iTunes 7.7

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iTunes, the award-winning digital-jukebox software, is now available for Mac and Windows. The iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store as Mac users, with the same music catalog, the same personal-use rights, and the same 99-cents-per-song pricing. With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog now offers more than 1,000,000 songs. Features include a free download with no hidden charges for extra features, MP3 and pristine-quality AAC-encoding from audio CDs, smart playlists, more than 250 free Internet radio stations, and the ability to burn custom playlists to CDs and MP3 CDs, to burn content to DVDs to back up an entire music collection, and to share music via Rendezvous over any network, cross-platform.

Version 7.7 contains support for the App Store.

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Editor's review of iTunes

Although iTunes has always been one of the best pieces of jukebox software available, the company improved upon a great thing with version 7, which has added enhanced video capabilities, ringtone editing for the iPhone and new ways to view your music library.

A cleaned-up left sidebar makes finding your music and videos a snap and the new Album and Cover-Flow view options let you flip through CDs in style. The built-in video player accommodates both your own files and ones bought at the iTunes Store. Right-clicking a clip lets you render it iPod-compatible. With the addition of full-length movies at the iTunes Store, you can now view near-DVD quality movies at a resolution of 640x480.

Purchasing and playing videos is almost identical to performing the same actions with music, so seasoned users will have no trouble. The workflow is equally similar for purchasing and installing iPhone applications from the App Store. Old popular features remain intact including seamless iPod integration, smart playlists, CD burning, label printing, the ability to rip files in multiple formats (except WMA), network sharing, and, of course, the enormously successful iTunes Store. The iTunes Store also offers DRM-free, higher sound quality songs, but they're more expensive than the standard $0.99, as are ringtones. Movie rentals start at $2.99, and can be purchased for $9.99.

Rounding out the feature set are parental controls, integrated podcasts, and a smart-shuffle option. iTunes is sometimes clunky on Windows, and can cause significant processor slowdowns. Still, it remains a top-notch player and iTunes 7 should find a home on any media junkie's computer.

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  iTunes is developed by Lucifer and it's malware. iTunes is developed by Lucifer and it's malware. iTunes is developed by Lucifer and it's malware. iTunes is developed by Lucifer & it's malware.

  by: Dano on 12-Jul-2008 09:31:37 AM

  Pros: Play's your purchased/video files or also plays your mp3s as well :)

  Cons: This program is written by the Lucifer straightup...

  I have tried almost every program produced by Audials and, none of them work.

  Here's the thing, if you use iTunes for Purposes of listening to purchased

  music/videos your fine...however, if your Purposes is to transfer a iTunes video file to

  another computer to play convert/Burn to DVD you're pretty much screwed on this one...

  iTunes makes it virtually impossible to do this. There is no program that can actually works

  because iTunes Videos are beyond scrambled and, Itunes and QuickTime is the only programs

  able to play it. Here is where malware comes in there is one program that *might* work... only one problem, the new versions

  of Itunes will actually close "Replay Media Catcher" as soon as you launch iTunes so, there goes that idea...and it will attempt to crash most converters out there. You will not see any video output copy.

  Thats correct, iTunes will shut down this program prior to lanchin it self. You will

  also notice that, QuickTime and iTunes in addition to starting up 4 different processes...

  It will also use alot of resorces. The CPU will indicate its going up to 90.

  The point is, there is "noway!" to convert a iTunes Video file so, don't even think

  of wasting your time trying.

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  that's funny

  by: 0zSpit on 10-Jul-2008 04:10:39 PM

  Pros: lol @ iTunes

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  All My Songs on ITunes are Limited to DRM but 3rd Part Software Can Remove DRM

  by: osxxp on 22-Jul-2008 08:09:13 AM

  Pros: iTunes free software for iTunes is widely used by most Mac users but now Apple's music is also available for Windows Media. iTunes software was hard to grasp until I figured out it is so simple. All the music sits in one place, the library and you can make playlists of any songs in the library. Enjoy your playlist on the computer or the playlists can be burned to CD/DVD used in iPods or any MP3 player etc.,

  Cons: As it says in the review, "The iTunes Store also offers DRM-free, higher sound quality songs, but they're more expensive than the standard $0.99" It seems the only music I want is the 99 cent kind and that means the music will have Digital Rights Management (DRM). I'd be happy to pay the higher price to get my music free of DRM. Since Apple does not offer all its music without DRM some people feel justified in using any of the many home grown programs which can be used to convert the DRM songs to plain old simple unfettered MP3s.

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  Useless

  by: reedjaguar on 10-Jul-2008 01:01:05 PM

  Pros: x

  Cons: Memory hog, it freezes all the time, useless, and it's installed on my PC just because of my iPod.

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  A great piece of MP3 genius!

  by: -Death Phoenix- on 23-Jul-2008 09:14:41 AM

  Pros: iTunes is simply the best MP3 freeware out and barely anyone appreciates it for all it't worth. iTunes has a very user-friendly interface and you are able to make different playlists in folders will be easily located on the actual iPod itself. I cannot find any fault with sound or graphics if you like playing movies but if you do, GET SOME NEW SPEAKERS!

  Cons: The only con which I valiantly protest against is that iTunes is sort of a resource hog but heres the twist. WHOEVER HAS THIS PROBLEM, GET MORE RAM AND THEN YOU WON'T BE ARGUING!

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