by Apple Inc. · Proprietary
iTunes offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
These URLs are the ones Apple Inc. declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.
Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Apple Inc. published. Delete it.
Windows · PowerShell
Get-FileHash "iTunes64Setup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256macOS · Linux
shasum -a 256 "iTunes64Setup.exe"Expected output
cea2a74cae3f061eadc11358eeaae9b40cfdea9ec1ee037b47da54a64219e182
| Signal | Finding | Points |
|---|---|---|
| SHA-256 hash published | 2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built. | 30 / 30 |
| Binary provenance | 2 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for. | 35 / 35 |
| Served over HTTPS | 2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit. | 15 / 15 |
| Release recency | last release about 5 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities. | 15 / 15 |
| Licence declared | ProprietaryA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software. | 5 / 5 |
Extensions iTunes registers itself to handle.
Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.