Well, it’s finally happened: iTunes is no more. According to Apple, the long-running media management program will be retired in the next version of the macOS operating system and replaced by three ...

iTunes can be slow, cumbersome, and downright annoying at times. Backing up is slow and inflexible, and many users wish they had more control over their data. Now, there's DearMob iPhone Manager that ...

As time goes by, and our digital media collections grow, we need to ensure that we don’t lose the music and video files that we’ve spent our hard-earned dollars (or, in the case of ripping our own CDs ...

Reader Jamie Brust questions the limitations of iTunes’ backup functionality. He writes: I am wondering why iTunes’ backup function will only let you burn a CD or DVD and not allow backup to an ...

Maybe you’re finally moving to iOS 26 on your current iPhone? While iTunes has been the go-to tool for backing up iPhones to a computer, many people want something simpler, faster, or more flexible.

I have an iPhone 4, which I regularly sync with iTunes so I always have a relatively recent backup from which to restore if I need to wipe and start fresh. From what I understand, this method is the ...

Unlike the iTunes libraries which are all backed up and saved, the program only keeps one iPod/iPhone backup file. This saves time since iTunes will only backup changed files instead of the whole iPod ...