When Apple released macOS Catalina in the fall of 2019, it also quietly closed the book on iTunes. ... If your Mac runs Catalina or any later version of macOS (like Big Sur or Monterey), the iconic but now-ancient music management software is no more.

What will replace iTunes?

With macOS Catalina, your iTunes media library is now available in the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, Apple Books app, and Apple Podcasts app. And Finder is where you can manage and sync content on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Is iTunes still available in 2021?

After a few years of letting it mostly stagnate (the last update with anything but “stability improvements” was in 2017), Apple has quietly disclosed that iTunes U will be discontinued at the end of 2021.