Yadda iTunes ya share hanyar Apple zuwa masana'antar kiɗa

Tun ma kafin a fito da iPod na farko ko kuma kaddamar da Store Store, Apple ya bayyana iTunes a matsayin "mafi kyawun jukebox software mafi kyau a duniya wanda ke bawa masu amfani damar ƙirƙira da sarrafa nasu ɗakin karatu na kiɗa akan Mac." iTunes wani abu ne a cikin jerin aikace-aikacen da Apple ke ƙirƙira tun 1999, waɗanda aka yi niyya don haɗa kerawa da fasaha tare.

Wannan rukunin ya haɗa, misali, Final Cut Pro da iMovie don gyara bidiyo, iPhoto azaman madadin Apple zuwa Photoshop, iDVD don ƙona kiɗa da bidiyo zuwa CD, ko GarageBand don ƙirƙira da haɗa kiɗa. A lokacin da iTunes shirin ya kamata a yi amfani da su cire music fayiloli daga CDs sa'an nan ƙirƙirar your own music library daga wadannan songs. Wani bangare ne na babban dabarar da Steve Jobs ke so ya mayar da Macintosh zuwa "cibiyar dijital" don rayuwar yau da kullun masu amfani. Bisa ga ra'ayoyinsa, Mac ɗin ba yana nufin ya zama na'ura mai zaman kanta kawai ba, amma a matsayin wani nau'i na hedkwatar don haɗa wasu musaya, kamar na'urorin dijital.

iTunes ya samo asali ne daga wata manhaja mai suna SoundJam. Ya fito ne daga taron bita na Bill Kincaid, Jeff Robbin da Dave Heller, kuma da farko ya kamata su baiwa masu Mac damar kunna waƙoƙin MP3 da sarrafa kiɗan su. Apple ya sayi wannan software kusan nan da nan kuma ya fara aiki akan haɓakarsa zuwa nau'in samfurin nasa.

Ayyuka sun yi hasashen kayan aiki wanda zai ba masu amfani isashen sassauci don tsara kiɗa, amma wanda kuma zai zama mai sauƙi da rashin buƙatar amfani. Yana son ra'ayin filin bincike wanda mai amfani zai iya shigar da wani abu kawai - sunan mai zane, sunan waƙar ko sunan kundin - kuma nan da nan zai sami abin da yake nema.

"Apple ya yi abin da ya fi dacewa - sauƙaƙa aikace-aikace mai rikitarwa da kuma sanya shi kayan aiki mafi ƙarfi a cikin tsari," Jobs ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar don nuna alamar ƙaddamar da iTunes a hukumance, ya kara da cewa iTunes idan aka kwatanta da aikace-aikace da ayyuka masu gasa. na nau'in sa da yawa a gaba. Ya kara da cewa "Muna fatan mafi saukin mu'amalar masu amfani da su zai kawo ma mutane da yawa zuwa juyin juya halin kide-kide na dijital," in ji shi.

Fiye da watanni shida bayan haka, iPod na farko ya ci gaba da sayarwa, kuma sai bayan wasu shekaru ne Apple ya fara sayar da kiɗa ta hanyar kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes. Duk da haka, iTunes wani muhimmin yanki ne a cikin wuyar warwarewa wanda shine shigar da Apple a hankali a cikin duniyar kiɗa, kuma ya kafa tushe mai ƙarfi don yawan wasu canje-canje na juyin juya hali.

Source: Cult of Mac, tushen hoton budewa: ArsTechnica