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    "source_title": "iTunes 9.2 for Mac - Technical Specifications",
    "publisher": "Apple",
    "published_at": null,
    "checked_at": "2026-11-09",
    "verification_status": "content_verified",
    "verification_notes": "Official Apple technical-specification page discovered from its documentation index; 3 sections archived.",
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      "Documentation index: https://support.apple.com/en-ie/docs/software/pl295"
    ]
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    "note": "Official Apple software specification text retained. Explicit version labels and hardware/software/system requirements separated into machine-readable fields where present with source-section provenance. Historical compatibility requirements remain source_transcribed; no missing versions or release dates inferred.",
    "extracted_at": "2026-11-09",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-11-09"
  },
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    {
      "heading": "What's new in iTunes 9.2",
      "source_text": "iTunes 9.2 comes with several new features and improvements, including:\nSync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go\nSync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1\nOrganize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4\nOrganize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes\nFaster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4\nPerformance improvements make scrolling much faster"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Macintosh Hardware",
      "source_text": "Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor\nIntel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store\n2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store\n512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras\nScreen resolution of 1024x768 or greater; 1280x800 or greater is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras\nPlaying videos also requires at least 16MB of video RAM\nBroadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store\nApple combo drive or SuperDrive to create audio, MP3, or back-up CDs; some non-Apple CD-RW recorders may also work.\nApple SuperDrive to back up your library to DVDs; some non-Apple DVD-RW drives may also work."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Macintosh Software",
      "source_text": "Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later; Mac OS X version 10.5 or later is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras\nQuickTime 7.6 or later\nSupport for HE-AAC requires QuickTime 7.6.4 and Mac OS X version 10.5 or later\nSafari 4.0.3 or later\n200MB of available disk space"
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    "Archival-first-pass technical specification record; normalized values not inferred.",
    "Field extraction pass 2026-11-09: version labels and explicit software/hardware requirements parsed from preserved official Apple source sections.",
    "2026-11-10 identity correction: product.model now includes the official version designation from the technical-specification page title, preserving distinct software releases.",
    "2026-11-10 verification correction: iTunes 9.2 for Mac previously mixed iOS device compatibility into operating-system requirements and omitted the 1GB HD-playback RAM condition. Corrected the OS field and added explicit processor, display, video RAM, network, optical-drive and software-dependency fields."
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          "Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater; 1280x800 or greater is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras",
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