Eminyakeni yakamuva, ikakhulukazi selokhu kwethulwe iMacOS High Sierra, sibone ukuthi i-Apple iwafeze kanjani amanye amahemuhemu asatshalaliswa nge-iTunes, amahemuhemu Baveze ukuthi inkampani ingaqala ukusichitha isicelo. Futhi ngithi ngokwengxenye ngoba yize ingakahlukanisanga eminye imisebenzi yayo, ibasuse ngokuphelele.
Kusukela ngo-Septhemba 2017, inguqulo ye-iTunes iyatholakala kuma-macOS ayisinikezi ukufinyelela esitolo sohlelo lokusebenza lwe-iOS. Ngaphezu kwalokho, enye indlela asinikeze yona ngeke ihambisane ne-MacOS Mojave, njengoba sikwazise ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. Ukuhambisana kwefayela lomsindo ukondla wena ngokuhlukana.
I-iTunes ayikaze ihambisane nefomethi ye-FLAC noma i-APE, amafomethi amabili alalelwayo angasebenzisi i-compression algorithm efana ne-MP3, i-algorithm eyehlisa kokubili usayizi nekhwalithi yomsindo wamafayela. Ngenxa yalokhu kulinganiselwa, abasebenzisi abaningi baphoqeleka ukusebenzisa izinhlelo ezibavumela ukuthi baguqule lolu hlobo lwefayela lube yi-MP3, ifomethi yomculo esetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni, noma ngabe ifaka ukulahleka kwekhwalithi yomsindo.
I-APE ku-MP3 isicelo samahhala esivumela ukuthi siguqule amafayela alalelwayo ngefomethi ye-APE ibe yi-MP3, kusivumela ukuthi silungise amanani afanele izidingo zethu ngaleso sikhathi. Iyahambisana ne-bitrate eguquguqukayo futhi engaguquki futhi isinikeza isikhathi esisheshayo sokuguqulwa, ngoba ingoma yemizuzu engu-8 ngefomethi ye-APE ingaguqulwa ngemizuzwana eyi-10 kuphela, uma sibeka amanani wokuguqula amancane.
Ukusebenza kohlelo lokusebenza kulula kakhulu, ngoba kufanele nje sivule uhlelo lokusebenza bese sisetha amanani esifuna ukukwenza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusivumela ukuthi senze ukuguqulwa kwe-batch esikhundleni sokwenza ngokukodwa njengezicelo eziningi zalolu hlobo.