# \[MAC\] Apple Music vs iTunes (offtopic)

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-apple-music-vs-itunes-offtopic/69709
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [September 13, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-apple-music-vs-itunes-offtopic/69709 "2025-09-13T09:37:35Z")
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### Author: ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-apple-music-vs-itunes-offtopic/69709/1 "2025-09-13T09:37:35Z")

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[rant start]  
Just a rant here

Why Apple in it's infinite wisdom has decided to retire iTunes for Apple Music.

On iTunes (on Windows) it was so easy to make a portable Library of your Music, and now I have I switched to Mac, i need to use Apple Music, their new app for managing Music Library.

But even a simple copy from the library _inclu Music files_ from my NAS to an external SSD prevents a sync from my Phone to the new location as it keeps searching for the OLD NAS, even when changing Media Location. I managed to solve it, by exporting the library and importing it back into a Completely new library, but common Apple this is not portable anymore.

Why change a winning team? Beats me

[/rant end]