
The first, and most famous (or infamous depending on your point of view), is the ability to move music files over the Internet. These two factors alone have changed forever the way music is made, distributed, and listened to. The other aspect of MP3 that has made it so amazingly popular is that it is quite easy to convert different music formats into MP3. This small file size opens up a world of possibilities. Put another way, a single 3.5-minute song shrinks from its 35MB on audio CD down to a paltry 3MB or so. The same music encoded in the MP3 format shrinks down to about 55MB.

A typical music CD consumes about 650MB of storage space. The revolutionary aspect of the MP3 encoding scheme is that music data can be stored in files that are only about one twelfth the size of unencoded digital music without a noticeable degradation in the quality of the music.

MP3 is the acronym for the audio compression scheme called Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) audio layer 3. You can use or remove these songs as you prefer. For example, if you purchased a new Mac that had iTunes installed on it, Apple might have preloaded some music in your Library. Plan automatically renews after trial.Depending on how you got your copy of iTunes, the Library might contain songs already. Apple Music trial requires sign-up and is available for new subscribers only.Apple Music, iTunes Store and iTunes Match availability may vary by country.Please contact the developer for an updated visualiser that is compatible with iTunes 12.1 or later. Some third-party visualisers may no longer be compatible with this version of iTunes.64‑bit editions of Windows require the iTunes 64‑bit installer.Songs from the Apple Music catalogue cannot be burned to a CD.

iTunes-compatible CD or DVD recorder to create audio CDs, MP3 CDs, or backup CDs or DVDs.Internet connection to use Apple Music, the iTunes Store and iTunes Extras.Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater 1280x800 or greater is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras.To play 1080p HD video, a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor 2GB of RAM and an Intel GMA X4500HD, ATI Radeon HD 2400 or NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS or better is required.To play 720p HD video, an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras, a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor 1GB of RAM and an Intel GMA X3000, ATI Radeon X1300 or NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or better are required.To play standard-definition video from the iTunes Store, an Intel Pentium D or faster processor, 512MB of RAM and a DirectX 9.0–compatible video card is required.

PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor with support for SSE2 and 512MB of RAM.
