Apple Devices is Garbage so Far
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Apple has decided to split iTunes into 3 different apps on Windows where:
- iTunes will be for Podcasts and audiobooks,
- Apple Music for Music,
- Apple TV for movies and TV, and
- Apple Devices to transfer files.
I don’t have a MacBook so I relied on iTunes to transfer files onto it since Apple refuses to implement a sensible file system. Yes there’s SMB support and USB-C but those shouldn’t be necessary to do basic shit like this. Not that iTunes was a great file transfer experience before but Apple Devices is so much worse. I wanted to copy over some videos I downloaded and these are the issues I had:
- it refuses to copy WebMs even though it shouldn’t matter to the app I’m copying it to,
- there is no progress indicator so I can’t tell the progress of file transfers, and
- it somehow doesn’t have an “Apply to All” for resolving duplicates.
It’s impressive how a multi trillion dollar company can make software so bad. Just use CopyTrans until Apple sorts this shit out.