Downloading and installing iTunes on a Mac

The process for downloading and installing iTunes on a Mac is almost identical to what you use to download and install iTunes on a Windows computer. To save a few trees, I haven’t included the steps to do this on a Mac. The most important difference is that you should choose to download the version for Mac OS X (as if you couldn’t guess that!). After that, just follow the onscreen instructions.
You have a number of ways to open iTunes on a Mac, including the following:

• Click the iTunes icon on the Dock.
• Open the Applications folder and double-click the iTunes icon.
• Insert an audio CD into your Mac; by default, iTunes is set to launch whenever you mount an audio CD. The first time you open iTunes, you will need to work through a basic configuration of the application.

Following are the steps you need to perform:

1. Launch iTunes. You will see yet another License Agreement screen. (I guess Apple was kidding with the others.)
2. Click Agree. You will see the iTunes Setup Assistant, which will guide you through the rest of the process .
3. Click Next. You will see the Internet Audio Settings window. These settings control whether iTunes is the default application for audio content from the Internet and if iTunes should automatically connect to the Internet when it needs to.
4. Click both Yes radio buttons and then click Next. You’ll see the Find Music Files window.
5. If you want iTunes to search for music on your Mac and then add that music to the iTunes Library, click Yes. If you don’t want this to happen, click No. Click Next. You’ll see the iTunes Music Store window.
6. Because we will explore the iTunes Music Store in detail later, click the No radio button and then click Done. The iTunes window will open and you will be ready to tour the application in the next section.