If you have a Windows computer and an iPhone, iPad or iPod, it is more than likely that you are interested in having iTunes to manage your devices. In fact you may already have it installed, but is it completely up to date? This is important to enjoy all its functionalities, as well as performance and security improvements.
It should be noted that on Mac computers , this tool no longer exists as such, and since macOS 10.15 Catalina has been divided into several applications that collect its functions. Now, if you have a computer that is incompatible with this version, you will find the most recent version of iTunes in macOS 10.14.6 , which is the latest version of macOS Mojave that exists.
So you can check if it is up to date
As soon as you enter the iTunes application on your PC you will see that there is a top tool bar and just the last option that appears is called ‘Help’ , well, that is where you must click so that a window like the one that appears you will see in the image.
As you may have already seen, the iTunes version appears in the central part of this window that opens. At the time of publishing this post, the most recent one is also the one you see in the image, 12.12.2.2 . If this version does not appear and you want to have the application updated, you should know that there are two ways to update it , always depending on how you download the application.
Normally a link will appear in this window that will take you to download it, although if not, you can search for it yourself. If you originally downloaded it from the Microsoft Store , it will be in this app store that you should search for iTunes to find the latest version ready for installation. If you downloaded it from the Apple website , it will also be on the website where you must download the most recent version compatible with your computer, which you can access from this link .
Condemned to disappear completely?
Despite being confirmed only by some indications, it is foreseeable that sooner or later the iTunes application will end up disappearing from Windows in the same way as macOS. The arrival of new Apple services together with the unaffordable amount of functions that iTunes has are more than enough reasons for this.
Most likely, an app specialized in managing Apple devices will end up in Microsoft’s system, along with the official Apple Music application for music content. Some more doubts generate services such as Apple TV + , which is still exclusive to the brand’s products except for some Smart TVs.
As we said before, there are some indications that point to this. In 2020, several leaked reports came out in which it was revealed that Apple was studying implementing new applications for Windows and everything pointed to some like the ones we have discussed in relation to its streaming music platform. In any case, and in the absence of this information being officially confirmed, iTunes is still the necessary software to manage Apple computers in Windows and access its music catalog, so we once again emphasize the importance of keeping it updated.
