iTunes
iTunes is the ultimate software jukebox (Figure 12-17).
The first thing to understand is that iTunes is five apps in one. It’s designed to organize all the music, videos, apps, and ebooks in five places: (1) on your Mac, (2) on your i-gadget, (3) in your $10-a-month Apple Music subscription, if you have one, and (5) in Apple’s traditional $1-a-song music store.
Apple loves to play with the design of this program; every couple of years, it gets another overhaul. The following pages describe version 12.5.
Figure 12-17. iTunes, shown here with the Apple Music features turned off, can play music CDs; tune in to Internet radio stations; load up your iPod, iPhone, or iPad; and play music files.
In this version, it’s not as clear when you’re looking at the stuff that’s already on your computer—as opposed to the stuff that’s on the iTunes Store. The icons at top left (
, 
, 
, and so on) affect what kind of file you’re viewing; the buttons at top center affect whether you’re looking on your computer or online.
Tip
You can install or remove file-type icons from this top-left “shelf.” For starters, ...
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