How do I download Rhapsody 4? What will this first installation look like?

Once you have started to download Rhapsody 4 from www.rhapsody.com/-software, you will be prompted through a series of installation screens. If you would like a general idea of what the Rhapsody 4 installation process looks like, check out the following.

Note: Some of these screens may not appear, or may be worded differently. You may see something different depending on your current version of Internet Explorer, where you obtained the Rhapsody installation file, or if Rhapsody 4 is being installed over an existing version.

First install window. Click Next to continue:

End User License Agreement. Click Accept to continue:

Choosing where Rhapsody is installed. You must click Next to continue:

Previous version of Rhapsody on your computer? It will be uninstalled:

Installing Rhapsody. Various features flash on the left side as the process completes. Please wait; you'll see a startup screen for a few seconds after the installation is finished.

Rhapsody Setup. This page explains what happens next. You must click Next to continue:

Choosing Rhapsody as default (primary) music player for various files. By default, all are selected. Click Next to continue:

Next you will see a message asking if you would like to install the Yahoo Toolbar. Make your selection and click Continue. The next screen should say Rhapsody Setup Complete. Click Finish.

If you did not already enter a username and password when you first started to download Rhapsody, you will see this Initial sign-in screen. Enter your username and password, then click Sign In.

The next thing you should see is Rhapsody, open to the Get Started page:

Installing DRM Components

If you click the menu option to authorize a device or computer, or start to transfer tracks, you will see a box pop up for installing DRM components:

Click Restart. The necessary components will download, Rhapsody will restart, and then you will need to click the Finish button to complete the installation.

Brand-new to Rhapsody?
At startup, Rhapsody may prompt you to add tracks from your local hard drive to your Rhapsody Library. If you already had Rhapsody on your computer, you will probably not get this screen.

If you also have iTunes on your machine, you will get a screen asking Would you like to import your iTunes library? and offering to automatically import tracks, playlists, and podcasts from iTunes into your Rhapsody library.

You will also have the option to check the box for Match your iTunes local tracks to Rhapsody Subscription Tracks, which prompts Rhapsody to put the equivalent subscription track in your library instead of importing the iTunes track. You are prompted to click Yes or No.

The next screen is Local Media Import, which appears first if you do not have iTunes on your machine, or just after the iTunes library has been imported.

When Rhapsody prompts you to import filesfrom your local machine into your Rhapsody library, check the folders you would like to import:

If you have a large number of tracks on your local machine, the import may take a while. When your Rhapsody library has been updated, click Finish.

If you imported an iTunes library, the final screen looks like this:

If you did not have an iTunes library to import, the final screen looks like this:

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