{"id":23635,"date":"2020-06-11T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2593283"},"modified":"2020-06-11T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:25:00","slug":"apple-plans-to-shut-down-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/11\/apple-plans-to-shut-down-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple plans to shut down iBooks Author and iTunes U"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo-282.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">It&rsquo;s pointing users to other apps like Pages, Classroom and Schoolwork.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-images%2F2020-06%2Fd66d1710-ab48-11ea-8bde-7a5297f73a08&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=fb32d8780fa0dbbbd89dbe67b8db8e53ba04856b\" alt=\"Daughter and father working on digital tablet while doing homework at dining room table\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Apple%20plans%20to%20shut%20down%20iBooks%20Author%20and%20iTunes%20U;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Apple is discontinuing two products you&rsquo;ve probably forgotten about: iBooks Author and iTunes U. As of July 1st,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT211136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iBooks Author<\/a>&nbsp;will not be available to new users, and Apple plans to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/itunesu\/welcome\/web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discontinue iTunes U<\/a>&nbsp;at the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Existing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013-10-22-apple-updates-ibooks-author-with-ibooks-for-os-x-support.html\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">iBooks Author<\/a>&nbsp;users will still have access to the app, but it will no longer be updated. Apple says it&rsquo;s working on a tool that will allow users to transfer content into Pages, and that should be ready soon. As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2020\/06\/10\/apple-is-discontinuing-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>9to5Mac<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;notes, many of the iBooks Author functions have already been integrated into Pages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>iTunes U will be available to existing customers until the end of the 2020-2021 educational year, and Apple is pointing users to other services like Classroom and Schoolwork. For those publishing content on iTunes U, Apple suggests moving content to Apple Podcasts or Apple Books.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of these changes are surprising, as we haven&rsquo;t heard much about either app&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014-06-30-itunes-u-on-ipad-revamp.html\">for several years<\/a>. Since Apple&rsquo;s other products pick up where iTunes U and iBooks Author leave off, users who may still be clinging to the apps have viable alternatives to choose from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT211136\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT211136<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Christine Fisher<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Christine Fisher<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo-282.png\" alt=\"\">It&rsquo;s pointing users to other apps like Pages, Classroom and Schoolwork. Apple is discontinuing two products you&rsquo;ve probably forgotten about: iBooks Author and iTunes U. As of July 1st,&nbsp;iBooks Author&nbsp;will not be available to new users, and Apple plans to&nbsp;discontinue iTunes U&nbsp;at the end of 2021. Existing&nbsp;iBooks Author&nbsp;users will still have access to the app, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/11\/apple-plans-to-shut-down-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u\/\">Continue reading <span>Apple plans to shut down iBooks Author and iTunes U<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/11\/apple-plans-to-shut-down-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple plans to shut down iBooks Author and iTunes U - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/11\/apple-plans-to-shut-down-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple plans to shut down iBooks Author and iTunes U - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&rsquo;s pointing users to other apps like Pages, Classroom and Schoolwork. 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