iTunes 4.5 for Mac is out…but not in software update for some reason…

Matt Stratton | Apr 28, 2004 min read

So I just read that you can download iTunes 4.5 now for the Mac. Actually, maybe they have it for Windows too. I’m not sure.

Here’s what appears to be the new features in 4.5 (I assume it’ll show up in Software Update in the next day or two):

  • Some free music downloads from the iTMS

  • iMix – I guess this lets you upload your mix cd’s track listings to iTMS so other folks can check ’em out.

  • Music Video section on iTMS revamped

  • Radio Charts on iTMS – pretty neat…I don’t know what they use to calculate this, but you can browse to your favorite ClearChannel Whorehouse radio station and see/buy tunes that they play

  • “Party Shuffle” – I guess this is just a one-click approach to dynamic playlists…I’m not sure what the difference is between using Party Shuffle and just putting the whole playlist on “shuffle”….but anything with the word “party” in it must be fun, right?

  • Jewel case/insert printing for burned CD’s

  • Lossless encoding – for all of you FLAC lovers

  • WMA importing

Enjoy!