iTunes, a product of Apple Inc. is a complete packaged media player software which can be used for playing, downloading and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. Besides PC it also supports and manages contents of portable devices like iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. iTunes can connect to iTunes store for purchasing and downloading music and videos and it can also connect to app store for downloading apps for your iPad or iPhones.
The iTunes was introduced way back in 2001 and its current version is iTunes 10.5 which is available for free and is compatible for Mac OS X v10.5 or later, as well as Windows XP or later. It works as a media player with different formats support and you can also purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, podcasts, movies and movie rentals and ringtones by connecting it to the iTunes store. Moreover it allows you to download application software from the App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
The front end of the application is the Apple’s QuickTime media player where you can play and organize the music into playlists within one or more libraries, edit file information, record CD, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music and videos through its built-in music store (iTunes Store), download free podcasts, back up songs onto a CD or DVD and can run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music.
With rapid developments in the past years, the latest version 10.5 includes the feature of iCloud accessibility and as part of iCloud, iTunes pushes your data to all your other devices, wirelessly and without syncing. Thus you can access your songs on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, Mac, or PC. Thus you need to purchase it one time only to play it on every device.
