Apple has killed iTunes on MacOS Catalina – where does this leave your library of music, movies and TV shows?

Oct 11 , 2019

This is how iTunes looked in its earliest incarnation, circa 2003 – but after 18 years the media library app is being phased out by Apple.

Apple has ditched iTunes for three apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV on the new operating system – but what does that mean for your media library?

It’s official: iTunes is dead.

Apple announced last June at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that the stand-alone iTunes app would be killed off when the company switched to the new MacOS operating system. This week, from October 7, that software began rolling out to Mac users.

Under MacOS Catalina, as the new version of the Mac operating system is called, Apple is ditching iTunes for three apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV.

For diehard iTunes users – the people who have been storing music, movies and shows in there for years and have an extensive library built up – this might sound scary. What will become of all your treasured entertainment media?

Don’t worry, it probably isn’t going anywhere.

Here’s what will happen to iTunes in MacOS Catalina

Apple Music will become the home for all things, well, music.

Apple Music will become the home for all things music. Photo: Apple

Apple is redesigning the Music app for Macs to accommodate the elimination of iTunes.

Now your entire music library will live inside one app, including downloaded songs, bought songs and songs ripped from a CD, according to Apple.

Apple has killed iTunes on MacOS Catalina – where does this leave your library of music, movies and TV shows?

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Apple has ditched iTunes for three apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV on the new operating system – but what does that mean for your media library?