Version History
| Obsolete | Discontinued | Current | Future Release |
| Version number | Release date | Release notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2001-01-09 | Original release based on SoundJam MP code. |
| 1.1 | 2001-02-21 | External burners, improved visual effects, more supported CD burners. Initial Mac OS X version. Bundled with Mac OS X v10.0. |
| 1.1.1 | 2001-05-01 | Burning CDs, full screen visual effects, stability/performance improvements, available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. |
| 1.1.2 | 2001-09-25 | Bundled with Mac OS X v10.1. |
| 2.0 | 2001-10-23 | iPod support, CD burning improvements, equalizer/cross-fader/sound enhancer added. |
| 2.0.1 | 2001-11-04 | Fixes installer issue which may result in data loss. CD Burning updates. |
| 2.0.2 | 2001-11-16 | Update German and French language support. |
| 2.0.3 | 2001-12-13 | iPod synching improvements, support for Rio One MP3 player. |
| 2.0.4 | 2002-03-20 | Improved stability/performance, expanded AppleScript support. |
| 3.0 | 2002-07-17 | Smart playlists, more song list categories (including the My Rating column), Audible.com audiobook support. |
| 3.0.1 | 2002-09-18 | Performance improvements, better Mac OS X v10.2 support. |
| 4.0 | 2003-04-28 | Music Store support, AAC audio codec, DVD burning, music sharing, GUI improvements. |
| 4.0.1 | 2003-05-27 | Performance improvements, music sharing only in subnet. |
| 4.1 | 2003-10-16 | Music store/CD burning improvements, Windows support added, voice notes, on-the-go playlists. |
| 4.2 | 2003-12-18 | AOL accounts with music store, GUI, and performance improvements. |
| 4.5 | 2004-04-28 | iMix, party shuffle, CD insert printing, music store improvements, WMA to AAC conversion (Windows only), Apple Lossless audio codec. |
| 4.6 | 2004-06-09 | AirTunes support, minor improvements. |
| 4.7 | 2004-10-27 | Copying photos to iPod Photo, GUI/performance improvements, Windows taskbar minimizing. |
| 4.7.1 | 2005-01-11 | iPod Shuffle support added, blocks DRM stripping applications, limited to 5 connections per day to networked music libraries. Bundled with Mac OS X v10.4 |
| 4.8 | 2005-05-09 | Video support, international music stores supported, security enhancements. |
| 4.9 | 2005-06-28 | Podcasting, Motorola ROKR E1 mobile phone support added. |
| 5.0 | 2005-09-07 | GUI refined, search bar improvements, parental controls, smart shuffle, iPod Nano support. |
| 5.0.1 | 2005-09-20 | Bonjour for Windows removed from bundle after DNS conflict problems, bug fixes. |
| 6.0 | 2005-10-12 | GUI/music store changes, blocks DRM remover utilities, transfer videos to 5th generation iPod classic. |
| 6.0.1 | 2005-10-20 | Bug fixes, Motorola SLVR L7 and RAZR V3i mobile phone support added. |
| 6.0.2 | 2006-01-10 | Bug fixes, video conversion for home movies, AirTunes enhancements, now Universal binary (running on both Intel and PowerPC Macs). |
| 6.0.3 | 2006-02-15 | Bug fixes, performance enhancements. |
| 6.0.4 | 2006-03-01 | Stability and performance issues with Front Row. |
| 6.0.4.2 | 2006-03-03 | Fixes possible playlist problems in 6.0.4. |
| 6.0.5 | 2006-06-29 | Added Nike+iPod support and Nike Sport area on the iTunes Store. |
| 7.0 | 2006-09-12 | Video playback/purchasing improvements, iPod games, Major GUI changes, gapless playback and album, sync purchased content from iPod to computer, Cover Flow added. |
| 7.0.1 | 2006-09-27 | Stability and performance improvements with Cover Flow, CD importing, iPod synching, and one-click rating. Fixed issues with Remote Desktop Protocol and Windows Live Messenger. |
| 7.0.2 | 2006-10-31 | Support for second generation shuffle and nano, fixed stability/performance issues with 7.0 and 7.0.1. |
| 7.1 | 2007-03-04 | Apple TV support, additional 2G shuffle support, GUI improvements, fixes Windows Vista issues, enhanced sorting options, full-screen Cover Flow. |
| 7.1.1 | 2007-03-16 | Stability/performance/compatibility fixes. |
| 7.2 | 2007-05-29 | Fully supports Vista, iTunes Plus introduced with 256 kbit/s DRM-free music tracks, iTunes U introduced which offers free content from some of the top universities around the United States. Also included GUI Update for Windows Vista |
| 7.3 | 2007-06-29 | Support for iPhone activation/synching, GUI changes/fixes. Changes sorting pattern. |
| 7.3.1 | 2007-07-11 | Bug fixes. |
| 7.3.2 | 2007-08-02 | Bug fixes for increased stability/performance. |
| 7.4 | 2007-09-06 | Support for iPod Touch, Classic (6G), Nano (3G), and adds interface art for new iPod Shuffle colors. GUI improvements. |
| 7.4.1 | 2007-09-07 | Blocks a workaround that allowed free ringtones. However, a new workaround was found within one day of release. |
| 7.4.2 | 2007-09-17 | Addresses an issue with creating ringtones using iTunes Plus song purchases and includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance. Bundled with Mac OS X v10.5 |
| 7.4.3 | 2007-09-27 | Addresses issues with the initial setup of the iPod Touch on some international versions of Windows. |
| 7.5 | 2007-11-05 | Allows activation of iPhones outside of the United States wherever activation is available, (e.g. United Kingdom and Germany) as well as security and stability fixes. Also included is a GUI update for Leopard, and the ability to add custom ringtones for free. Includes support for iPod game Phase. Shows iPod battery level in source list (iPod Nano 3G, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, and iPhone with 1.1.2 software). |
| 7.6 | 2008-01-15 | Rent movies from the iTunes Store. Transfer Apple TV purchases to your computer. Allows manual management of music on iPhones. Added support for Windows Vista 64-bit. |
| 7.6.1 | 2008-02-21 | Several bug fixes, improved compatibility with Apple TV 'Take Two', iTunes freezing bug fixed. |
| 7.6.2 | 2008-04-02 | Bug fixes. |
| 7.7 | 2008-07-10 | Support for iPhone 3G, iOS 2.0 and the new App Store which features application downloads for the iPhone and iPod Touch as well as enabling the two products to act as remotes for wireless iTunes control. |
| 7.7.1 | 2008-07-31 | Improved stability/performance. |
| 8.0 | 2008-09-09 | Genius Sidebar and playlists, Grid View, HD TV shows, Shows capacity of Apps on iPhone/iPod Touch on device summary tab, new default visualizer, more flexible podcast options and support for second generation iPod Touch and 4th generation iPod Nano. |
| 8.0.1 | 2008-10-02 | Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist, improves syncing spoken menus to the iPod Nano, addresses an issue of deleting HDTV episodes when downloading, combines SDTV and HDTV episode downloads into a single list, improves checking for updates from the App Store, improves accessibility with VoiceOver on Macs and with Windows, addresses problems syncing Genius results to iPod and addresses a blue screen error on Windows Vista when connecting an iPod or iPhone to a computer. |
| 8.0.2 | 2008-11-20 | Addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers. Fixes a connectivity issue with the iTunes Store when using some Internet proxies with Mac OS X. Improves accessibility with VoiceOver. Support for iOS 2.2. |
| 8.1 | 2009-03-11 | Support for the third generation iPod Shuffle, speed improvements for browsing large libraries and the iTunes Store, as well as 'preparing to sync' and 'optimizing photos' for syncing to iPods and iPhones, Party Shuffle has been replaced by iTunes DJ which now has the ability to receive requests for songs, the ability to import/convert files and CDs to iTunes Plus format, better performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs, accessibility improvements, Genius has been expanded to cover TV shows and movies, refined parental controls and refined auto-fill options. Supports Multi-touch gestures. |
| 8.1.1 | 2009-04-06 | Adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone and iPod Touch. |
| 8.2 | 2009-06-01 | Supports iPhone 3GS and iOS 3.0 Software Update for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Includes many accessibility improvements and bug fixes. |
| 8.2.1 | 2009-07-15 | Provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices. The latter refers to the disabling of iTunes' ability to sync with the Palm Pre; the Pre has a feature called "MediaSync" which allowed version 8.2 to register and sync songs and videos between iTunes and the Pre. This functionality has since been restored with the latest version of webOS. Bundled with Mac OS X v10.6. This is the last version that fully supports Macs with a G3 processor. |
| 9.0 | 2009-09-09 | New UI and redevelopment of the iTunes Store using WebKit. Genius Mixes were added, as were Home Sharing, iTunes LPs and iTunes Extras. Support for activation/syncing of iPod touch (late 2009). Music is automatically added to the library from a watched folder. The shopping cart in the Store has been removed, now only 1-Click purchases can be made. Some compatibility issues with the iPod Classic. |
| 9.0.1 | 2009-09-22 | Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store. Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive. Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit. Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone. Fixes a problem sorting albums with multiple discs. Addresses an issue with the Zoom button (and, for Mac, keyboard shortcut Cmd+Ctrl+Z) not switching to Mini Player. Improves application syncing for iPod touch and iPhone. Genius is now automatically updated to show Genius Mixes. Improved Aero Snap Performance (Windows 7). |
| 9.0.2 | 2009-10-29 | Supports Apple TV software version 3.0, background color for Grid View, and Windows 7 support. |
| 9.0.3 | 2010-02-01 | No longer ignores "Remember password for purchases" setting, addresses problems with syncing smart playlists and podcasts with iPod, resolves problem recognizing when iPod is connected, and addresses issues that affect stability and performance. |
| 9.1 | 2010-03-30 | Adds support for iPad, adds the ability to sync and organize downloaded books between iPad and the iTunes library, and Genius Mixes can now be renamed, rearranged, or removed. "Applications" are renamed "Apps". |
| 9.1.1 | 2010-04-27 | Addresses several stability issues with VoiceOver, a usability issue with VoiceOver and Genius Mixes, issues with converting songs to 128 kbit/s AAC while syncing, addresses a conflict with some third-party software which may cause iTunes for Windows to unexpectedly quit and other issues that improve stability and performance. |
| 9.2 | 2010-06-16 | Added ability to sync with iPhone 4. Also added ability to sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1. Added ability to organize and sync PDF documents as books, and to read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4. Added option to organize your apps on iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes. Speed up back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4. Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library. |
| 9.2.1 | 2010-07-19 | Disables older versions of some incompatible third-party plug-ins. Addresses minor issues with dragging and dropping items. Addresses a performance issue when first syncing to some devices with iTunes 9.2. Addresses an issue upgrading to iOS 4 on an iPhone or iPod touch with encrypted back-ups. Addresses other issues that improve stability and performance. |
| 10.0 | 2010-09-01 | Adds new social networking layer named "Ping". Adds support for iPod shuffle 4G, iPod nano 6G, iPod touch 4G, and Apple TV (late 2010). Renamed AirTunes to AirPlay. Adds visual improvements to list view. Improves performance. Adds additional support for VoiceOver Kit for iPod. Break compatibility with iTunes Server found on many NAS. New application icon. |
| 10.0.1 | 2010-09-24 | Replace Genius sidebar with Ping sidebar. Bug fixes. Restore recognition of iTunes Server found on NAS Server. |
| 10.1 | 2010-11-12 | Bug fixes. Streaming to AirTunes speakers working again. Adds Twitter connectivity to Ping. Adds printing support and support for devices running iOS 4.2. |
| 10.1.1 | 2010-12-15 | Addresses music video playback and sync issues. Fixes issues where iTunes unexpectedly quits when deleting a playlist with iTunes Sidebar displayed, and when connecting an iPod to a PowerPC Mac. |
| 10.1.2 | 2011-01-27 | Improves stability and performance, and adds support for CDMA iPhone 4. |
| 10.2 | 2011-03-02 | Adds support for iPad 2, and iOS 4.3. Improves Home Sharing, allowing browsing and playback of entire iTunes libraries on devices running iOS 4.3, and brings back the colored icons in the Preferences window. |
| 10.2.1 | 2011-03-08 | No details about this update were released; presumably a bug, security, and/or stability fix. |
| 10.2.2 | 2011-04-18 | Fixes an issue with unresponsive iPad syncing. Fixes an issue with slow syncing of photos on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Fixes an issue with video previews skipping while playing on the iTunes Store. Improves stability and performance. |
| 10.3 | 2011-06-06 | Adds support for iTunes in the Cloud (beta), allowing automatic downloading of purchased content between iTunes and iOS devices, and downloading previously purchased music. Adds support for iBookstore on the iTunes Store. |
| 10.3.1 | 2011-06-07 | Fixes iOS device syncing bug that occurred to some users while syncing the device. |
| 10.4 | 2011-07-20 | Adds support for Mac OS X Lion. It now allows users to take advantage of the Full-Screen App capability. GUI slightly improved. Better integration with Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Aero effects support). Many Windows users originally experienced problems with the iCloud purchased music feature on the iTunes Store soon after this update. |
| 10.4.1 | 2011-08-22 | Fixes a problem where the media keys on non-Apple keyboards work inconsistently. Addresses issues with adding artwork to songs and videos. Resolves an issue which causes unresponsiveness when purchasing an HD movie. Fixes a problem where iTunes takes longer to open after waking the computer from sleep. Addresses issues with VoiceOver support. |
| 10.5 | 2011-10-11 | Adds support for iPhone 4S, iCloud, iTunes in the Cloud, Wi-Fi Syncing, and iOS 5. QuickTime for Windows no longer bundled in the iTunes installer. Many users have had issues with MP3 playback on computers with processors that lack SSE2 instructions. Because of an oversight, the help wasn't originally available in this version. |
| 10.5.1 | 2011-11-14 | Adds support for iTunes Match |
| 10.5.2 | 2011-12-12 | Improves iTunes Match. Fixes an audio distortion problem when playing or importing CDs. |
| 10.5.3 | 2012-01-19 | Adds support for syncing textbooks with iBooks 2. |
| 10.6 | 2012-03-07 | Adds support for iPad (3rd generation). Adds the ability to play 1080p HD movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store. Higher bit rate songs can be converted to 128, 196, or 256 kbit/s when syncing to iOS devices or iPods. Improvements for iTunes Match. Bug fixes. |
| 10.6.1 | 2012-03-28 | Fixes possible crash when playing videos, changing artwork size in grid view, or at syncing photos to devices. Addresses issues with VoiceOver and WindowEyes. Fixes problems with iPod nano and iPod shuffle. Resolves an ordering problem with Apple TV. |
| 10.6.3 | 2012-06-11 | Fixes stability problems and issues with devices. Adds support for iOS 6 beta. |
| 10.7 | 2012-09-12 | Support for iOS 6, iPhone 5, fifth-gen iPod touch and seventh-gen iPod nano. Drops support for PowerPC based Macintosh computers. |
| 11.0 | 2012-11-29 | Includes redesigned user interface and improved iCloud integration. Also introducing the new MiniPlayer, replaces iTunes DJ with possibility to set a song as next to play ('Up Next' feature) and more. |
| 11.0.1 | 2012-12-13 | Addresses an issue where new purchases in iCloud may not appear in your library if iTunes Match is turned on, makes iTunes more responsive when searching a large library, fixes a problem where the AirPlay button may not appear as expected, and returns the ability to display duplicate items within your library. It also includes other important stability and performance improvements. |
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