When you import music and videos, symbols indicate the status. Other symbols enable you to do tasks.
Symbol | Description of symbol | What the symbol means | |||||||||
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| Display icon | The item is a video. | |||||||||
| Document icon | The item is a PDF file. | |||||||||
| Arrows pointing in | Click to exit full-screen mode. | |||||||||
| Exclamation point | Next to a song: The song can’t be located; it may have been moved or deleted. Next to a podcast: Recent episodes haven’t been downloaded because you have multiple unplayed episodes. | |||||||||
| Broadcast icon | The song is stored on the Internet; when you click the song, it is “streamed” live to your computer. | |||||||||
| Black checkmark | The song will be included in the specified action. For example, only songs with a checkmark are imported when you import a CD. | |||||||||
| Speaker with sound lines | The song is playing. | |||||||||
| Eject button | Click to eject a CD or disconnect a device. | |||||||||
| Blue dot next to a movie, TV show, podcast, or iTunes U lesson | You haven’t begun to play this item. If this appears next to a TV show season or podcast series, there is at least one episode in the season or series that hasn’t been played. | |||||||||
| Half-blue dot next to a movie, TV show, podcast, or iTunes U lesson | You’ve begun to play this item, but haven’t yet played it all the way through. | |||||||||
| Arrows at the right of the display window | Click to switch between displays. This symbol appears only if iTunes is performing an action (such as updating Genius or downloading a file) while an item is playing. | |||||||||
| Dialogue balloon | Click to turn subtitles on or off. | |||||||||
| Cloud with an arrow pointing down | The song is stored in iCloud and available to be downloaded to your computer. | |||||||||
| Cloud with a diagonal slash | The song isn’t eligible to be uploaded to your iCloud library. For example, the song file might be larger than 200 MB, or encoded at 96 Kbps or less. | |||||||||
| Two clouds with a diagonal slash | Your iTunes library contains duplicate versions of this song, and only the other version was uploaded to your iCloud library. | |||||||||
| Cloud with dotted outline | The song is being matched, but the process hasn’t been completed yet. | |||||||||
| Outline of a heart next to a song, album, or artist | Click to let Apple Music know that the song, album, or artist is one of your favorites. | |||||||||
| Heart icon next to a song, album, or artist | You’ve chosen the song, album, or artist as a favorite. | |||||||||
| Speaker | The speaker is available via AirPlay. | |||||||||
| TV icon | The TV is available via AirPlay. | |||||||||
| Speaker with lock | You need to enter a password to connect to the AirPlay-enabled speaker. | |||||||||
| TV with lock | You need to enter a password to connect to the AirPlay-enabled TV. | |||||||||
| Exclamation point inside a triangle | The selected AirPlay device has an error. | |||||||||
| Exclamation point inside a triangle with lock | You’ve selected an AirPlay-enabled device but haven’t entered its password. | |||||||||
