMobie products are the best software solutions for you to enjoy iTunes multimedia content on any devices which Apple Music and iTunes M4V originally do not support.