macOS Catalina for Mac/ITunes

When Catalina becomes available and iTunes goes away what happens to my "Home Videos" that are stored in iTunes and are easily played on Apply TV via iTunes? These are slide shows created in Photos and are synced to music.

Thank you.

Wayne

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 30, 2019 2:10 PM

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askbarnabas

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Jun 30, 2019 2:52 PM in response to waynefromlake mary

As far as I know, nothing changes. Your home videos should be in your library and playable.

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