https://www.techradar.com/news/heres-how-iphone-and-ipad-syncing-will-work-in-macos-catalina

We had pretty well expected iTunes to be dramatically changed with the debut of macOS 10.15 Catalina, but we didn't think Apple was going to outright kill it. But, now that iTunes is no more in the new Mac operating system, you still need to manage your iPhone and iPad in a post-iTunes world, and Wccftech has spotted how.

Signs had pointed to some of its content offerings splintering into their own apps, which has happened, but it had seemed like iTunes would still stick around. It seemed like it had to, because it has long been the main tool for managing files, syncing content, backing up and restoring iPhones, iPads and iPods.