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iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the Windows (and formerly macOS) operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as to play content from dynamic playlists. It includes options for sound optimization and wireless sharing. iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the addition in 2003 of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with support for digital video, podcasts, e-books, and mobile apps purchased from the iOS App Store. The release of iOS 5 in 2011 made these devices less dependent on iTunes, though it could still be used to back up their contents. Though well received in its early years, iTunes received increasing criticism for a bloated user experience with the incorporation of non-music features. In October 2019, beginning with Macs running macOS Catalina, iTunes was replaced by separate apps, namely Music, Podcasts, and TV, with Finder taking over device management capabilities. In February 2024, most features of iTunes for Windows were split into the Apple TV, Music, and Apple Devices apps, while iTunes is still used for podcasts and audiobooks as there is currently no Windows version of Apple Podcasts. These changes did not affect older macOS versions (macOS Mojave and earlier), or users who prefer not to switch to the UWP-based apps on Windows; the iTunes program remains accessible for Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Audiobooks on these platforms.

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• iTunes - Wikipedia

  iTunes features a music library. Each track has attributes, called metadata, that can be edited by the user, including changing the name of the artist, album, and genre, year of release, artwork, among other additional settings. The software supports importing digital audio tracks that can then be transferred to iOS devices, as well as supporting ripping content from CDs. iTunes supports WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, AAC, and MP3 audio formats. It uses the Gracenote music database to provide track name listings for audio CDs. When users rip content from a CD, iTunes attempts to match songs to the Gracenote service. For self-published CDs, or those from obscure record labels, iTunes would normally only list tracks as numbered entries ("Track 1" and "Track 2") on an unnamed album by an unknown [...] iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac "Mac (computer)") users' music collections. With the addition in 2003 of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with support for digital video, podcasts, e-books, and mobile apps purchased from the iOS App Store "App Store (Apple)"). The release of iOS 5 in 2011 made these devices less dependent on iTunes, though it could still be used to [...] ## Online music functionality ### iTunes Store Introduced on April 28, 2003, The iTunes Music Store allows users to buy and download songs, with 200,000 tracks available at launch. In its first week, customers bought more than one million songs. Music purchased was protected by FairPlay, an encryption layer referred to as digital rights management (DRM). The use of DRM, which limited devices capable of playing purchased files, sparked efforts to remove the protection mechanism. Eventually, after an open letter to the music industry by CEO Steve Jobs in February 2007, Apple introduced a selection of DRM-free music in the iTunes Store in April 2007, followed by its entire music catalog without DRM in January 2009. ### iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match

• iTunes - The Apple Wiki

  iTunes is Apple's music and video management software. It also serves as a desktop client for the iTunes Store and handles iOS device synchronization. It consists of two major components: iTunes itself, and Apple Mobile Device Support (AMDS). Apple Mobile Device Support is the component responsible for synchronizing with iOS devices. Previous versions included QuickTime, which was used for media playback. From version 9.0.0.70 to 12.10.8.5, iTunes on Windows includes a component called Apple Application Support, which includes WebKit and some other Apple libraries and tools. It is used to display the iTunes Store, as well as iTunes LPs and iTunes Extras. ## Criticism and Replacement [...] ### iTunes 3.x Music library in iTunes 3. iTunes 1 and 2 have similar appearance. #### macOS | iTunes version | Download URL | SHA-1 hash | File size (bytes) | Comments | --- --- | 3.0 | iTunes3.dmg.bin[dead link] | `2b09f70481291503ce254e99d6bd4c1ac9f915d6` | 5,888,128 | | | 3.0.1 | iTunes3.0.1.dmg.bin[dead link] | `259282b7df32ce4ebba84581f2f9b9c09c0e40a4` | 6,488,960 | | ### iTunes 4.x The iTunes Store was launched on 28 April 2003 (2003-04-28) with the release of iTunes 4.0. Notably, iTunes 4.0 was the first version to support the AAC audio codec, used by all music purchases from the iTunes Store. [...] ## Criticism and Replacement iTunes has a long legacy as the "hub" for Apple's portable devices, and has often been criticized for its complexity as a result of its need to support many use cases. Apple has responded to this criticism by rearchitecting iTunes and other software to reduce such complexity.

• iTunes - Free download and install on Windows

  iTunes is the easiest way to enjoy everything you need to be entertained - music, movies, and TV shows - and keep it all easily organized.

• iTunes - Free download and install on Windows

  iTunes is the easiest way to enjoy everything you need to be entertained — music, films and TV programmes — and keep it all easily organised

• iTunes Store - Wikipedia

  "), iPhone or iPad device or install the proprietary digital media player iTunes to access the store. This software is available only for certain versions of the Macintosh or Windows operating systems. . Red: available, but with limitations (only apps, iTunes U, etc.). [...] The iTunes Store is available on most Apple devices, including the Mac "Mac (computer)") (inside the Music "Music (software)") app), the iPhone, the iPad, the iPod touch, and the Apple TV "Apple TV (device)"), as well as on Windows (inside iTunes). Video purchases from the iTunes Store are viewable on the Apple TV "Apple TV (software)") app on Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices and certain smart televisions. Unlike other Apple media services such as Apple Music or Apple TV+, there is no web-based interface for the iTunes Store with the exception of limited iTunes Preview pages; the desktop application has to be installed to browse the store. While initially a dominant player in digital media, by the mid-2010s, streaming media services were generating more revenue than the buy-to-own model [...] In April 2008, the iTunes Store was the largest music vendor in the United States, and in February 2010, it was the largest music vendor in the world. The iTunes Store's revenues in the first quarter of 2011 totaled nearly US$1.4 billion. By May 28, 2014, the store had sold 35 billion songs worldwide. In 2016, it was reported that music streaming services had overtaken digital downloads in sales. It was reported that iTunes-style digital download sales had dropped 24% as streaming continued to increase. In April 2018, the iTunes app was added to the Microsoft Windows 10 app store. Beginning in the spring of 2019, the iTunes app became available on Samsung Smart TVs.

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