After 18 years, Apple is finally getting ready to break up iTunes into individual, dedicated apps. While it's hard to imagine iTunes being no more, nixing the app makes a lot of sense with the addition of the dedicated apps for podcasts and video content like TV shows and movies — not to mention the rise in popularity of music streaming on Apple Music. With iTunes going away the question remains, where does all your music, movies, and TV shows go?

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Oct 24, 2018 Reinstall iTunes on Mac. Uninstall the iTunes app in the Application folder. Tip: If iTunes cannot be uninstalled, you can check the guides in Part 3. Go to App Store, download the latest version of iTunes and reinstall it on your Mac. Reinstall iTunes on Windows. How to Restore iTunes Library on Mac For avoiding the big downside—one system crash or failed hard drive, you may lose everything you've spent hours ripping from CDs or, even worse, purchasing from the iTunes Music Store, you may have backed up your iTunes library to prevent the loss of your precious files.

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1. Jun 02, 2012  Support Communities / iTunes / iTunes for Mac Search or ask a question Search Apple Communities Reset. How do I reinstall a previous library? I just had to reinstall my OS from scratch. My iTunes library and files were stored on a different drive. How can I get the newly installed iTunes to see my previous libraries with all of my files.
2. To create a backup of your iTunes library, follow the steps below: Open iTunes by clicking its icon on the Dock or searching via Spotlight. Click iTunes Preferences Advanced, then tick off Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library. Hit the OK button.
3. ITunes comes preinstalled on every new Mac that’s been sold since 2003. But if you have an older Mac, installing iTunes is easy. To manually install iTunes onto a Mac or manually upgrade the version you have, start at the Apple Web site.
4. If I Uninstall iTunes, Will I Lose My Music Library. Actually, NO! It won’t delete your music library when you uninstall iTunes. Besides, it won’t delete movies, podcasts, home.
5. Nov 08, 2019 CleanMyMac can still uninstall iTunes in earlier macOS versions e.g. Sierra, El Capitan, etc., however, starting from macOS High Sierra, the only solution would be to reset your Mac to default settings. How to Reinstall iTunes to Your Mac. Now that you’ve successfully removed iTunes from your Mac.

Apple's official upcoming changes to iTunes on Mac

Apple's support webpage was updated to include information on the upcoming changes to iTunes on Mac in macOS Catalina. While most of the information is the same as we had previously heard, there a great list of important changes that Apple published.

• Music that you've imported or purchased will be in the new Apple Music app.
• The iTunes Store will still be available to buy music on Mac, iOS, PC, and Apple TV.
• iPhone, iPad, and iPod backup, restore, and syncing will move to Finder.
• Movies and TV shows that you purchased or rented from iTunes will be in the new Apple TV app.
• Use the Apple TV app for Mac for future movie and TV purchases or rentals.
• Podcasts that you subscribed to or added to iTunes will now be in the new Apple Podcasts app.
• Audiobooks that you purchased from iTunes will now be in the updated Apple Books app.
• Use Apple Books for Mac for future audiobook purchases.
• iTunes Gift Cards and iTunes credits will be maintained and can be used with the new apps and the App Store.

Where's your iTunes library in macOS Catalina?

The good news is macOS Catalina should roll your entire iTunes library into the Music app. There you should be able to see any music you've purchased on iTunes, tracks you've ripped from CDs, MP3s you've imported into your library from outside sources, and any other files (like recordings) that you've had in your library. Nothing should be lost, just moved to a new centralized location in Music.

Same goes for your movies and TV shows, but in the TV app. You have a Library section in the TV app on Mac in Catalina that stores all of your purchased movies, ripped DVDs and Blue Ray discs, and movies you downloaded by other means. If it was in iTunes, it's now in the Library section of your TV app.

Syncing your iPhone or iPad to macOS Catalina

In prior versions of macOS, when you'd connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac, iTunes would launch and you could check for updates, sync your information with your Mac, manage your data, and create backups. Instead of doing all this in iTunes, macOS Catalina instead moves this to Finder.

In Finder you'll see your iPhone or iPad pop up in the sidebar when you connect it to your Mac, and when you click on it, you'll see an interface very similar to the one that was in iTunes before. Here you can sync your iPhone or iPad, create backups, manage your data, and all of the other things you used to do through iTunes.

What happens to iTunes on Windows?

iTunes was so popular and big that many people did and still do use it with Windows, so it begs the question how iTunes shutting down in macOS would affect those users using the software on other platforms. According to Ars Technica, they asked Apple at WWDC and there's wasn't a ton of information.

'Apple says users of iTunes under Microsoft Windows will not see any changes. It won't be broken up into several apps; it will work just like it does now. However, Apple did not provide any clarification about what support will be like for future features.'

It appears for right now, iTunes in Windows will remain unaffected, but there's no clear indication of how long iTunes will continue to be supported on other platforms, now that Apple has decided to kill off the program for its own operating system.

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• Common iTunes Tips
• iTunes Backup/Restore Tips
• iTunes Library Tips
• iTunes Update Problems

If your iTunes for Windows 10/8.1/8/7 won’t open, or when it stops responding or unexpectedly quits, a complete reinstallation should resolve all these problems. Here we give a step-by-step guide to show you how to reinstall iTunes without losing music and playlist.

Though reinstalling iTunes will not remove or change your music library in most cases, we suggest you backup your iTunes library before initiating a complete uninstall and reinstall. This is to ensure that your data is safe and will not get overwritten, deleted or lost during the iTunes reinstall process.

Back up your iTunes Library

This guide tells how to backup iTunes music library before reinstallation, in case of any deletion or missing.

Step 1. Launch iTunes, click Edit > Preferences from the top menu. Go to Advanced tab, check the option “Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library” if it is not checked.

Step 2. Click File from the top menu of iTunes, click Library and then Organize Library. In the popup window, click “Consolidate Files” box. Your iTunes library will be copied to a single folder so that you can copy/move it to external storage device.

Step 3. Locate the iTunes media location on your computer. The default location of this folder is My DocumentsMy Music in Windows XP, and UsersusernameMusiciTunesiTunes Media in Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you cannot find your iTunes folder in the default path, please go to Advanced tab of Preferences to find the directory.

Step 4. Copy or move the iTunes directory to a folder or drive where you want to save the backup.

Reinstall iTunes

Now that you have backed up your iTunes library, you can uninstall iTunes from your computer and start a fresh installation.

Step 1. Open Control Panel on Windows, click Uninstall a program, locate iTunes and click Uninstall button. Follow the prompts to uninstall iTunes and all related components. Please restart your computer when iTunes is removed completely.

Step 2. Go to iTunes download page and download the iTunes installer. Double-clicking the installer and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

On your Mac, hold down the Option key while launching Photos. Make sure you’re logged into the same iCloud account as your iCloud Photo Library. (Log in via a web browser to make sure and that the photos and movies are still there.).

Restore Your iTunes Media Files

Open iTunes after reinstallation, your media files should appears in iTunes automatically. However, if you find that your music files have been lost, do not be anxious. You can restore your iTunes music from the backup file. Here are the step.

Click File from the top menu of iTunes and click “Add Folder to Library” from the menu. In the popup window, locate the folder where you have backed up your iTunes file. You can add iTunes songs and playlist directly to iTunes.

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Done! You have now reinstalled iTunes without losing any of your media file. If you have bumped into any problems related to iTune, we highly recommend you to try out Tenorshare TunesCare, which can easily solve all iTunes with one click.