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Adding
Music to
iTunes
Table of Contents
6 Mastering the
iTunes Store
Learn the basics
of using the iTunes
Store including the skinny on what DRM really is and
how it could affect your purchasing decisions.
12 Ripping CDs the Smart Way
Before you can enjoy your digital music library, you
have to get the songs into iTunes. Whether you’re still
buying CDs or just want to digitize your old collection,
follow these simple instructions for ripping the
highest quality files and choosing the best file format
for your setup.
17 Digitizing Old Cassettes and LPs
Don’t just leave your mix tapes and record collections
warping in the attic; dust them off and give them a
second life on your iPod.
21 Discovering New Music
Stuck in a rut? Freshen up your library with new
music. We cover some of the best options for finding
new tunes including social networking sites, podcasts,
and free MP3s.
23 Importing Audiobooks
If you’d rather listen to the latest best seller, this section
has everything you need to know to download,
format, and enjoy audiobooks on your iPod or iPhone.
Getting
Video
26 Get Video
from iTunes
Apple makes it
easy to buy or rent
videos with the
iTunes Store. We’ll help you get your bearings, master
the pricing structure, and play videos on your iPod,
iPhone, and computer.
30 Apple TV Content
Buy, rent, or convert videos and use the Apple TV
to watch them as the studios intended, from your
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couch. All you need is this quick tutorial and some
popcorn.
33 Converting Video
Turn DVDs and movies already on your hard drive
into iPhone-ready files with the step-by-step instructions
in this section.
37 Beyond iTunes
The Web is brimming with alternative, legal, and even
free sources for downloading and streaming your
favorite TV shows and movies.
Staying
Organized
in iTunes
40 Setting Up
and Navigating
the iTunes
Library
The first step in organizing your media library is having
a strategy for where and how to store your audio
and video files. Following these tips will make getting
around a snap and help you tame an overflowing
hard drive.
44 Adding Tags
Under iTunes’ surface lies a powerful tool for organizing
your digital media. It’s called a tag. We explain
how to add tags and increase your library sorting
power.
48 Finding Album Art
The cherry on the top of any good music collection is
attractive art. However, files you rip or download from
other sources often don’t include this feature. Learn
how to find, add, and flip through the album covers in
your library.
51 Singing Along with Lyrics
Liner notes are dead. Long live liner notes! We’ll show
you how to find and fill out your song information with
lyrics.
53 Taming a Large Library with
Smart Playlists
The larger your collection, the harder it can be to
keep organized. Luckily, smart playlists can bring
order to the chaos. Build your own or use one of our
handy templates.
59 Working with Podcasts
Do more than just subscribe to a podcast—tweak its
preferences, see hidden info, and share it with others.
Managing
Devices
62 Syncing
iPods and
iPhones
Move music, videos,
and podcasts from
your computer to
your iPod or iPhone and then back again with these
syncing basics.
66 Syncing the Apple TV
Bring your Apple TV and computer in sync. Choose
exactly which content you want and see what formats
are Apple TV-friendly.
67 Handling Multiple Devices
What if you have one library but multiple devices to
load it on? With these instructions, moving protected
media between your iPod, iPhone, computer, and
Apple TV is a breeze.
70 Extending Your Battery’s Life
Wring more power out of iPods and iPhones by following
these simple rules. For devices already losing
their charge, we’ll tell you how to get a new battery
on the cheap.
Trouble-
shooting
Media
Problems
74 Taming
iTunes
Before you get flustered
by missing files, denied access, absent audio,
or other glitches, check out this section on common
iTunes issues.
81 Soothing a Troubled iPod, iPhone,
or Apple TV
Are your devices acting up? Before taking your iPod,
iPhone, or Apple TV to the Genius Bar, try fixing what
ails it with our easy-to-follow advice.
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Finding
the Best
Acces-
sories
86 Cases
iPhones and iPods
are beautiful
devices, but they’re still prone to drops and scratches.
Protect your iPhone or iPod with one of our
favorite cases.
88 Headphones
Apple’s earbuds are serviceable, but if you really want
to take your audio to the next level, try upgrading to a
set of these high-quality headphones.
90 Car Accessories
Take your tunes on the road with these FM transmitters,
power adapters, and cassette adapters.
91 Speakers
Whether you’re on the go, in your living room, or at
your desk, one of these sweet speaker systems is the
perfect choice for pumping up the volume.
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Adding Music to iTunes
The Best ways to digitize records, Find the latest hits, and rip cds
T
hanks to iTunes, our music collections have never
sounded so sweet. apple’s powerful digital jukebox
puts your entire music collection at your fingertips and
lets you create custom mixes of your favorite tunes.
But before you can take advantage of all that a digital music
collection has to offer, you’ll need to convert your old music—
including cds, tapes, and old records—into a format iTunes
understands. The choices you make here will affect not just how
your music sounds, but also how you use it and how much room
it takes up on your ipod and your computer’s hard drive. we’ll
show you which settings to use for the best results and how to
build a library that will grow with you over time.
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Table of conTenTs
6 Mastering the iTunes store
12 ripping cds the smart way
17 digitizing old cassettes and
lps
21 discovering New Music
23 importing audiobooks
Adding Music to itunes
Mastering the iTunes Store
W
hen you’re in the mood for something new,
one of the first places to stop is the iTunes
store, where you can browse albums,
purchase songs à la carte, and even write reviews. To
access the store, open iTunes and click on the iTunes
store entry in the source list (you must have an
Internet connection). The store is a great way to
discover new music, rediscover old favorites, and
keep track of beloved artists.
Finding New Tunes
With all that music for sale—not to mention TV
shows, movies, games, podcasts, and more—the
iTunes store can feel overwhelming at times. Here are
some tips for tracking down your favorite tunes
without getting lost.
ThiS JuST iN If the song you’re looking for came
out fairly recently, you may find it in the new Releases
section A within the Music tab in the top center of
the store’s front page (see “Inside the iTunes store”).
To see a complete list of new releases, click on the
see all B button.
b
c d
a
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Follow Your Mood If you know what type of
music you’re interested in, you can peruse just that
category by clicking on the Genres pull-down menu
C next to the Music entry in the iTunes store column.
If you find a genre a little too broad, you can further
narrow your search by clicking on browse D, choosing
Music from the leftmost column, and selecting
your genre from the Genre column. a list of subgenres
will appear in the next column. for example,
click on alternative to restrict your search to just
Grunge or college Rock.
Follow ThAT SoNg click on a song title, album
title, or album cover, and you’ll jump to a page
devoted to that album. If you’re interested in the artist
but not in that particular album, click on the artist’s
name. iTunes will take you to a page devoted to
works by that artist. artist pages are an excellent
resource for finding lesser-known works by a favorite
artist. You can also sign up for alerts to be notified
whenever something new by that artist comes out.
Want to know which albums sold the most copies?
change the sort by menu to best-sellers.
inside the iTunes
Store The home page of the
iTunes store gives you quick
access to the latest releases,
the biggest hits, and
recommendations.
Needle iN A hAYSTAck If you have something
specific in mind, you can type your query into the
search bar at the top of the window to track it down.
To limit your search to a particular type of content,
click on the all Results pull-down menu in the top-left
corner of the search results page and select the
appropriate entry. by clicking on Music, for example,
you can restrict the search to songs, albums, and
music videos.
still having trouble finding what you want? click
on Power search to bring up an expanded search bar
(or choose store: search). from here you can add
specific search terms—for example, to limit your
search to the composer or song title (see “Tracking
Down Tracks”). The Power search tool is also handy
if you know multiple bits of information—for example,
the title and genre—or if you want to locate songs
that you can turn into a ringtone for the iPhone.
understanding drM
Until recently, everything apple has sold on the
iTunes store has been governed by the fairPlay DRM
(digital rights management) system. DRM is designed
to protect the rights of content owners—musicians,
record labels, movie studios, and the like. but it can
collide with the desires of consumers who want to
enjoy the music and videos they buy whenever and
wherever they want.
faIRPlaY DRM apple’s DRM system lets you
play songs you’ve bought at the iTunes store on up
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Tracking down Tracks Use
the Power search feature to
search for multiple terms,
such as sonatas composed
by bach available in the
iTunes Plus format.
to five computers, transfer music files to an unlimited
number of iPods and iTunes-enabled phones,
and burn those songs onto audio cDs (though
you’re limited to burning seven cDs of a playlist
containing a DRM-protected song). Those restrictions
were among the conditions record companies
set before they let apple sell their songs. Understandably,
they didn’t want an iTunes user to be able
to buy a song once and then share it willy-nilly with
friends, or the world, via the net. but the limitations
TiP
Stay in the loop
want to have apple deliver information about the
latest additions right to your digital doorstep? here’s
just the thing: custom rss feeds. Visit the iTunes
store rss Feed generator (macworld.com/0880),
and you can create feeds based on all types of
data, such as new releases in blues and French
pop, top audiobooks, or just-added jazz. when you
click on the generate button, the site gives you a
feed url that you can enter in any rss reader,
including safari or Mail 3.
affect not just who can listen to your tracks but also
how you listen to them. for example, digital music
players from companies such as Roku and slim
Devices can’t legally play DRM-protected files,
which means you can’t stream the music within your
own home without first circumventing the copy
protection by recording the songs to an audio cD
and then reimporting them.
iTuNeS PluS If you find the limitations of DRM
frustrating, you now have another option. Recently,
apple started offering a limited collection of DRMfree
music. called iTunes Plus, the new system not
only strips tracks of copy-protection limitations, but
also offers higher bit rates—256 Kbps aac versus
the protected versions’ 128 Kbps—all for the standard
price of 99 cents. (for other places offering
unprotected tracks, see “beyond iTunes Plus”)
The iTunes store identifies iTunes Plus tracks by
placing a small plus sign next to the price. However,
you can find iTunes Plus tracks in an easier way.
from the iTunes store home page, click on the iTunes
Plus item in the Quick links section. Here you’ll find a
collection of top albums and songs available in the
iTunes Plus format, as well as a Genres pop-up menu
that lets you view just pop or classical albums, for
example.
If you’ve purchased fairPlay tracks from the
iTunes store that are now available in the iTunes Plus
format, the Upgrade My library entry in the iTunes
Plus window will let you know which songs you can
update and how much the total cost will be (apple
charges 30 cents for each song, 60 cents for each
music video, and one-third the current album price
for upgrading an entire album). click on the see
Details button, and you’re taken to an Upgrade My
library screen where you can upgrade your tracks.
Regrettably, apple doesn’t currently give you the
option to upgrade individual songs in your iTunes
library. You must upgrade all the tracks that are now
available in the iTunes Plus format (see “Upgrade
Your Downloads”).
When an iTunes Plus track or album is available,
that’s the version you get—you can’t download the
smaller, DRM-protected version of the file. It’s also
worth noting that although iTunes Plus tracks are
unprotected, they’re marked with identifying information.
The e-mail address associated with your apple
ID is embedded in these files—so unless you want to
risk the wrath of the music industry’s legal beagles,
you’ll want to keep these files to yourself.
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Beyond iTunes Plus
iTunes isn’t the only place to find drM-free music.
subscription services eMusic (www.emusic.com)
and audio lunchbox (www.audiolunchbox.com)
have been selling unprotected Mp3 files from the
very beginning. amazon also recently began selling
unprotected Mp3 files—at prices often slightly
below what you’ll find on iTunes. and, unlike online
merchants such as wal-Mart, amazon embraces
the Mac platform instead of making its service
compatible with windows pcs only.
concert Vault (concerts.wolfgangsvault.com)
offers drM-free Mp3 concert recordings for $10
per show (see “concert Vault”). These tend to be
older shows from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
The internet archive (www.archive.org) also has live
drM-free concert recordings in its live Music
archive section. These recordings are free and
usually available in a variety of encoding formats
including Flac, ogg Vorbis, and different flavors of
Mp3. The largehearted Boy (macworld.com/3141)
blog includes the a to Z guide to online Music
downloads, which links you to multiple sources of
free, unprotected music files.
concert Vault If you’re looking for old concert
recordings, you can stream or purchase them from
concert Vault.
Purchasing Songs
The iTunes store makes buying new songs and
albums as painless as possible. If you open iTunes’
preferences and click on the store tab, you can
choose to enable the buy and Download Using
1-click option to turn purchasing into a one-click
affair. simply click on the buy song or buy album
button to charge your credit card and begin the
download process.
Shop Savvy iTunes’ store options let you choose
whether to make purchases immediately or send
selections to a shopping cart.
If this all seems a bit too tempting, you can also
put some restrictions on your buying habits.
SAVe iT For lATer If you find yourself impulsively
splurging on every album that tickles your
fancy, you might want a way to force yourself to
ponder before you purchase. iTunes provides a
financial buffer in the form of a shopping cart, which
you activate using the store tab in iTunes’ Preferences.
select the buy Using a shopping cart option
and click on the oK button (see “shop savvy”).
now when you find a song or an album you’re
interested in, you’ll click on the add song or add
album button (changed from the standard buy song
upgrade Your
downloads click
on the iTunes Plus
link on the main
store page to
browse only those
files without DRM.
iTunes will offer to
upgrade any
fairPlay songs
you’ve previously
purchased.
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and buy album options) to add that item to the
shopping cart. To take a look at what you’ve added,
click on the shopping cart icon under the store
section. You’ll see a list of everything in your cart, as
well as the total price of what you’ve chosen. You can
then buy individual songs, individual albums, or the
whole cart with one click.
You can remove items by selecting them and
pressing the Mac’s delete key (or switch back to the
standard shopping method by selecting the 1-click
option in the store preference). In addition, iTunes will
suggest other albums based on the items in your
cart.
giVe YourSelF AN AllowANce If you’re on a
strict budget, you can even set up an allowance for
yourself. The iTunes Music store lets you give other
users a music allowance—in amounts between $10
and $200—that renews automatically each month.
To set up an allowance, click on buy iTunes Gifts
(under Quick links) on the iTunes store home page,
and select set Up allowance now.
Regrettably, apple doesn’t let you create an
allowance for the account you’ve logged in with. The
trick, then, is to create an additional apple ID that
supplies your original ID with an allowance. (To do
this, you need an e-mail address other than the one
you used to create your original apple ID—apple
tracks its users by e-mail address.)
Here’s how to set it up: from the iTunes store,
click on your ID in the account field in the upper right
corner of the iTunes window. In the resulting sign In
window, click on sign out. Then click on sign In and
select create new account. In the window that
appears, agree to the license agreement, create a
new account, and then enter your credit card information.
(You can create up to five apple IDs with a
single credit card number.)
once you’ve signed in with the new account, return
to the iTunes store’s home page and click on buy
iTunes Gifts. select set Up an allowance now, and
enter your original apple ID as the recipient of the
allowance. You’ll have the option to start an allowance
immediately or to have it kick in at the beginning of the
next month (see “Get Your allowance”).
Share the love
sometimes songs or artists touch our lives so
profoundly that we just have to share them with
friends or relatives. There’s an easy way to do so: just
click on the Tell a friend link in the upper left corner
of an artist or album page. This brings up a window
that lets you send one or more people an e-mail
notification with album art and a link to that page. but
there are a few less-obvious ways to send links to
your pals—great for people who don’t like having
their e-mail addresses revealed to apple, or for use
as a reference in a blog or a Web site.
TiP
Make a wish list
if you don’t want to lose the power of one-click
purchases, but would like to keep a running tab of
songs you’re interested in, you can use an iTunes
playlist to bookmark songs for future purchase.
here’s how:
create a new playlist in iTunes (for example, “stuff
i May Buy”). Then, when you come across a song
you like in the iTunes store, drag it on top of the
playlist’s icon. when you next view your playlist,
you’ll see that it displays your songs’ names, times,
artists, albums, and genres—and a handy button for
purchasing each one once the 30-second song
snippet has sufficiently whetted your appetite.
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get Your Allowance Want to limit your music spending?
set up an allowance for yourself.
geT A direcT liNk To get a direct link to an
artist or album page, just control-click (or right-click)
on the name of an artist or album—or to get a link to
an individual song, on the arrow to the right of its
title—and select copy iTunes store URl from the
contextual menu. The URl is now in your clipboard,
ready to be pasted into a private e-mail message or
added to a Web site.
another way to share an iTunes store address is to
simply drag and drop a song, an album, or an artist
name to the desktop (this creates an Internet shortcut
file) or directly into an e-mail message (this adds
the URl). This technique also works with iMixes,
podcasts, audio books, and more. activating any of
these links opens iTunes to the proper page.
Add A widgeT iTunes also lets you show off
your music tastes on your own Web site by creating
widgets, small HTMl snippets that feed live data
from your iTunes account. from the iTunes store,
click on your account name, enter your password,
and then select View account. Then click on Manage
My iTunes (or enable My iTunes if it’s not currently
enabled). from the resulting page, you can choose
from three widgets: one that shows your most recent
purchases; one that lists the artists you purchase
most often (and thus presumably your favorites); and
one that lists movies, music, and TV shows that
you’ve rated four stars or more in the iTunes store.
To add one of these widgets to your Web site,
place a check mark next to its name and click on the
Get HTMl code button. Your Web browser will open
to a Publish to the Web page. Use this page to style
your widget and then click on the copy code button
(see “share Your faves”). switch to your Web site,
blog, or favorite social networking site (assuming it
supports third-party widgets) and paste the code
(1-P) in the appropriate place.
Be critical
If you’re an armchair music critic—and really, who
isn’t?—share your thoughts with the world by clicking
on the Write a Review link that appears on any album
page. add a one- to five-star rating and about 200
words, and your cheers or jeers will show up for all
the world to see. but what happens if your tastes
change? That black eyed Peas track that seemed so
catchy a month ago might drive you crazy now—and
you might even be embarrassed that people know
you liked it at all.
no problem; you can easily delete an old review in
your account settings. click on your account name in
the upper right corner of the store window, enter your
password, and click on View account. click on the
Manage Reviews button, and you can delete (but not
edit) any of your published reviews. click on the
Remove button next to a review, and nobody will ever
have to know.
get inspired
Want to discover something new? Here are some
quick sources within the iTunes store:
iTuNeS eSSeNTiAlS iTunes essentials are
staff-selected top hits and deep cuts. To find them,
enter the Music section of the store and select iTunes
essentials from the More In Music box.
iMix also located in the More In Music section,
these user-submitted playlists can help you discover
new artists and hidden gems. Top Rated iMixes also
appear on artists’ pages.
JuST For You The Just for You section
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Share Your
Faves iTunes
will create
widgets
showing your
recent purchases,
favorite
albums, or top
reviews, which
you can then
place on your
own Web site
for others to
see.
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TiP
Modern Mix Tapes
have you created the perfect mix with
just the right combination of rocking beats
and quiet storm? iTunes lets you give the
songs (or videos) in your perfect playlist to
other iTunes users.
here’s how it works. create a playlist,
and then drag tracks onto it. when you’re done,
click on the arrow to the right of the playlist in the
source list—you’ll have the option of giving the
playlist as a gift in addition to creating an iMix.
when you buy the gift, you jump to a screen
where you enter your name, the e-mail address of
your recipient (you enter this twice), and a message.
You can send the same gift to multiple people—just
type multiple addresses in the recipient field,
separated by commas. (apple bills you by the
number of addresses you enter.)
gift recipients receive an e-mail from the iTunes
store, notifying them that they have a gift waiting;
they redeem it just as they would any other credit.
appears on the front page of the iTunes store. It
offers personalized recommendations based on past
purchases. click on the see all link, and you can
refine the suggestions by clicking on the already own
It or Don’t like It buttons for suggested albums. not
only will this help the iTunes store learn your tastes,
but it will also banish the offending albums so they
won’t show up in your recommendations again. (You
can remove this by scrolling to the bottom of the
page and clicking on the Turn Just for You off link.)
celeBriTY PlAYliSTS Want to find out what
ben folds is into these days? Try looking at his
celebrity Playlist. These star-selected lists (accessed
from the More In Music section) feature music picked
by popular musicians, actors, and writers.
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Getting Video
how to Buy, rent, convert, sync, and stream Video
A
pple’s iTunes store started out modestly enough as a
music-only shop. soon it added video offerings with a
handful of TV shows. Now the store has grown into a
multimedia empire, with a vast catalog of video that includes TV
shows from more than 40 networks (including Bravo, espN, sci
Fi, showtime, and comedy central), as well as films from most
major studios, such as Miramax Films, pixar animation, Touchstone
pictures, and the walt disney company.
in addition to the thousands of videos you can rent and buy
through apple, you can also use your computer, ipods, iphones,
and apple TVs to watch home videos, dVds, free TV, and other
content. in this chapter you’ll learn how to find, download, convert,
share, and play videos of all kinds.
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Table of conTenTs
26 get Video from iTunes
30 apple TV content
33 converting Video
37 Beyond iTunes
Staying Organized in iTunes
easy ways to Take control of Your growing Media collection
B
uilding a digital media library can be addictive. You start
with a few of your favorite cds, add some downloads
from the iTunes store, and the next thing you know, you
have enough material to play music for several weeks without
ever hearing the same song twice. of course, few of us actually
want to listen to our music collections straight through. and while
iTunes’ shuffle feature can add some excitement to your listening
habits you’ll probably want to exert a little more control over what
iTunes plays and when (unless you don’t mind hearing Tchai-
kovsky followed by led Zeppelin).
Thankfully, iTunes not only plays your media, it also manages
it with the help of a powerful database that lets you quickly
search, group, and organize your files.
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Table Of cOnTenTS
40 setting up and Navigating
the iTunes library
44 adding Tags
48 Finding album art
51 singing along with lyrics
53 Taming a large library
with smart playlists
59 working with podcasts
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Managing Devices
Techniques for Juggling Your ipod, iphone, and apple TV content
I
n a perfect world you would have an all-in-one device
that could play all of your music, movies, and TV shows.
This miracle hardware would sync effortlessly with any
computer you told it to. it would never overwrite or lose files, and
its battery wouldn’t have to be recharged but once a year. while
apple is probably hard at work on this very creation, for now
consumers must master coordinating their ipods, iphones, apple
TVs, and computer. This chapter will teach you how to do exactly
that. dig in and learn the basics of syncing devices, extending
their battery life, and managing multiple ipods and iphones.
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Table of conTenTs
62 syncing ipods and iphones
66 syncing the apple TV
67 handling Multiple devices
70 extending Your Battery’s life
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Troubleshooting
Media Problems
smart solutions to common Music and Video woes
A
pple has put a lot of effort into making iTunes as easy to
use as possible—and for the most part, the company has
done a great job. But nothing is perfect. at some point
in the process of building and maintaining your new digital media
library, you’re bound to run into hiccups, slowdowns, and some
downright stupid behavior. and iTunes isn’t alone. The ipod, iphone,
and apple TV also come with their share of quirks—from mysterious
messages to files that refuse to play.
The good news is that most of these troubles have solutions.
whether you’re dealing with missing songs or a fussy ipod, these
tried-and-true fixes should take care of most of the issues you’re
likely to encounter.
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Table of conTenTs
74 Taming iTunes
81 soothing a Troubled ipod,
iphone, or apple TV
Finding the Best Accessories
great gadgets and add-ons That Make the Most of Your Media
T
here’s no denying that the ipod and iphone have revolutionized
how we consume music and video. But for
most people, purchasing the apple product is only the
beginning. whether it’s a case for protection, higher-quality headphones
for better sound, a set of speakers for listening to music
around the house, or a car adapter for hooking up your player
to your car stereo, there are hundreds of add-ons that can take
your experience to the next level. here are some of the most
useful accessories on the market. For more reviews of the latest
gear, go to macworld.com/reviews.
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86 cases
88 headphones
90 car accessories
91 speakers
Nobody spends more time with Apple’s revolutionary
products than the writers and editors at Macworld, the
world’s foremost Mac authority.
Now Macworld’s team of experts has used its knowledge
to create this straightforward guide to music and
video, filled with practical advice for handling digital
media on your Mac, iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. It will
lead you through every aspect of building, managing,
and enjoying your digital media library.
Look inside these pages to find detailed instructions
on how to import music from CDs, cassettes, and
LPs without compromising sound quality. Learn how
to bring order to your digital collection with iTunes’
space-saving features, including smart playlists that
sift through your massive library and ferret out the files
you want to carry with you. Make your iTunes experience
more enjoyable by adding artwork, lyrics, and
other custom information to your media. Discover the
best ways to create harmony between your Mac, iPod,
iPhone, and Apple TV with tips on syncing your content.
And convert video on your hard drive or DVDs
into iPod- and iPhone-compatible formats.
Our experts also dispense vital troubleshooting advice
and recommend their favorite accessories to help you
streamline your digital media experience.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned
pro, this book will show you how to get the most out
of your music and video library.
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