iTunes for Mac OS X / macOS. Originally released in 2001 (in
conjunction with the first iPod that same year), iTunes is descended
from the music player [SoundJam MP][1] from Casady & Greene, which
Apple acquired in 2000.
iTunes came to be used by Apple not just for playing music, but also
for podcasts, audio books, and movies, as well as for installing
"apps" to one's iPhone or iPod Touch prior to the introduction of the
Apple App Store.
iTunes for macOS was officially discontinued in 2019 starting with the
release of macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15). It was replaced in Catalina
with a number of task-specific applications (namely "Music",
"Podcasts", etc.) by Apple, who sought to streamline the overall user
experience. Although iTunes for macOS continued to be updated for
users of the preceding macOS Mojave (macOS 10.14), use of iTunes was
disallowed in Catalina and later. The last official version of iTunes
was iTunes 12.9.5.5, released in 2021. iTunes remained in use on
Windows platforms until February 2024.
Early versions of iTunes may no longer have functioning internet
radio. If you have non-functional internet radio, please try the
patched "[Garden iTunes][2]" apps, which have newly restored Garden-
powered functionality!
For running iTunes on later versions of macOS in which Apple has
disabled it, check out [Retroactive][3] via GitHub.
Download | Icon | Version | Date | Notes
---|---|---|---|---
1 | ![][4] | 1.0.1d3 | February 2001 | Apple internal-only testing
version
2 | ![][4] | 1.1a1 | March 2001 |
3 | ![][5] | 1.1.0 | March 2001 |
4 | ![][5] | 1.1.1 | July 29, 2001 | Captured (along with Dock Extra)
from Summer 2001 iMac G3 restore CDs
5 | ![][5] | 1.1.2 | August-September 2001 | Captured from OS X 10.1
CD (freshly written)
6 | ![][6] | 2.0.1 | November 2001 |
7 | ![][6] | 2.0.2 | November 2001 |
8 | ![][6] | 2.0.3 | December 2001 |
9 | ![][6] | 2.0.4 | March 2002 |
10 | ![][7] | 3.0.0 | July 2002 | Comes packaged with Mac OS X 10.2
Jaguar
11 | ![][7] | 3.0.1 | September 2002 |
12 | ![][8] | 4.0.0 | April 2003 |
13 | ![][8] | 4.0.1 | May 2003 |
14 | ![][8] | 4.1.0 | October 2003 |
15 | ![][8] | 4.2.0 | December 2003 | Came with iLife '04
16 | ![][8] | 4.5.0 | April 2004 |
17 | ![][8] | 4.6.0 | June 2004 |
18 | ![][8] | 4.7.0 | October 2004 |
19 | ![][8] | 4.7.1 | December 2004 |
20 | ![][8] | 4.7.1 | December 2004 | Version 4.7.1 from above, but
patched in order to bypass the "you
are unauthorized" message when trying to play music purchased from
the iTunes store.
21 | ![][8] | 4.8.0 | May 2005 | Requires Mac OS X 10.2.8
22 | ![][8] | 4.9.0 | June 2005 |
23 | ![][8] | 5.0 | September 2005 |
24 | ![][8] | 5.0.1 | September 2005 |
25 | ![][8] | 6.0 | October 2005 |
26 | ![][8] | 6.0.1 | October 2005 |
27 | ![][8] | 6.0.2 | December 2005 | came with iLife '06
28 | ![][8] | 6.0.3 | February 2006 |
29 | ![][8] | 6.0.4 | March 2006 |
30 | ![][8] | 6.0.5 | June 2006 |
31 | ![][9] | 7.0 | September 2006 | Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9
32 | ![][9] | 7.0.1 | September 2006 |
33 | ![][9] | 7.0.2 | October 2006 |
34 | ![][9] | 7.1 | March 2007 |
35 | ![][9] | 7.2 | May 2007 |
36 | ![][9] | 7.3 | June 2007 |
37 | ![][9] | 7.3.1 | July 2007 |
38 | ![][9] | 7.3.2 | August 2007 |
39 | ![][9] | 7.4 | September 2007 |
40 | ![][9] | 7.4.1 | September 2007 |
41 | ![][9] | 7.4.2 | September 2007 |
42 | ![][9] | 7.5 | November 2007 |
43 | ![][9] | 7.6.2 | March 2008 |
44 | ![][9] | 7.7.1 | July 2008 | Last version for Mac OS X 10.3.9
45 | ![][9] | 8.0 | September 2008 |
46 | ![][9] | 8.0.2 | November 2008 | Requires Mac OS X 10.4.9 and
QuickTime 7.3.1
47 | ![][9] | 8.1 | March 2009 |
48 | ![][9] | 8.1.1 | April 2009 |
49 | ![][9] | 8.2 | June 2009 |
50 | ![][9] | 8.2.1 | July 2009 |
51 | ![][10] | 9.0.1 | September 2009 |
52 | ![][10] | 9.0.2 | October 2009 |
53 | ![][10] | 9.0.3 | February 2010 |
54 | ![][10] | 9.1 | March 2010 |
55 | ![][10] | 9.1.1 | April 2010 | Last version to run on G3
processors.
56 | ![][10] | 9.2 | June 2010 |
57 | ![][10] | 9.2.1 | July 2010 | Last version to run on 10.4 Tiger
for G4, G5 & Intel processors
58 | ![][11] | 10.0 | September 1, 2010 | First version to support the
iPod Touch 4th generation and iOS 4.1
59 | ![][11] | 10.0.1 | September 24, 2010 |
60 | ![][11] | 10.1 | November 2010 | First public release with
AirPLay and iOS 4.2 support
61 | ![][11] | 10.1.1 | December 2010 |
62 | ![][11] | 10.1.2 | January 2010 |
63 | ![][11] | 10.2.2 | April 2011 |
64 | ![][11] | 10.3 | June 6, 2011 |
65 | ![][11] | 10.3.1 | June 7, 2011 |
66 | ![][11] | 10.4 | July 2011 |
67 | ![][11] | 10.4.1 | August 2011 |
68 | ![][11] | 10.5 | October 2011 |
69 | ![][11] | 10.6.3 | June 2012 |
70 | ![][11] | 10.7 | September 2012 |
71 | ![][12] | 11.0 | November 29, 2012 |
72 | ![][12] | 11.0.4 | June 2013 |
73 | ![][12] | 11.2.1 | October 21, 2013 | First public release to
support Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
74 | ![][12] | 11.2.2 | May 2014 |
75 | ![][13] | 12.6 | March 2017 |
76 | ![][13] | 12.7.5 | May 24, 2018 |
77 | ![][13] | 12.8.3 | April 2021 |
Last landmark versions of iTunes before dropping support for core
technologies:
iTunes 8.2.1 \- Last version to support G3 Processors (2009)
iTunes 9.1.1 \- Last version to unofficially run on G3 Processors
under Tiger (2010)
iTunes 9.2.1 \- Last version to support Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger (2010)
iTunes 10.6.3 \- Last version to support Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard and
PowerPC (2012)
iTunes 11.4 \- Last version for Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard (2014)
iTunes 12.2.2 \- Last version for Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion (2015)
iTunes 12.4.3 \- Last version for Mac OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion (2016)
iTunes 12.5.5 \- Last version to support Quartz Composer Visualizers
(2017)
iTunes 12.6.2 \- Last version for OS older than Yosemite! macOS
10.10.5 (2017)
iTunes 12.6.5 \- Last version to support iOS Apps (2018)
iTunes 12.9.5.5 \- Last version of iTunes for macOS (2019)
See also: [iTunes 1.0][14] | [iTunes 1.0 (Dutch)][15] | [iTunes
1.1][16] | [iTunes 2.0.4][17]
Compatibility
Architecture: PPC x86 (Intel:Mac)
[1]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/soundjam
[2]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/garden-itunes-nubango-radio-patch
[3]:
https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/Retroactive
[4]:
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[5]:
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[6]:
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[7]:
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[8]:
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[9]:
http://revontulet.org/2025/01/01/b4c6703d1b4543b0a24a0f72858920d0.png
[10]:
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[11]:
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[12]:
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[13]:
http://revontulet.org/2025/01/01/3ee2dcc8b54f4e36b6e97a09737e26ee.png
[14]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/itunes-10
[15]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/itunes-10-dutch-version-cd-image
[16]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/itunes-11
[17]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/itunes-204