why can't I get iTunes on Mac Big Sur?

I want to connect to iTunes in order to unlock my iPad. It tells me that it is disabled and need to connect to iTunes. I would love to, but apparently you can't do that from a MacBook Pro Air using Big Sur OS. If I'm missing something, please let me know. All the research that I found is that it's just a simple process. Just connect to iTunes and it'll all be good. I have not found that to be the case. So, I think it's in your best interest to use Windows as well. Things are so much easier with Windows than Apple in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I love my MacBook (use it almost everyday) but not everything is Apple friendly. Although being iTunes, you would think that Apple OS would be the best route. Now I'll have to go to my MSI w/Windows in order to fix this problem.