![]() ![]() Like Apple Music, most of the big changes here are how the content, in preparation for what looks to be a pretty big paradigm shift for Apple heading into the end of the year. ![]() Apple’s very clearly priming the pump here to ready its billion-dollar premium streaming offering, which is due out at some point in the fall. The macOS version of the Apple TV app gets a major update following hot on the heels of its iOS counterpart. You can largely avoid this by navigating directly to the Artists, Albums or Songs icons in the sidebar or by keeping your searches to “Your Library.” Apple TV This will no doubt serve as an annoyance for non-subscribers looking to listen to their own local music collection. If you’re like me (longtime Spotify user here), the app will prompt you to sign up for Apple’s service. ![]() The offering is more dynamic than before, tailoring more of the content to Apple Music listening. The homepage operates similarly to what you get with iTunes, offering up a combination of curated suggestions, recently played and recommendations from friends. “For You” is now the centerpiece of the Apple Music experience. Hell, I know I still refer to the Podcasts app as “iTunes” from time to time. No doubt labels are continuing to push access to music purchases, though whether “iTunes” will continue to exist in this small sliver of macOS remains to be seen.įor all of the sentimentality, the continued use of both “iTunes” and “Apple Music” has likely caused some level of confusion among consumers. And for those concerned about the total destruction of the nearly 20-year-old software, the iTunes name is, in fact, staying around in the form of the “iTunes Store,” which distinguishes the legacy download store from Apple’s streaming offering. Apple Music is now more front and center, an added leg up in the company’s continued battle against services like Spotify.Įven with the name change and shift in focus, however, the app will prove familiar enough to longtime iTunes users, right down to the logo. That’s part of the story, but the real issue at play here is how the conversation has shifted from digital music ownership to subscription-based services. The company positioned the newer, leaner desktop version of Apple Music as part of the war against software bloat. But if there’s one thing we hear over and over, is can iTunes do even more?” VP Craig Federighi jokingly asked onstage at WWDC - before offering a mock up of the application bundling in Calendar and Mail. “Customers love iTunes and everything it can do. Honestly, it’s a little surprising that it took so long for the desktop version to follow suit. Like the slow, silent death of the iPod Classic, the end of iTunes does point to the closing of an important chapter for the company - and digital music in general.Īpple, of course, has been prepping us for this inevitability for years now by breaking the iOS version of iTunes into separate Podcast and Music apps. macOS updates are probably not the best way to mark the passage of time, but at least they appear year in, year out, like clockwork. ![]() This, of course, has been a longtime push for the company, but the ease of porting iOS/iPadOS apps through Project Catalyst and Sidecar, which brings native second screen support to the iPad, are arguably the two biggest changes to the operating system this time around.Īpple users of a certain age got a little misty-eyed with this one. Playing more nicely with iOS and mobile devices.Changes in the way Apple serves up content, with new versions of Apple Music and Podcasts (farewell, iTunes) and TV.MacOS 10.15 has a lot updates to comb through, but the new stuff largely focuses on two primary categories: The company clearly sees a future in the billion-dollar play of Apple TV+, while the return of products like long-lamented Mac Pro find it attempting to reassert its core audience. The desktop is a showcase for increased focus on content, a continued push toward cross-platform compatibility and a renewed push to court creative professionals.įor a few years now, the desktop operating system has played second fiddle to iOS, but the long mobile honeymoon has begun to wane, as smartphone sales have begun to flag for the first time since Apple revolutionized the category with iPhone. The latest version of macOS arrives during a transitional time for the company. There might be no better microcosm of 2019 Apple than Catalina. ![]()
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