How to Downgrade iTunes 12.7 to iTunes 12.6

How to Downgrade iTunes 12.7 to iTunes 12.6

Some users may determine that and other changes are incompatible with their particular workflow. With a little effort, you can downgrade iTunes 12.7 back to iTunes 12.6 on either a Mac OS computer or Windows PC.

Most people should not downgrade iTunes nor attempt to downgrade, this is really only appropriate for advanced users who must use an earlier version for some particular reason. Before downgrading iTunes 12.7 you should know that you can , including manually copying apps to the iPhone or iPad via IPA files.

You should backup your computer before beginning this process. Failure to backup could result in permanent data loss or data removal. before beginning. This process is basically three parts: , restoring the old iTunes Library file, and then downloading the older version of iTunes and installing it. Back up your Mac before beginning the iTunes downgrade process. Do not skip backing up your Mac or else you may lose data, apps, music, media, or general functionality.

Thats it, youre now back to the prior version of iTunes. To avoid downloading iTunes 12.7 again you may want to hide it from the Mac App Store or turn off automatic updates. Downgrading iTunes 12.7 can be done in Windows as well by uninstalling iTunes and then reinstalling the old version. Youll still want to restore the old iTunes Library .itl file however. Its important to not skip the iTunes Library.itl file process because if you do not restore the previous iTunes Library file you will get an error message stating . Typically you can override those error messages by , but if you can avoid that you may as well.