Upgrade today to get your favorite music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts. The latest entertainment apps now come installed with macOS Catalina. Note the red width of the bandwidth which seem to be 'limited' by Apple to around 30mbps.Ĭompare that with the 100mbps spike you can see where one of the downloads from Acronis. iTunes Download the latest version from the Microsoft Store. Would you agree with this, or have I missed something? Perhaps you know of a solution?įinally, here is a graph showing the bandwidth when just downloading a few movies today. Judging by the fact there are many hits on people experiencing the same problem, it appears that this is a problem at Apple, and not an equipment issue. So It looks like the slowdown is related to the iTunes store, their servers or nominated distribution network. Within the app, consumers can purchase media: songs, albums, movies, episodes, and.
Upon the installation, users make an ‘Apple ID’ by choosing their username and password this acts as their login and saves their recorded preferences and purchasing data.
We got more or less the same results where online downloads were about 85mbps, but Apple iTunes store movie downloads were around 35-45mbps.įinally, we tried the wifi connection - same result. People can download iTunes for free with Windows and Chromebook operating systems. SO we then went back to his home where he too has a PlusNet 100mbps unlimited connection and repeated the same tests using Ethernet. So we tried a few times more, ensuring all apps were not running, settings correct etc.
Now these downloads came storming in at 100-155mbps - the sort of speed we were expecting using the Virgin Fibre unlimited connection via Ethernet. We wondered whether it was the connection, so we checked by downloading large downloads from Acronis and other reliable, fast servers. Click Music, Movies, TV Shows, or Audiobooks near the top right of the Purchased page. Click Purchased (below Quick Links) near the top right of the iTunes Store window. In the iTunes app on your PC, choose Music from the pop-up menu at the top left, then click Store. Unexpectedly the movie downloads were only able to acheive a maximum download speed of around 30-50mbps when downloading from the iTunes store. Download previous purchases to an authorized computer. I trotted over to his work where he is IT admin, and we plugged in after work hours when we were the only ones connected. Then, my friend invited me over with my computer so I could take advantage of his 100mbps fibre connection. I have just reinstalled Windows, iTunes and all my apps again, and as expected, there is no change in the download speed (still around 4.5mbps. On the DSL connection of about 4.5mbps it takes around 3 hours to download an HD movie, which is what I sortof expect living out of town. For a number of years I have been successfully purchasing Movies from the iTunes store.