With the launch of iTunes version 12.7, Apple removed the app management feature to put more emphasis on music, TV shows, and podcasts. Knowing how popular app management via the media library is, the tech giant has released iTunes 12.6.3 as an alternative version. Hence, you can get back the App Store into iTunes to sync apps or ringtones to your iOS device as before.
Tap this and your entire iTunes library will start to download. As with the Mac variant above be sure that you don't need your device for a while as the downloads could take quite a long time if. Download macOS Catalina for an all‑new entertainment experience. Your music, TV shows, movies and podcasts will transfer automatically to the new Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Podcasts and Apple Books apps, where you’ll still have access to your favourite iTunes.
iTunes 12.6.3 also supports iOS 11, iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X. Once this version is installed, you won’t get any future updates for it. Besides, Apple won’t provide any technical support for it. What if you have already updated to 12.7 version? No problem, you can still install 12.6.3 version on your Mac or Windows PC.
How to Get Back App Store into iTunes on Mac or Windows PC
Go to the Apple Support page and download iTunes 12.6.3 on your computer.
You can also use the direct links below to download iTunes 12.6.3 on your device quickly.
Once, the iTunes 12.6.3 downloaded on your Mac, click on Install iTunes.pkg
Follow on-screen instructions.
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How to get the App Store back into iTunes
Once you have downloaded the iTunes 12.6.3, you can access App Store, apps, or Tones in the same way as before.
Step #1. Launch iTunes and select the pulldown menu located at the top left corner.
Step #2. Now, you have to select Apps.
Step #3. Under “Apps,” you should see the app library, updates as well as App Store option to let you download apps.
Now, you can connect your iPhone or iPad to iTunes → select the device and get the direct access to apps and tones of your device via iTunes.
In case, you get iTunes Library.itl Cannot Read Error
Refer to the detailed guide with images to fix the issue.
Step #1. Delete the latest version of the iTunes and install the previous one.
Step #2. Press Command+Shift+G and type
~/Music/iTunes/
Step #3. Locate “iTunes Library.itl” and change its name to “iTunes Library.old”
Step #4. Now, in the iTunes folder itself, open the folder “Previous iTunes Libraries.”
Step #5. Check out for the latest iTunes library file. i.e. “iTunes Library 2017-08-22.itl”
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Step #6. Copy that file and paste it to a different location.
Step #7. Go back to
~/Music/iTunes/
by pressing Command+Shift+G.Step #8. Paste the file i.e. “iTunes Library 2017-08-22.itl” and rename it to “iTunes Library.itl.”
Step #9. Open iTunes. It should work fine now.
Wrapping up
What do you think of Apple’s decision to remove App Store from iTunes 12.7? Share your feedback in the comments below.
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iTunes is music and video management software for Apple’s devices. iTunes makes changes every year and some users might not like the updates, but you should note that now Apple won't give an official link of older version of iTunes.
So this tutorial shows you where to download the iTunes old version for Mac & Windows and also the solution to completely uninstall iTunes on Windows 10/8/7 correctly. (Note: There is no iTunes desktop app for macOS 10.15 Catalina and later).
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Part 1. Download iTunes Old Versions for Mac OS X
Here we provide you with the list of itunes old versions for Mac OS X versions.
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Mac OS X Versions |
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If you need the download links for older version of iTunes, please check this link.
Part 2. Download iTunes Old Version for Windows
Here we provide you with full old iTunes versions for Windows 64-bit and 32-bit.
Windows 64-Bit |
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12.9.3.3 |
12.9.0.167 |
12.7.5.9 |
12.7.3.46 |
12.7.1.14 |
12.6.3.6 |
12.6.1.25 |
12.5.5.5 |
12.5.3.17 |
12.5.1.21 |
12.4.2.4 |
12.4.0.119 |
Bonus Tip: How to Completely Uninstall Old iTunes and Related Components
If you have installed a new iTunes app, then you need to remove the old one. However, iTunes is sometimes painful as you can't even simply uninstall it. It will cause lots of leftovers after iTunes uninstallation or you can't remove the related software components. It's supposed that iTunes tends to make it hard to uninstall when you try to update to a newer one. This is very unamiable.
If you have this kind of trouble, you can take advantages of iMyFone TunesFix. It works as a good iTunes uninstaller and repairer, which deals with various iTunes issues and uninstall your iTunes and its components in just one click. Besides, you can use it to clean up iTunes junk files so that you can save a lot space.
Only One Click to Get Your iTunes Completely Uninstalled
Step 1: Launch iMyFone TunesFix and get to the home interface of TunesFix. There, choose Full Uninstall.
Step 2: Tap 'Uninstall' button and it starts the uninstallation process of iTunes and related software components.
Note: If you also want to use any of other features, just choose the related one to start.
Summary
This article has given most of the older version of iTunes download links, for both Windows and macOS. You can choose any to get it. But consider the various errors of uninstalling iTunes old version, you can pich iMyFone TunesFix to uninstall iTunes completely and correctly. And it can give you more than iTunes uninstallation, like fixing over a hundred iTunes errors.