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ITunes version history
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- The title of this article should be iTunes version history. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.
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Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X
- 1.0 — January 9 2001
- Original release.
- 1.1 — February 21 2001
- Support for external burners.
- Improved visual effects generator.
- More supported burners.
- 2.0 — October 23 2001
- iPod support.
- Equalizer.
- MP3 CD burning.
- Crossfader.
- Sound enhancer.
- Burns CDs two times faster than before.
- Unicode metadata and ID3 tag support.
- 2.0.2 — November 16 2001
- Language support for French and German.
- 2.0.3 — December 13 2001
- Only checked songs are synchronized with iPod.
- Rio One MP3 player support.
- 2.0.4 — March 20 2002
- Expanded AppleScript support.
- Improved stability and performance.
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Mac OS X
- 3.0 — July 17 2002
- Smart playlists.
- Audible.com audio book support.
- Sound check.
- Ratings.
- Play counts.
- Join tracks.
- Playlist importing and exporting.
- 3.0.1 — September 18 2002
- Performance improvements.
- Better support for Mac OS X v10.2.
- 4.0 — April 28 2003
- Music Store support.
- Music sharing.
- AAC audio codec.
- Album artwork.
- DVD burning support.
- Improved searching.
- Beats per minute field.
- 4.0.1 — May 27 2003
- Music sharing only in subnet.
- Performance improvements.
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Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP
- 4.1 — October 16 2003
- Voice notes and On-The-Go playlists synchronization with iPod.
- Support for large library to be burned on multiple CDs.
- Music Store link dragging and dropping.
- Music Store now features Audiobooks.
- Music Store has more advanced Power Search.
- Music Store supports allowance.
- Music Store supports gift certificates.
- 4.2 — December 18 2003
- AOL account support in Music Store.
- Performance improvements.
- 4.5 — April 28 2004
- iMix.
- Party Shuffle.
- CD insert printing.
- Music Store Quick Links.
- Automatic WMA to AAC conversion (Windows only).
- Apple Lossless audio codec.
- 4.6 — June 9 2004
- AirTunes support.
- Minor improvements.
- 4.7 — October 27 2004
- Support for copying photos to an iPod photo.
- Ability to show duplicate songs in your library.
- Performance improvements.
- iPod preferences now part of the Preferences window.
- Ability to search iMixes by name on the iTunes Music Store.
- Taskbar iTunes toolbar, minimize to tray. (Windows only.)
- 4.7.1 — January 11 2005
- Support for iPod shuffle and "Autofill" functionality.
- Disallows play and transfer of Music Store-purchased tracks that have had the DRM-protection stripped by third-party applications.
- Only allows 5 connections per day to libraries shared over a network.
- 4.8 — May 9 2005
- Video support
- Support for new international iTunes Music Stores
- Support for transferring contacts and calendars from a computer to an iPod (Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger only)
- Security enhancements
- 4.9 — June 28 2005
- Support for Podcasting
- Support for mobile phones (currently only the Motorola ROKR E1 and Motorola SLVR are able to take advantage of this)
- 5.0 — September 7, 2005
- Refined look (more compact)
- 'LCD' display at top now displays artist and song together
- Ability to group playlists in folders
- Search now has Search Bar for refining search results. It duplicates the Spotlight bar in Mac OS X 10.4 Finder:
- Search all music, audiobooks, podcasts, and videos, etc.
- Search all artists, albums, and songs
- Automatically sync calendars and contacts with Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express (contacts only)
- Smart shuffle (with adjustable 'randomness')
- Support for the playback and creation of Variable Bitrate AAC files
- Parental Controls to limit children's access to podcasts, the iTunes Music Store, and sharing features
- Lyrics tab in track info box
- Each song has the option to remember playback position and to skip it in shuffle mode
- 5.0.1 — September 20 2005
- Bug fixes
- Bonjour for Windows removed from installer bundle after DNS conflict problems
- 6.0 — October 12, 2005
- "Videos" added to Sources list
- Supports purchase of video content through the iTunes Music Store
- Can transfer video files to fifth-generation iPods
- By purchasing music with 6.0 and further versions, iTunes Music Store account is upgraded, blocking the Hymn DRM removal utility
- 6.0.1 — October 20, 2005
- Bug fixes
- 6.0.2 — January 10, 2006
- Bug fixes
- MiniStore in library (mini view of related products in itunes store)
- Sync Home Movies to iPod video
- AirTunes Enhancement to allow three separate audio streams
- 6.0.3 — February 15, 2006
- Bug fixes
- Performance Improvements
- 6.0.4 — March 1, 2006
- Addresses stability and performance issues related to Front Row
- 6.0.4.2 - March 3, 2006
- Fixes problems that some users have with playlists only in version 6.0.4
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