What is a good music downloader for Macs?
On One Hand: iTunes is a legal program used to download musiciTunes is Apple’s flagship music download program for Macintosh computers.The application’s integrated iTunes Store allows users to search and legally download millions of songs directly to their computers. The user’s credit or debit card is billed for the purchase of each song. Costs vary per song, but are generally about $1. Apple allows entire albums to be purchased at once, sometimes at a discount compared to buying the songs individually. iTunes is established, safe and perfectly legal. The downloaded music can easily be added to a portable MP3 player or played directly on the computer.On the Other: Transmission and other BitTorrent softwareTransmission is a popular Macintosh program for downloading BitTorrent or “torrent” files. Torrent files are sometimes legally created, but the technology is largely used for unauthorized music sharing. A torrent file does not contain any of the music itself, but programs like Transmi