Apple purchased the program from Casady & Greene in 2000. History iTunes icon since version 12.2 on June 30, 2015Īpple based the initial release of iTunes on SoundJam MP, a program developed by Bill Kincaid and released by Casady & Greene in 1999. ITunes enables users to manage media content, create playlists, synchronize media content with handheld devices including the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, re-image and update handheld devices, stream Internet radio and purchase music, films, television shows, and audiobooks via the iTunes Store. iTunes was finally discontinued for new Mac computers in 2019, but is still available and supported for Macs running older operating systems and for Windows computers to ensure updated compatibility for syncing with new releases of iOS devices (refer to Devices section). Over time, iTunes developed into a sophisticated multimedia content manager, hardware synchronization manager and e-commerce platform. An iTunes-compatible CD or DVD recorder to create audio CDs, MP3 CDs, or backup CDs or DVDs.The iTunes media platform was first released by Apple in 2001 as a simple music player for Mac computers.An Internet connection to use Apple Music, the iTunes Store and iTunes Extras.A screen resolution of 1024 by 768 or greater 1280 by 800 or greater is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras.Playing 1080p HD video requires a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor 2GB of RAM and an Intel GMA X4500HD, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS or better.Playing 720p HD video, an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras requires a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor 1GB of RAM and an Intel GMA X3000, ATI Radeon X1300, NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or better.Playing standard-definition video from the iTunes Store requires an Intel Pentium D or faster processor, 512MB of RAM and a DirectX 9.0–compatible video card.

A PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor with support for SSE2, and 512MB of RAM.

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