The first thing you'll want to do after purchasing an iPad is install iTunes on your computer.

iTunes- this is free program by Apple for Mac and PC. It allows you to organize and synchronize all the content you need: music, videos, applications and contacts.

Key features of iTunes:

1. Navigation through the multimedia library, letter-by-letter search.
2. Organization of multimedia library, creation of playlists, folders.
3. Editing metadata of songs, such as "author", "composer", "cover", etc.
4. Recording and importing songs from CDs.
5. Play music, movies, podcasts, multi-band equalizer, visualizer, mini player mode.
6. Internet radio.
7. Buying multimedia online.
8. Synchronization with iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

How to install iTunes on Windows

2. Press the button Download for free:

3. Enter your electronic postal address (e-mail) and remove or leave a checkmark in front of the items:

• What's new on iTunes and other offers on iTunes.
• I want to receive last news Apple software updates and the latest information about products and services.

These are newsletters from Apple, they come 1-2 times a week, but they do not carry much benefit for the Russian-speaking user. Subscribe to them or not - you decide. In any case, you can unsubscribe in the future.

Optionally, enter your e-mail and the country in which you are located. This data is used by Apple to collect statistics.

After that press the button Download.

Note:
Many dishonest webmasters and quick money lovers place fake versions of iTunes on their websites. They may be infected with viruses or demand money from you via sms. iTunes and all standard features in the program are provided by Apple is free.

Download iTunes only from the official Apple website. The program is completely free!

4. Installing the program is also nothing outstanding. The main thing is not to forget to uncheck right places, otherwise the music will open instead of your usual player in iTunes.

5. After all the necessary manipulations, the installation program will ask you to restart the computer:

By signing up for iTunes, you'll get an Apple ID that you can use to buy and install apps on your iPad. This is described in detail in the article about registration in iTunes. According to our instructions, you will be able to register even if you do not have a credit card.

Download iTunes for iPhone for free on our or official Apple website and learn how to sync IOS devices with your computer.

Use iTunes to sync information on your iPad, iPhone, or iPhone to PC. For example, if you have movies or audio on your computer, sync adds those files to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.

Synchronization setup

• Open iTunes. Make sure you have the latest version.
• Connect your iPhone to your computer with the USB cable that came with the device.
• Find the connected IOS device.

• After clicking on an iOS device, a tab will appear on the left side of the iTunes window under Settings.

Some tabs may not be visible if there is no corresponding content in the iTunes Library. For example, if there are no podcasts in the library, the Podcast tab will not appear. Tabs can display:

Summary: contains various information about the device, options for Reserve copy, device updates, and access settings.

Programs: Application management and file sharing.

: Synchronize music.

Movies: Movie sync.

Series: Sync TV shows.

Podcasts: Podcast synchronization.

iTunes U A: Sync iTunes U courses.

Books: Synchronization of books and and PDF documents.

Audiobooks: Sync audiobooks.

Melodies A: Synchronization ring and other warning signals.

A photo: Photo sync.

Information: Synchronize your calendars and contacts.

My device: Shows music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, audiobooks, tones and voice memos that are on your device.

• You can enable synchronicity for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, audiobooks, tones, photos and information. To enable sync, select a content type from the list under Options, and then click the checkbox to sync (content type). If there is a check in the box already, synchronization is enabled on this tab. To disable synchronization, clear the checkbox.

• Click the sync button at the bottom right corner of the screen to sync your content. Only the information in the content list you have enabled sync for will sync to your computer. If you have made any changes to any of the settings, click the Apply button first.

You can also sync your IOS device over Wi-Fi

Windows 7/ XP/ Vista/ 8

Great playlist creation features

Improved Library Overview

Full sync with iPod, iPhone and iPad

iTunes for iPhone

The versatile iTunes media file harvester is known all over the world. Without it, not a single device manufactured by Apple will work normally.

It is designed to manage the media library in all devices and allows you to play, organize and buy various media files. Such as games, books, movies, apps, music, audios, and videos. The need for users in the application cannot be overestimated. Even flashing and flashing iOS devices produced in iTunes

The program is distributed free of charge, the latest version is always available on the official website. Compatible with all Apple gadgets.

iTunes / iTunes- multimedia player from Apple. While originally iTunes was only available for iPod, iPad and iPhone, now there is a version for Windows and Mac OS. At the same time, the developers have worked as hard as possible on the interface in order to preserve the original style from Apple. The main functions of iTunes for PC are downloading, playing and organizing music tracks, movies and videos on your PC.

iTunes for Windows 7, 8, 10 is endowed with its own intelligence, it can independently create playlists, tracking your taste preferences, burn discs, organize all the media content on your computer into libraries. Using such libraries, you save a lot of personal time and in a matter of minutes you will find what you want to listen to or watch on this moment. Content can be displayed as song lists, albums, and more. And thanks to the Cover Flow mode, you will see the covers of your albums from your list. If you are a perfectionist and want everything to be “on the shelves”, then in iTunes in Russian it is possible to change or add information to specific media files. For example, change the name of the song, add the year of release or album cover. Playback quality in iTunes 32 bit and 64 bit is at high level, titles are supported.

The main features of iTunes in Russian for Windows 7, 8, 10:

• Synchronization between computer and phone;
• Creation of convenient libraries, the ability to make backup copies of them;
• The Genius service creates intelligent playlists;
• Ability to listen to Internet radio stations;
• Ability to change data in media files, add covers to albums;
• Ability to use the program as a converter.

Please note that by installing iTunes on your computer, it becomes the default player for playing files. In addition, it immediately begins to organize all your content into thematic folders. Through iTunes, the new version can listen to Internet radio, stations which are also systematized by style and musical direction. There are a lot of functions in iTunes, but they can be turned on and off as needed. last iTunes version You can download it for free in Russian via a direct link from the official website to our website.

iTunes is a program that every Apple user needs. How to download a song, set a ringtone, update an i-device... these and other questions will be answered by a service developed by Apple specifically for the interaction between a user's PC and an "apple" gadget. However, before performing certain operations through iTunes, you must first install it on your computer.

In this article, we will tell you how to install iTunes on a computer and what to do if the utility refuses to install.

As noted above, iTunes is a utility developed by Apple, which means that you can download it from the official website of the "apple" giant. And it's not even possible, but necessary. There is absolutely no point in looking for other often dubious sources for downloading the service, if official portal it is available and available completely free of charge in Russian.

Instructions: how to download and install iTunes on a computer:

When the utility is installed, you will have to restart and authorize the computer. How to authorize a computer in iTunes, we will describe below.

How to authorize a computer in iTunes?

Computer authorization in the program links your PC and Apple ID - a unique identifier for an "apple" device. By specifying your ID via iTunes, you can, for example, listen to tracks purchased from a device in iTunes Store, as well as watch movies and manage other content.

Why does iTunes refuse to install?

As you can see, everything is very simple, but sometimes it does not reach authorization, because the program refuses to install or it installs, but does not open and / or does not start. These situations don't happen often, but they do happen. What to do in such cases?

For the most part, the service does not work because the user downloaded the wrong version of the program. The link in the above instructions, which leads to the main download page of the program, downloads the version of iTunes for PC on Windows 7, 8 and newer versions of the platform.

However, if your PC is running Windows XP or something even more “good old”, then you need to download the program using another special link. At the same time, there are subtleties regarding the "bitness" of the system, so before downloading, you need to clarify the bitness of your PC - 32 bit or 64 bit.

If your computer has Windows XP or Vista installed, and it is 32-bit, you need to download iTunes 32 bit from here, if you have Vista and a 64-bit system, use this link to download iTunes 64 bit.

It is worth noting that the i-device model does not determine the version of iTunes, if you have Windows 7, then no matter what gadget you “dock” to your PC - a brand new iPhone 7 or an already lived 4S, this will not affect the performance of the program.

If the utility version is selected correctly for installed Windows and bitness, but the program refuses to start anyway, then make sure of the following:

• you work with a PC through account administrator. Remember! AT guest mode it is impossible to install any programs!
• you downloaded everything Latest updates Windows - you can check this fact in the center Windows updates(You can easily find it through the Start menu).

Also, if you have previously installed iTunes, check to see if you left old version tail programs, use a professional uninstaller for this, for example, Revo UnInstaller.

If the specified action does not help, try disabling antivirus and/or firewall software during installation.

Let's summarize

Well, now you know how to download the iTunes program to your computer and log in to it. In addition, you know what to do if the PC does not install iTunes. If the methods of solving the problem indicated in the article did not lead to success, we recommend that you contact the service Apple support- will definitely help you.

Install iTunes on your computer and update to latest version very simple and comes down to just a few steps. Today we will tell you how to install iTunes on PC (Windows based) and Mac (OS X), how to set up automatic check for updates and how to update iTunes manually.

As you already know, iTunes is required to download content (music, video) to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and their synchronization (contacts, settings, calendar) with a computer. In addition to elementary functions, iTunes allows or any other iOS device (iPod Touch and iPad) to update the device firmware and create backup. From the foregoing, we can conclude that everyone needs iTunes. iPhone owners, iPod touch and iPad. And therefore, each owner of the device on based on iOS must be able to install and update iTunes to the latest version.

What newbies need to know about iTunes:

1. iTunes is exclusively for personal computer (desktop or portable). Can't install iTunes on iPad or iPhone.
2. iTunes is free and is not intended for commercial use. If you are offered to buy iTunes for money, do not be fooled, this is a scam. You can quickly and without any registration from the official website of Apple.
3. You can do without iTunes to download content to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad(can be from iCloud, content can be downloaded by third parties file managers), but restoring the device or without iTunes will not work in any way.

How to install iTunes

Video on how to install iTunes on Windows 10:

iTunes, like any other application, is installed in Windows environment and Mac OS X in the standard way, the process is no different.

Depending on the operating system and its bit depth (32-bit or 64-bit), iTunes is installed separately on:

• MacOS X;
• Windows (32-bit);
• Windows (64-bit version).

iTunes is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8.

Separately download and install iTunes on iMac, Mac Pro, Macbook Air and Pro is not needed, at least on OS X Mavericks. The program is installed on the system by default.

How to update iTunes in a Windows environment

By default, after installation, iTunes will automatically check for updates every time it is launched, and if a newer version appears on the Apple server, the program will offer to download and install the update. All you need to agree to download and install iTunes updates in a separate Apple Software Update window.

You can check for iTunes updates without running the program, the Apple Software Update downloader is a separate program and runs outside the iTunes environment.

Example automatic update iTunes via Apple Software Update

It can check for updates for everyone software products Apple for Windows OS scheduled:

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Never

You can set the frequency of checks in the window Apple Software Update on the menu Edit -> Preferences -> Schedule.

AT Apple settings Software update you can specify the frequency of updates

If for some reason when you start iTunes does not happen automatic check updates, check availability new version Software from Apple can be manually.

1. Launch iTunes and in the main menu Reference» select « Updates«.
2. iTunes will automatically check for updates and notify you if there is a newer version on the server.
3. Follow the instructions of the program, the steps are intuitive.

How to update iTunes on Mac in OS X

The owner of Mac computers is much more fortunate, the system automatically checks for updates software and not just iTunes. No additional "dancing with a tambourine" is needed.

Of course, in OS X, as in Windows, you can manually check for updates in iTunes itself.

How to turn off automatic checking for updates in iTunes

If for some reason you don't want iTunes to automatically check for available updates, you can disable the feature.

On a Mac in OS X:

On a PC in Windows:

Video how to disable iTunes updates

It's so simple, iTunes is installed like any other application in the one you need operating system, you can update the program automatically or manually, you can turn off automatic check for updates if necessary.

We are sure that you will not have any difficulties in working with iTunes, if you have questions or suggestions, we are ready to read them in the comments and try to answer them.

How to get the App Store back in iTunes 12

iTunes 12.7 update completely removed Apple App Store. To get it back, you need to install iTunes 12.6.4. There is a separate article about this. There is also an animated video about what happened and how it affected the Apple ecosystem.

Remove iTunes and Library