After updating to Catalina, you'll still connect your Apple device to your Mac using a USB cable, but instead of opening iTunes, you'll open Finder (the same app you use to manage files and folders). Reorganising app icons can be easily done either directly in the iPhone or using iTunes. You can also remove apps and even rearrange home screens on your iPhone. In this article we are going to look at how you can manage apps on the iPhone using iTunes and also directly on the iPhone itself. The latest update to Apple’s iTunes removes its access to the iOS App Store, as well as the ability to manage iOS apps, with the company expecting you to handle all that app-related business on. Since you can’t manage the apps using iTunes interface, you’ll have to use your computer’s file explorer alongside the iTunes window. Plug your iOS device in your computer, find the actual app. Open the Music app or iTunes. From the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Account, then click View My Account. On the Account Information page, scroll down to Purchase History. Next to Most Recent Purchase, click See All. It might take a moment for your Purchase History to appear.

Management of apps, books, and tones has been removed from iTunes 12.7. The intention is clearly that organization of these will generally take place on the device in future. See Changes in the new iTunes - Apple Support for more detail.

Links to iTunes 12.6.4.3 have been added to an Apple support document focused on how to deploy apps via iTunes instead of using Configurator and the Volume Purchase Program. Versions are available.

See the Manually add items from your computer section of Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes - Apple Support for the control that remains. This can be used to copy apps, ePubs, iBooks, PDFs, and tones from your computer to your device. Apps previously downloaded with iTunes can be found in the Mobile Applications folder inside your media folder should you need them. Books and Tones can also be found in their respective folders in the media folder. See Create and manage ringtones in iTunes for more on managing tones with iTunes 12.7 or later.

You can use iCloud Drive, Dropbox or similar services to move content to and from the device. The File Sharing feature for copying data between apps and the computer is still there but the new Files app in iOS 11 and later should be more flexible.

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Note that directly updating an app on a device typically requires less network data than downloading an updated version of an app to iTunes and then transferring that to a device over USB.

Those that want to continue to manage apps in iTunes, for example to mange multiple devices from a common library, can see the support article Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support for access to iTunes 12.6.5 or use the direct links below. Like version 12.6.4 and 12.6.3 before it, this is an out of sequence release which restores these features, turns off automatic updating of iTunes, and provides support for the latest versions of iOS and iOS devices, Windows users who want to use this build need to uninstall the current copy of the iTunes application, and potentially other Apple software components, first. Both Mac and Windows users can see Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash for steps to revert to a pre-upgrade version of the iTunes database, which may then need to be brought up to date to reflect the contents of the media folder. Note this workaround is not available to macOS 10.14 Mojave or later.

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• iTunes 12.6.5.3 for Windows (32-bit) - iTunesSetup.exe (2018-09-12) Last build to support apps, books, and tones
• iTunes 12.6.5.3 for Windows (64-bit) - iTunes64Setup.exe (2018-09-12) Last build to support apps, books, and tones

iTunes 12.6.5 might also be required to transfer iPod Clickwheel games to older iPods, as the drag and drop method doesn't appear to work for these in iTunes 12.7 or later.

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Now there's an app for every media type

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

If you have a PC, you can continue to use iTunes for Windows to manage your media library, make 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 up, update, or restore your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Just connect your device to your Mac and it appears in the Finder sidebar. And you can easily drag and drop files to your device.

Use Finder to manage your devices.

Upgrade your iTunes library

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

If you open the Apple Podcasts app or Apple Books app first, you won't see any of your media until you open the Apple Music app or Apple TV 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 open the Apple Music app and don't see all of your album artwork, leave the Apple Music app open so 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's my media?

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

All of your music is now in the Apple Music app

The Apple Music app is where you 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, you can stream and download millions of songs, and access your entire music library across all of your devices.

Explore the Apple Music app.

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Looking for the iTunes Store?

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If you don't see the iTunes Store in the sidebar, here's how to find it:

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

Everything you watch is now in the Apple TV app

The Apple TV app is the new home for all of your movies, TV shows, and home videos — including your purchases from iTunes. Browse movies and TV shows that you can buy, rent movies, and subscribe to just the channels that you want to watch. And soon you can discover new favorites with Apple TV+.

Discover the Apple TV app.

Find 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 you might like based on the ones that you’re already listening to.

Listen with the Apple Podcasts app.

Listen to audiobooks in the Apple Books app

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

Check out the Apple Books app.

The Apple Music app, Apple TV app, Apple Podcast app, and Apple Books app aren’t available in all countries and regions. Learn what’s available in your country or region.