Play and Record Music

OS X is a veritable music machine that you can use to build, organize, play, and share your digital music collection. You can get music onto your Mac by copying it from audio CDs, or by purchasing music online. If you are musically inclined, you can record or compose new tunes using an application called GarageBand (part of the Apple iLife suite). After you have a collection of music on your Mac, you can use OS X to create custom music CDs, or copy some or all of the music to a device such as an iPod or iPad.

iTunes

OS X comes with the iTunes application, which stores your library of digital music files. With iTunes, you can play albums and songs, organize tunes into related playlists, download and edit track information, ...

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