iTunes will Be Closed in the Next Few Days According to Apple Report

iTunes as a famous one-stop digital media platform on Apple devices, which including media player, media library, internet radio broadcaster, and mobile machines app management. If you have used any Apple device like iPhone, Mac Book, Apple Watch ever, you are certainly familiar with iTunes since it's very convenience to manage software, listen to streaming music, enjoy audiobooks, etc.

Unfortunately, according to a report by Bloomberg, the tech company Apple will announce that three separate apps for music, TV, and podcasts will supersede iTunes, as Apple seeks to reposition itself as an entertainment service rather than a hardware company powered by products such as the iPhone.

Part 1. Apple Expected to Close iTunes after 18 Years

iTunes service was released in 2001 by Steve Jobs. It is a revolutionary platform for music storage, where users could rip their CDs into digital form. In 2003 the iTunes Store added the ability to buy tracks legally rather than using popular peer-to-peer file sharing sites such as Napster, which had arrived in 1999.

After 18 years later, current Apple Chief executive, Tim Cook declare to shut down the iTunes in the next few days. The move is expected to be part of the keynote address by Tim Cook, at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, which starts on Monday and will focus on software updates and Apple's new approach to apps.

Part 2. iTunes Strong Competitor Emerge – Spotify

Launching in 2008, Spotify offered unlimited ad-free access to its catalogue of music for a fee (now £9.99 a month for its premium service). The company claims to have 217 million users worldwide with 100 million paid subscribers to the service. In comparison, Apple Music has approximately 56 million paid subscribers worldwide.

But in the ephemeral world of tech, iTunes – and its use of downloads – quickly became old-fashioned as companies including Spotify introduced successful streaming models as “music's most radically democratic era' began.

Part 3. How to Avoid iTunes Streams Loss and Backup iTunes Music to Computer

While Apple promises that users iTunes content won't lose, it's a wise choice to backup iTunes music in advance. Please don't worry, in this part, we will introduce a detailed tutorial to help you to backup iTunes songs to your computer losslessly.

Before starting the backup work, you need to know that iTunes audio files are encoded by DRM technology. It means you can play downloaded iTunes songs on Apple players only. If you need to break out this limitation. Simply make use of this powerful AudFree iTunes Music Converter, which is a well-designed software to help you to remove DRM and convert iTunes music to MP3 with keeping the original audio quality. Then you will able to play your iTunes songs on any device freely even you stop using iTunes service.

Now, here we go to remove DRM and convert iTunes music to MP3 easily.

Step 1. Import iTunes Audio Files to AudFree Software

Launch AudFree software on your PC/Mac, then it will load the iTunes app on your computer. Find your audio files and then drag & drop them from iTunes to AudFree main interface. All the tracks will be imported to AudFree.

Step 2. Set Output Format as MP3

Move to the right bottom corner and click the 'audio' icon next to the 'Convert' button. Then it will open the Format Settings window, in which you can set output formats like MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, M4A, and M4B. To listen to them on common player, here you are suggested to set the output format as MP3.

Step 3. Convert iTunes Songs to DRM-free Format

Click the 'Convert' button then AudFree software will start to convert iTunes streams to MP3 losslessly. Waiting for a moment, after the conversion completed, you can hit on 'history' to locate the converted iTunes songs in your local folder. Congratulations, you have gotten the DRM-free iTunes tracks. Now you can sync these converted iTunes songs to any media player for offline playback even without iTunes account.

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