AppleCD Audio Player

The AppleCD Audio Player is an application program, commonly found in the Apple menu of Macintosh computers with a CD-ROM drive running System 6.0.5 to Mac OS 9.2.2. Version 2.2 of the player was included with Mac OS 8 by default and superseded the CD Remote desk accessory from earlier versions of Apple's CD-ROM System Software.

Usage
Beyond just playing a music CD, the user can select individual tracks, choose whether the music should play once from beginning to end, repeat, or shuffle. A playlist can be created and one song be played multiple times in the playlist. It is also one of the earliest utilities that can support different "color skins".

Replacement
The AppleCD Audio Player was eventually replaced by the far more versatile iTunes, which arrived for Mac OS 9 in January 2001. There was also a short-lived version called AppleCD Player that was released at around the same time as Mac OS 7.6 in 1997 with a simplified user interface that lacked the ability to manage a playlist. The AppleCD Audio Player was not ported to Mac OS X, where iTunes officially became the default music player. However, the Mac OS X Public Beta once featured a short-lived app, Music Player, that played CDs as well as MP3s.