{"id":50997,"date":"2026-02-13T16:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=50997"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:46:15","slug":"the-end-of-itunes-wish-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/the-end-of-itunes-wish-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of iTunes Wish Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/10\/apple-itunes-wishlist-removal\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/10\/apple-itunes-wishlist-removal\/\">\n<p>Apple will soon do away with iTunes Wish Lists featuring movie and TV shows, according to emails going out to customers as of today. Apple says that people who still have wish lists should migrate items to their Apple TV watchlist before the feature is removed.<\/p>\n<p>Each email that Apple is sending out includes a PDF with TV shows and movies that are on the individual&rsquo;s iTunes Wish List. Apple says that users can tap on each link and then tap on the &ldquo;+&rdquo; button to get items to appear in the  Apple TV  watchlist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bwebster\/116048786046663254\">Brian Webster<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bwebster\/116048786046663254\">\n<p>Seriously? They couldn&rsquo;t manage to code this up, I have to transfer each one manually? Really?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bzamayo\/status\/2021362884228628705\">Benjamin Mayo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bzamayo\/status\/2021362884228628705\">\n<p>is this finally the end of the iTunes Store app?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>I hope not, because the Music and TV apps don&rsquo;t really offer the same functionality for managing the content you or a family member has purchased.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ManuelGuzman\/status\/2021365054982193187\">Manuel Guzman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ManuelGuzman\/status\/2021365054982193187\">\n<p>I used to use it to keep a list of movies I was interested and then bought them when they went on sale. Pretty annoying that they removed this feature.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/19\/tvos-17-2-removes-wishlists\/\">tvOS 17.2 Removes Wishlists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/25\/apple-is-finally-killing-off-itunes\/\">Apple Is Finally Killing Off iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/31\/homepod-late-adopter\/\">HomePod Late Adopter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"the-end-of-itunes-wish-lists-update-2026-02-19\">Update (<a href=\"#the-end-of-itunes-wish-lists-update-2026-02-19\">2026-02-19<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/17\/tvos-26-4-itunes-movies-tv-shows-removed\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/17\/tvos-26-4-itunes-movies-tv-shows-removed\/\">\n<p>With tvOS 26.4, Apple has removed the dedicated iTunes Movies and iTunes TV Shows apps that listed content available for purchase. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"the-end-of-itunes-wish-lists-update-2026-03-02\">Update (<a href=\"#the-end-of-itunes-wish-lists-update-2026-03-02\">2026-03-02<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/duck.haus\/@joesteel\/116135622206102568\">Joe Rosensteel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/duck.haus\/@joesteel\/116135622206102568\">\n<p>I have to warn you that any normal person in your life is going to be very upset when you upgrade to 26.4. Not because they were directly using the movies and tv shows app tiles but because those were likely left in their default position and were load bearing apps. Their removal reflows the home screen. If you know people with default top rows do them a favor and shuffle two other seldom-used apps up there. For the love of god don&rsquo;t put anything important there because people have muscle memory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli Clover: Apple will soon do away with iTunes Wish Lists featuring movie and TV shows, according to emails going out to customers as of today. Apple says that people who still have wish lists should migrate items to their Apple TV watchlist before the feature is removed. 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