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Sams Teach Yourself iTunes 10 in 10 Minutes
- By Brad Miser
- Published Dec 30, 2010 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes series.
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- ISBN-10: 0-672-33433-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33433-7
A clear, super quick, easy-to-understand guide to the brand-new iTunes 10
Apple's iPods, iPhones, and iPads are among the best-selling devices ever, with iPod touch sales continuing to grow significantly. All three devices rely on Apple's iTunes software, and iTunes has just undergone a major new release. Sams Teach Yourself iTunes 10 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you'll need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with the iTunes, whether they are using an iPod, iPhone, or iPad. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... Tips and notes offer insider advice and shortcuts... Cautions help you avoid common iPod and iTunes pitfalls.
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself iTunes 10 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes) (Paperback)
Apple has now for almost a decade dominated the portable digital music market with iPod and all of its descendants. iPods are great and intuitive music devices, and a major reason for their success lays in their elegant design and the ease of use. However, that is only part of the story. The less visible source of iPod's success can be attributed to iTunes, Apple's music, media, and nowadays apps management desktop application. iTunes greatly streamlines the transfer of your content between the desktop and the portable device. It also organizes, categorizes, and makes accessible your media files in an increasingly versatile ways. Nonetheless, iTunes is a very complex program. It is arguable Apple's most complex application, and over the years it has only become more so. This is sort of puzzling considering how clean and streamlined experience with most other Apple software tends to be.This short book aims to take out some mystery from iTunes 10, the latest iteration of... Read more
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This book was written before Apple really moved to the Cloud and there is no mention of how to deal with a host of new issues that stem from this change--most of the problems found today are not touched upon in this book. These matters are fundamental to the new iTunes and a book about iTunes that does not address them is not a good expenditure of time or money. It might have deserved a high rated when it was first published, but now it should be discarded for for current information. Start with the iTunes website.
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The book works great. I have enjoyed bringing my ITunes up to pace with the current opprtunities that it is cappable of.
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Creating and Using Playlists in iTunes 10
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Who This Book Is For 2
What Do I Need to Use This Book? 2
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Is This Book a PC or a Mac? 3
1 Getting Started with iTunes 5
Touring iTunes 5
Installing iTunes 15
Updating iTunes 17
Configuring the iTunes Window 18
Summary 20
2 Working with the iTunes Store 21
Touring the iTunes Store. 21
Working with an iTunes Store Account 24
Setting iTunes Store Preferences 31
Finding Content in the iTunes Store 33
Understanding Digital Rights Management 38
Summary 39
3 Building Your iTunes Audio Library 41
Importing Audio CDs 41
Downloading Music from the iTunes Store 46
Downloading Music from Amazon.com 50
Importing Audio Files Already Stored on Your Computer 53
Summary 54
4 Listening to Music 55
Setting Audio Playback Preferences 55
Viewing the Content Pane 57
Browsing for Music 65
Searching for Music 71
Listening to Music 72
Summary 81
5 Building Your iTunes Video Library 83
Downloading Video from the iTunes Store 83
Adding DVD Content to Your Library 88
Adding Video Content Already Stored on Your Computer 94
Adding Video Content from an iLife Application on a Mac 95
Summary 96
6 Watching Video 97
Setting Video-Viewing Options 97
Browsing and Searching for Video Content 99
Watching Movies, TV Shows, and Music Videos 102
Summary 108
7 Tagging iTunes Content 109
Understanding Tagging 109
Working with Automatic Tagging 110
Tagging Content with the Get Info Command 111
Tagging Content in the Content Pane 123
Summary 123
8 Creating and Using Playlists 125
Understanding Playlists 125
Creating and Managing Playlists 127
Creating and Managing Smart Playlists 132
Working with Playlists 140
Using iTunes-Created Playlists 142
Summary 149
9 Subscribing to and Enjoying Podcasts 151
Understanding Podcasts 151
Subscribing to Podcasts in the iTunes Store 152
Configuring Podcast Preferences 154
Listening to, Watching, and Managing Podcasts 156
Summary 159
10 Moving iTunes Content onto iPods, iPhones, and iPads 161
Understanding Syncing 161
Syncing Content on iPods, iPhones, and iPads 161
Managing Software on iPods, iPhones, and iPads 165
Summary 166
11 Streaming Music with AirPlay 167
Understanding AirPlay 167
Creating an AirPlay Network 167
Controlling an AirPlay Network with iTunes 169
Using an iPod, iPhone, or iPad as a Remote Control 170
Using the iTunes DJ Remotely 173
Summary 174
12 Sharing iTunes Content on a Local Network 175
Understanding Sharing 175
Sharing Your Content 175
Accessing Shared Content 177
Using Home Sharing to Import Content Between Libraries 180
Summary 182
13 Burning CDs and DVDs 183
Preparing to Burn 183
Burning Discs 190
Printing Jewel Case Inserts and Lists 193
Summary 197
14 Going Further with iTunes 199
Working with Ping 199
Backing Up iTunes Content 204
Configuring Where iTunes Content is Stored 207
Using iTunes to Convert Media Types 210
Working with Authorization 211
Summary 212
15 Solving Problems 213
Solving iTunes Problems 213
Restoring iTunes Content 218
Getting Help 219
Summary 219
Index 221
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