How to Download and Use iTunes on Windows 11

For Windows 11, the iTunes app can be downloaded from the official Microsoft Store. Open the Microsoft Store and search for 'iTunes'. Click the ... Skiptocontent AcomprehensiveguidetogettingaroundiTunesonyourWindows11PC. HavingaWindowslaptopandanAppledevicecanbeapainintheneckifyoudon’tknowhowtosmoothlybridgethegapbetweenthetwo.Fortunately,itisn’tasdauntingasyoumightthinkitis.TheiTunesappmakesitnotoriouslyeasytomanageyouriPhone,iPodTouch,oriPad’sentiremedialibraryonWindows. EvenifyouhavethelatestiterationofWindows11installedonyourPC,installingandusingiTunesisstilltheeasiesttaskever.Here’severythingyouneedtoknowtogetstartedwithiTunesandmanageyourentireiPhone,iPodTouch,oriPadmediacollectiononaWindows11PC. WhatisiTunesforPC? TheiTunesappforWindowsletsyoubringyourentireiPhonelibrarytoyourPC.Ifyou’reanAppleMusicsubscriber,yourtunesdon’thavetostayonyourAppledeviceonly.WithiTunesforPC,yougetyourmusiconyourWindowscomputeraswell.Butthat’snotalliTunesisgoodfor. YoucanalsoorganizeyourmusicanddownloadnewmusicstraightfromyourPC.YoucanalsouseiTunestosubscribetoAppleMusicifyouaren’talreadyasubscriber. TheiTunesappalsoprovidesyouaccesstotheiTunesstorewhereyoucanbuyorrentmovies,music,TVshows,andaudiobooks,ordownloadfreepodcastsallfromyourWindowsPC. YoucanalsosyncyourcontentfromyourcomputertoyourAppledeviceusingtheiTunesapp.Inshort,theiTunesappbringsyourwholeworldofentertainmentfromyouriPhonetoyourcomputerandviceversa. DownloadingiTunesforWindows11 ForWindows11,theiTunesappcanbedownloadedfromtheofficialMicrosoftStore.OpentheMicrosoftStoreandsearchfor‘iTunes’.Clickthe‘Free’buttontodownloadtheiTunesapp. Oncethedownloadiscomplete,allyouhavetodoisopentheapp.It’soneofthebestperksofdownloadinganappfromtheMicrosoftStore.There’snoseparateinstallationprocess. UsingiTunesonWindows11 Now,thefirstthingyoushoulddoissignintoyourAppleaccountontheiTunesapp.Gotothemenubarandclickthe‘Account’menuoptionifthesign-inoptiondoesn’tcomeonautomatically. Then,click‘Signin’fromthemenu. A‘SignintotheiTunesstore’dialogboxwillopen.Then,enteryourAppleIDandpasswordandclick‘Signin’. YoucanalsocreateanewAppleIDfromtheiTunesappitself.You’llneedanAppleIDifyouwanttobuyitemsfromtheiTunesstore.Clickthe‘CreateNewAppleID’buttonatthebottomofthedialogbox.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentocreateanewaccount.Itincludesenteringinformationlikeanemailaddress,password,andbillinginformation(cardandaddressdetails). NavigatingiTunes TostartusingiTunes,gettingfamiliarwiththeinterfaceistheforemosttaskyouneedtoperform.WhenyouopeniTunes,it’llopenyourMusiclibrarybydefaultforthefirsttime.ButiTunesremembersyourchoiceinthefutureandopensupwhichevercategoryyouhadopenedlast.Toswitchtoothermediatypes,i.e.,Movies,Tvshows,etc.,gotothetoolbarbelowthemenubarandclickthebuttonthatsays‘Music’. Adrop-downmenuwillappearwiththeoptionstoopen‘Movies’,‘TVShows’,‘Podcasts’,and‘Audiobooks’.Clicktheoptiontonavigatetotheparticularcategory. YoucanalsousethekeyboardshortcutCtrl+<1-5>wherethenumbers1-5denotethecategoryasitappearsinthedrop-downmenu.So,theshortcutCtrl+1willtakeyoutotheMusiclibrary,Ctrl+2totheMovies,andsoon. ForMusic,yourlibraryconsistsoftracksthatareapartofyourAppleMusiclibraryandplaylistsoryouriTunespurchases,orthemusicyou’veaddedfromyourcomputer.Theleftpanelletsyoubrowseyourlibraryandplaylists. Youcanalsochoosehowtodisplaythecontentsofyourlibraryfromtheupperpartoftheleftpanel.YoucanswitchtoAlbumview,Artistview,Songs,Genres,orkeepitsimplewiththe‘RecentlyAdded’order. iTunesappalsoletsyouaccesstheiTunesStore,Radio,Browse,andForYoucategoriestoaddmoremusictoyourlibrary.Toswitchcategories,clicktheparticularoptionfromthetoolbar. ForPodcasts,youhavetofirstsetupPodcastsintheiTunesappforyourcontentfromthePodcastsapptobeavailableonyourPC.UsethekeyboardshortcutCtrl+4orclickthe‘Podcasts’optiontoswitchtopodcastsintheiTunesapp. The‘WelcometoPodcasts’screenwillappear.alloptionswillbeselectedbydefault,butyoucanchoosewhichtokeepandwhichtounselectbeforecontinuing.Then,clickthe‘Continue’button. Yourpodcastswillappearinthepodcastlibrary.Althoughitmighttakeafewminutesforthecontenttoappear.Ifit’sstillnotappearing,tryclosingandrestartingtheiTunesapp. YoucanalsodownloadnewcontentfromtheiTunesstorefromyourPCitself.Gotothe‘Store’tab. Clickthepodcastyouwanttolistento.Tolistentoanepisode,simplyclickthePlaybutton. Toaddittoyourlibrary,clickthe‘Get’button. AddingMusic,MoviestoiTunesLibraryfromPC IfyouhaveanytracksormoviesonyourcomputerthatarenotoniTunesoryoudon’twanttopurchaseagain,oryouwantmusicfromyouroldCDstobeavailableonyourAppledevicesaswell,iTuneshasgotyourback.YoucanalsoaddmusicormoviesfromyourcomputerorevenaCDtoyouriTuneslibrary. AddingMusicfromyourComputer Whenaddingmusicfromyourcomputer,youcanaddindividualmusictracksorcompletefolders.Whenimportingthefolder,allmusictracksinthefolderandeveninsub-folderswillbeaddedtoyourmusiclibraryoniTunes.iTunessupports.mp3,.aiff,.wav,.aac,and.m4afiletypesformusicfiles. Whileyou’reintheMusiclibrary,gotothe‘File’optionfromthemenubarandclick‘AddFiletoLibrary’or‘AddFoldertoLibrary’fromthemenu. TheOpendialogboxwillopen.Selectthesongsorfolderyouwanttoaddtoyourmusiclibraryandclick‘Open’.ThemusicwillbeaddedtoyourlibraryandyoucansyncittoyourAppledevice. AddingMoviesorVideosfromyourComputer iTunessupports.mov,.m4v,and.mp4fileformatsforvideofiles.Switchtothe‘Movie’categoryandgotothe‘File’menuoption. Then,selectthe‘AddFilefromLibrary’or‘AddFolderfromLibrary’optionfromthemenu. The‘Open’dialogboxwillopen.Selectthevideofileorfolderyouwanttoaddtoyourlibrary. Thefilewillbeavailableinthe‘HomeVideos’sectionoftheMovieslibraryintheiTunesapp. ButyoucanchangeitsmediatypetomoveittomoviesorevenTVshowsdependingonthetypeofvideoitis.Gotothevideotitleandhoveroverit.Athree-dotmenuwillappear;clickit. Then,select‘VideoInfo’fromthethree-dotmenuthatexpands. AdialogboxforVideoInfowillopen.Youcanalsochangethenameofthevideoandotherinformationlikeyear,genre,director,etc.,fromherethatgivesyoumorecontroloversortingyourlibrary.Gotothe‘Options’tab. Then,clickthedrop-downmenunextto‘mediakind’andselectoneoftheavailablecategoriesandclick‘OK’. AddingMusicfromaCD iTunesalsoletsyouimportcontentfromCDs.So,ifyou’relookingtodigitizeyourCDcollection,looknofurther.YoucanaddallthetrackstoyouriTuneslibraryandlistentothematanytimewithouthavingtoenterthedisc.YoucanevengetthemonyouriPhone,iPad,oriPodTouch. InserttheCDintoyourcomputer’sdiscdrive.TheCDcontentshouldopenautomatically.Butifitdoesn’t,clicktheCDiconatthetop. Bydefault,adialogboxaskingifyouwanttoimporttheCDintoyouriTuneslibrarywillappear.Click‘Yes’toproceed. ButyoucanchangewhathappenswhenyouentertheCDfromyourpreferences.Clickthe‘Edit’optionfromthemenubarandgoto‘Preferences’. Gotothe‘General’tab.Then,clickthetextboxnextto‘WhenyouinsertaCD’toopenthedrop-downmenu.Theoptionsinclude:‘ShowCD’,‘PlayCD’,‘AsktoImportCD’,‘ImportCD’,and‘ImportCDandEject’.Selecttheoptionandclick‘OK’.AndyourchoicewillbeapplicablenexttimeyouinsertaCD. Tomanuallyimport,clickthe‘ImportCD’optiontowardsthetop-rightcornerofthescreen. TheImportSettingsdialogboxwillopen.Click‘OK’toimport. ThiswillimportallthetracksontheCDtoyouriTuneslibrary.Click‘StopImporting’tostopatanytime. Toimportselectedsongs,uncheckthesongsyoudon’twanttoimport.Ifthereisnouncheckoption,gotothemenubarandclickthe‘Edit’option.Then,goto‘Preferences’. Fromthe‘General’tab,selecttheoption‘ListViewcheckboxes’andclickOK. Checkboxeswillappearnexttotracks.Clickthecheckboxnexttothesongsyouwanttounselect.Then,clickthe‘ImportCD’option. YoucanalsouseiTunesasamediaplayerandplaythesongsontheCDwithoutimportingthemtoyouriTuneslibrary.Simplydouble-clickthesongtoplayit. SyncingContenttoyouriPhone,iPad,oriPod Youcansyncortransferthecontentyou’veaddedtoyouriTuneslibrarytoyouriPhone,iPad,oriPodTouch.Therearetwowaystosyncyourdevice:usingaUSBcable,oroverWi-Fi. SyncingiTuneswithyourAppleDeviceisalsotheonlywaytoofficiallytransfercontentfromyourcomputertoyouriPhone,iPad,oriPod.Youcansyncthecontentautomaticallyormanually. SyncingContentUsingaUSBCable ConnectyourAppledevicetoyourcomputerviatheUSBcable.Makesureyourdeviceisunlocked. AdialogboxwillappearonyourcomputeraskingyoutoaccesstheinformationontheiPhoneoriPad.Click‘Continue’. Then,apromptwillappearonyourAppledevice.Tap‘Trust’ontheprompt. Allthesepromptsonlyappearthefirsttimeyouconnectyourdevicetothecomputer.Ifyou’renotconnectingforthefirsttime,you’dskipthroughthese Forfirst-timeusers,iTunesmightalsoaskyoutosetupyourdevice.Thiswon’taffectanydataonyourdevice.It’sonlyforthesakeofsettingupthedeviceoniTunessoiTuneswouldrememberitinthefuture. Clickyourdeviceiconnearthetop-leftoftheiTuneswindow. Now,yourdevicemightstartauto-syncingasthesearethedefaultsettings. Gototheleftpanelandselectthetypeofcontentyouwanttosync. Clickthe‘Sync’tickboxtosyncthecontent. Foralltypesofcontent,youalsogettochoosefurtheroptionslikewhatcontentyouwanttosync.Forexample,formusic,youcanselectwhetheryouwanttosyncyourentiremusiclibraryorselectedplaylists. Repeatthesestepsforallcontenttypesontheleftpanel.Whenyouselectthecontent,thebaratthebottomchangestoreflectthespaceyourAppledevicewillhaveleftafterthesynciscomplete.Click‘Apply’tosyncthecontentyouhaveselected. Thecontentyouhaveselectedwillauto-syncthenexttimeyouconnectyourAppledevice.Youcanalsomanuallysynccontentevenwhenauto-syncison. SyncingContentoverWi-Fi iTunesalsoletsyousynccontentbetweenyourWindowsPCandAppledeviceoverWi-Fi.WhenyouchoosetosynccontentoverWi-Fi,thecontentwillbesyncedwheneverbothyourWindowsPCandtheAppledeviceareconnectedtothesameWi-Finetwork. ToenableWi-Fisyncing,first,connectyourAppledevicetoyourcomputerusingtheUSBcable. Clickthedeviceiconthatappearstowardsthetop-leftcorneroftheiTuneswindow.Gotothe‘Summary’tabfromtheleftpanel. Scrolldownto‘Options’andselectthetickboxfor‘Syncwiththis[device]overWi-Fi’.Then,clickthe‘Apply’button. WhenWi-Fisyncison,you’llnoticethattheiconforthedeviceremainsontheiTuneswindowevenwhenyouhavedisconnectedtheUSBcable.Theiconwillremainuntilyouclickthe‘Eject’button. Evenwhenyouclickthe‘Eject’button,Wi-Fisyncingremainson,onlytheicondisappears.TheiconforyourdevicewillappearagainwhenyouopeniTunesnexttimeandifthePCandtheAppledeviceareonthesamenetwork. Now,onceyou’veenabledWi-Fisyncing,howdoesitactuallysync?ThereareseveralwaysyoucansyncoverWi-Fiwhenyourcomputerison. Ifyouhaveautomaticsyncingon,iTuneswouldusethesamesyncsettingsfordifferentcontentcategoriesasyouselectedfortheUSBcable.ToturnonWi-Fisyncing,youcaneitherconnectyourAppledevicetoachargerandturnontheplugpoint.Whenthecomputerison,andbothdevicesareconnectedtothesameWi-Finetwork,thiswilltriggersyncingoverWi-Fi. AnotherwaytobeginsyncingoverWi-Fiistoclickthe‘device’iconfromtheiTunesapp.Gotothe‘Summary’tabfromtheleftpanel.Then,clickthe‘Sync’buttontowardsthebottomrightcornerofthewindow. YoucanalsomanuallysynccontentoverWi-Fi. ManuallySyncingtheContent Ifyoudon’twanttoauto-sync,youcandisableitandsyncmanuallyinstead.Evenwhenauto-syncingison,youcanalwaysmanuallysynccontent.Manualsyncinggivesyoumorecontrolbutit’sslowerthanautomaticsyncing.ItworkswithbothUSBsyncingorsyncingoveraWi-Ficonnection. Butyoucanonlymanuallyaddmusic,movies,TVshows,andpodcaststoyourdevice.Manualsyncingdoesn’tletyouaddphotos,contacts,oranyotherinfo. Todisableauto-sync,goto‘Summary’fromtheleftpanel.Then,scrolldownto‘Options’andunchecktheoptionfor‘Automaticallysyncwhenthis[device]isconnected’.Then,clickthe‘Apply’button. Formanualsyncing,youcandraganddroptheitemstoyourdeviceindividually.FromtheiTuneswindow,selectthecategory–music,movie,TVshow,etc.–fromthedrop-downmenu. Then,selectanddragtheitemanddropittothedeviceontheleftpanel. Or,gototheitemandhoveronit.Then,clickthe‘three-dot’menuthatappears.Goto‘AddtoDevice’fromthemenuandselectthedevicefromthesub-menu. Youcanalsomanuallydeletetheitems.Justgotoyourdeviceandselecttheitem.Then,clickthe‘Delete’button. UseiTunestoBackUpyouriPhoneoriPadonyourWindows11PC iTunesalsoletsyoubackupyourAppledevicetoyourPC.IfyouriClouddoesn’thaveenoughspaceforyourbackups,youcankeepabackupofyourAppledeviceonyourPCandrestorethedevicefromthebackupincaseyoueverloseaccesstoyourdata.Or,whenyou’rechangingdevices,youcanuseiTunesbackupstotransferdatafromtheolddevicetothenewdevice. ConnectthedeviceyouwanttobacktoyourPCandoniTunes. Then,clickthedeviceicontowardsthetopleftcorneroftheiTuneswindow. Goto‘Summary’fromthenavigationpanelontheleft.Under‘AutomaticallyBackup’,select‘ThisComputer’. Youcanalsoencryptyourbackup.Youraccountpasswords,Health,andHomeKitdataareonlybackedupwhenyouencryptthebackup.Selectthetickboxfor‘Encryptlocalbackup’. A‘SetPassword’dialogboxwillappear.Createapasswordforthebackup.Thispasswordwillberequiredwhenyoutrytorestoreyourbackup.Ifyouforgetthepassword,thebackupwillbelosttoyou. Then,clickthe‘BackUpNow’buttontomanuallybackupthedevice.Butwhenautomaticbackupison,yourdevicebacksupwhenyouconnectittothecomputer. Insteadofbackinguplocallyonthecomputer,youcanalsouseiTunestobackuptoiCloud.Selecttheoptionfor‘iCloud’underBackupsandclickthe‘BackUpNow’button. Torestorethedevicetoapreviousbackup,clickthe‘RestoreBackup’option. Thereyougo.There’salotofstuffyoucandowithiTunesonyourWindows11PC.FromgettingyourentiredevicelibraryonyourPCtoaddingstufffromyourPCtoyourAppledevice,iTunescandoitall.Andhopefully,thisguidewillhelpyouthroughit. 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