IPOD AND ITUNES
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 ABOUT THIS BOOK 2 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK 3 AND JUST WHO ARE YOU 4 A QUICK PEEK AHEAD 4 PART I SETTING UP AND ACQUIRING MEDIA CONTENT 4 PART II MANAGING YOUR MEDIA CONTENT 5 PART III PLAYING YOUR IPOD 5 PART IV USING ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 5 PART V HAVE IPOD WILL TRAVEL 5 PART VI THE PART OF TENS 5 BONUS CHAPTERS 6 ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK 6 PART I SETTING UP AND ACQUIRING MEDIA CONTENT 7 CHAPTER 1 FIRING UP YOUR IPOD 9 INTRODUCING IPODS 10 COMPARING IPOD MODELS 11 EARLIER GENERATION IPODS 11 SIXTH GENERATION IPODS 12 FINGERING THE IPOD TOUCH 13 TWIRLING THE IPOD CLASSICS 14 MANO A MANO WITH IPOD NANO 14 DOING THE IPOD SHUFFLE 15 THE ALL IN ONE IPHONE 16 THINKING INSIDE THE BOX 18 POWERING UP YOUR IPOD 19 FACING CHARGES OF BATTERY 21 MAINTAINING BATTERY LIFE 23 SAVING POWER 24 REPLACING YOUR BATTERY 24 THUMBING THROUGH THE IPOD MENUS 25 TOUCHING IPOD TOUCH AND IPHONE DISPLAYS 25 SCROLLING IPOD CLASSIC AND NANO WHEELS 28 ACTIVATING IPOD PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 29 SETTING THE LANGUAGE 31 CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP ITUNES AND YOUR IPOD 33 INSTALLING ITUNES ON A WINDOWS PC 33 INSTALLING ITUNES ON A MAC 36 SETTING UP YOUR IPOD 38 DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING SOFTWARE UPGRADES 41 CHAPTER 3 GETTING STARTED WITH ITUNES 43 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH ITUNES 44 OPENING THE ITUNES WINDOW 45 PLAYING CD TRACKS IN ITUNES 48 REARRANGING AND REPEATING TRACKS 50 SKIPPING TRACKS 50 REPEATING A SONG LIST 50 DISPLAYING VISUALS 51 USING THE ITUNES MINISTORE 53 CHAPTER 4 SHOPPING AT THE ITUNES STORE 55 VISITING THE ITUNES STORE 56 SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT 59 BROWSING AND PREVIEWING SONGS 61 BROWSING THE CHARTS 63 POWER SEARCHING 63 BROWSING CELEBRITY AND PUBLISHED PLAYLISTS 63 BROWSING AND PREVIEWING MOVIES TV SHOWS VIDEOS AND AUDIOBOOKS 65 BROWSING AND SUBSCRIBING TO PODCASTS 68 BROWSING AND PREVIEWING IPOD GAMES 71 BUYING AND DOWNLOADING CONTENT 71 USING 1 CLICK 71 USING THE SHOPPING CART 72 CHANGING YOUR ITUNES STORE PREFERENCES 73 RESUMING INTERRUPTED DOWNLOADS 74 REDEEMING GIFT CERTIFICATES AND PREPAID CARDS 76 MANAGING YOUR ACCOUNT 76 VIEWING AND CHANGING ACCOUNT INFORMATION 77 VIEWING YOUR PURCHASE HISTORY 77 SETTING UP ALLOWANCES 78 SENDING GIFT CERTIFICATES 78 SETTING PARENTAL CONTROLS 79 AUTHORIZING COMPUTERS TO PLAY PURCHASED MUSIC 80 CHAPTER 5 BRINGING CONTENT INTO ITUNES 81 ADDING MUSIC 82 SETTING THE IMPORTING PREFERENCES 82 DON T FALL INTO THE GAPS 86 RIPPING MUSIC FROM CDS 88 ADDING MUSIC FILES 89 ADDING AUDIO BOOKS 91 ADDING PODCASTS 92 SUBSCRIBING TO PODCASTS 93 UPDATING PODCASTS 95 SCHEDULING PODCAST UPDATES 95 ADDING VIDEOS 96 CHAPTER 6 PLAYING CONTENT IN ITUNES 99 CHANGING THE COMPUTER S OUTPUT VOLUME 100 ADJUSTING THE SOUND ON A MAC 100 ADJUSTING THE SOUND IN WINDOWS 102 USING AIRTUNES FOR WIRELESS STEREO PLAYBACK 103 PLAYING SONGS 106 QUEUING UP TUNES WITH PARTY SHUFFLE 106 CROSS FADING SONG PLAYBACK 108 PLAYING STREAMING RADIO 109 LISTENING TO A RADIO STATION 110 CREATING A PLAYLIST OF YOUR RADIO STATIONS 111 ADDING A RADIO STATION TO ITUNES 112 PLAYING PODCASTS 112 PLAYING AUDIO BOOKS 115 PLAYING VIDEOS 115 PLAYING A VIDEO IN A SEPARATE WINDOW 116 PLAYING A VIDEO FULL SCREEN 117 CHAPTER 7 SHARING CONTENT LEGALLY 121 SHARING CONTENT FROM THE ITUNES STORE 122 SHARING CONTENT ON A NETWORK 124 SHARING YOUR LIBRARY WITH OTHER COMPUTERS 124 ACCESSING A SHARED LIBRARY 126 SHARING CONTENT WITH YOUR APPLE TV 127 SETTING UP APPLE TV 128 CHOOSING AN ITUNES LIBRARY FOR APPLE TV 129 COPYING MEDIA FILES 132 COPYING FILES BETWEEN MACS AND PCS 133 PART II MANAGING YOUR MEDIA CONTENT 137 CHAPTER 8 SEARCHING BROWSING AND SORTING IN ITUNES 139 BROWSING YOUR LIBRARY CONTENT 140 BROWSING BY COVER ART 142 BROWSING SONGS BY ARTIST AND ALBUM 143 BROWSING AUDIO BOOKS 144 BROWSING MOVIES VIDEOS AND TV SHOWS 145 BROWSING IPOD GAMES 146 DISPLAYING CONTENT IN LIST VIEW 146 UNDERSTANDING THE CONTENT INDICATORS 146 CHANGING THE LIST VIEW OPTIONS 147 SORTING CONTENT BY THE LIST VIEW OPTIONS 148 SEARCHING FOR CONTENT 149 FINDING THE CONTENT S MEDIA FILE 151 SHOWING DUPLICATE ITEMS 151 DELETING CONTENT 151 CHAPTER 9 ADDING AND EDITING INFORMATION IN ITUNES 155 RETRIEVING SONG INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET 156 RETRIEVING INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY 156 RETRIEVING INFORMATION MANUALLY 156 ENTERING CONTENT INFORMATION 157 EDITING THE INFORMATION 158 EDITING MULTIPLE ITEMS AT ONCE 159 EDITING FIELDS FOR A SINGLE ITEM 160 ADDING A RATING 164 ADDING COVER ART 164 CHAPTER 10 ORGANIZING ITUNES CONTENT WITH PLAYLISTS 167 CREATING PLAYLISTS 168 SONG PLAYLISTS 168 ALBUM PLAYLISTS 169 PODCAST PLAYLISTS 170 VIDEO PLAYLISTS 172 DELETING ITEMS FROM A PLAYLIST 173 USING SMART PLAYLISTS 173 CREATING A SMART PLAYLIST 174 EDITING A SMART PLAYLIST 175 CREATING AN IMIX 176 CHAPTER 11 MANAGING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 177 ORGANIZING PHOTOS ON YOUR COMPUTER 178 ORGANIZING PHOTOS WITH IPHOTO 179 ORGANIZING PHOTOS IN PHOTOSHOP ALBUM 181 PREPARING VIDEOS FOR ITUNES AND IPODS 182 EXPORTING YOUR VIDEOS 182 CONVERTING YOUR VIDEOS FOR IPODS 183 CHAPTER 12 SYNCHRONIZING DEVICES WITH ITUNES 185 COPYING AND DELETING CONTENT AUTOMATICALLY 186 SYNCHRONIZING YOUR IPHONE 188 SYNCHRONIZING YOUR APPLE TV 190 IF YOUR LIBRARY WON T FIT ON THE DEVICE 191 COPYING AND DELETING CONTENT SELECTIVELY 192 SELECTING ITEMS TO IGNORE WHEN SYNCHRONIZING 193 CHOOSING PLAYLISTS TO SYNCHRONIZE 194 CHOOSING MOVIES TO SYNCHRONIZE 196 CHOOSING TV SHOWS TO SYNCHRONIZE 198 CHOOSING PODCASTS TO SYNCHRONIZE 200 CHOOSING PHOTO ALBUMS TO SYNCHRONIZE 201 COPYING CONTENT TO YOUR IPOD MANUALLY 204 COPYING ITEMS DIRECTLY 205 DELETING ITEMS ON YOUR IPOD 206 CREATING PLAYLISTS DIRECTLY ON AN IPOD 207 EDITING CONTENT INFORMATION ON YOUR IPOD 208 SYNCHRONIZING AN IPOD SHUFFLE 208 USING AUTOFILL 209 COPYING ITEMS MANUALLY 210 MANAGING SPACE ON YOUR IPOD SHUFFLE 211 CHAPTER 13 GIMME SHELTER FOR MY MEDIA 213 STUDYING FILES IN AN ITUNES LIBRARY 214 FINDING THE ITUNES LIBRARY 214 CHANGING HOW FILES ARE STORED IN THE LIBRARY 215 LOCATING A MEDIA FILE 216 MANIPULATING AN ITUNES LIBRARY 217 CONSOLIDATING THE LIBRARY MEDIA FILES 217 CHANGING THE LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY 218 MOVING YOUR LIBRARY TO ANOTHER HARD DRIVE 219 EXPORTING ITUNES PLAYLISTS 219 MANAGING MULTIPLE ITUNES LIBRARIES 220 CREATING A SUB LIBRARY OF THE MAIN LIBRARY 221 CREATING A SEPARATE LIBRARY ON A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE 221 BACKING UP AN ITUNES LIBRARY 222 BACKING UP TO DVD RS OR CD RS 222 BACKING UP TO ANOTHER HARD DRIVE 223 BACKING UP FROM MAC TO PC OR PC TO MAC 224 CHAPTER 14 BAKING YOUR OWN DISCS WITH PRINTED INSERTS 225 SELECTING RECORDABLE CDS AND DVDS 226 WHAT YOU CAN FIT ON A CD R OR DVD R 226 CREATING A BURN PLAYLIST 227 CALCULATING HOW MUCH MUSIC TO USE 228 IMPORTING MUSIC FOR AN AUDIO CD R 229 SWITCHING IMPORT ENCODERS FOR MP3 CD R 230 SETTING THE BURNING PREFERENCES 230 BURNING A DISC 233 PRINTING SONG AND ALBUM INFORMATION 234 PRINTING INSERTS 234 PRINTING SONG LISTS AND ALBUM NOTES 235 TROUBLESHOOTING BURNS 237 PART III PLAYING YOUR IPOD 239 CHAPTER 15 PLAYING IPOD CONTENT 241 LOCATING SONGS ON YOUR IPOD 241 BY COVER ART USING COVER FLOW 242 BY ARTIST NAME 244 BY ALBUM TITLE 245 BY PLAYLIST 246