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Softonic Rating:
Very good:8/10
License:
Free
Added:
February 16, 2006
Updated:
August 5, 2008
Publisher:
Website
File size:
48.4 MB
Downloads:
3,300
Elena Santos

“Apple's famous digital jukebox”

by Elena Santos

Mac users are often said to be the most loyal customers in the computer market, but that's because they have very good reasons, such as iTunes, to stick to Apple products. And if I were in your shoes, I wouldn't miss the opportunity to have this application on my Windows PC.

iTunes has become one of the most popular music managers available today. When you run it for the first time, you can choose your music folders or let the program take care of everything. Then you can keep on adding new music, videos, podcasts and other multimedia elements from various sources and – of course - synchronize all this content with your iPod or iPhone thanks to a perfectly seamless integration.

Managing your iTunes library is a piece of cake. The program's interface is simple and straightforward, plus there are right-click shortcuts and keyboard hotkeys for many tasks. You can view extended information about each track and edit their tags, give them a score with the iTunes star ranking tool and comfortably browse through your collection with the amazing Cover Flow system. And for those of you who work in a LAN environment, the great news is that you can share your music libraries with your network mates.

One thing I particularly like of iTunes as music manager is its ability to create playlists. The Smart Playlist tool enables you to create almost any kind of playlist based on just about any criteria you set: artist, genre, date added, star ranking or even the number of times you've played each song. Another great playlist is the so called Party Shuffle, which comes in very handy when you invite some friends over to your place. You can then leave iTunes working as a DJ and play music on its own, but if you drop by the PC at any time, you can freely add more songs to the list or rearrange them in any way.

However, if there's something where iTunes is not perfect yet, that's the player function. You may disagree here, but I think the iTunes player falls too short, especially when compared to its music manager side. It does have some interesting features, like the Smart shuffle function and crossfading playback, but I still find it too simple. The visual effects in the Viewer window are particularly poor. I also missed the ability to control the player from anywhere with global hotkeys, which is great if you listen to music while you're working on the PC with other apps. Fortunately there are some plug-ins that cover this need.

In all, despite these slight flaws, iTunes is probably the best choice to manage your music collection –and that includes Windows users.

Languages:

English

Recent changes in iTunes:

  • The App Store - games and applications for iPhone and iPod Touch

OS requirements for iTunes:

  • OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

  • Processor: 500 MHz
  • Memory: 256 MB
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later

Recommended requirements:

Pros
  • Excellent music manager
  • Support for keyboard shortcuts
  • Great tool to create playlists
  • Perfect synchronization with iPod
Cons
  • Embedded player is too basic
  • Poor visual effects
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Once you import and download all your music, iTunes lets you manage it any way you please. Create playlists to suit your mood. Use Smart Shuffle to adjust random playback to hear more of the songs you like. Set parental controls to ensure your kids hear only what they should. Buy music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks, or download free podcasts from the iTunes Store 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Organize and play everything on your Mac or PC. Then sync it to your iPod and bring it along. Anywhere.

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