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Making the Most of Your iPod and iTunes
iPods and iTunes have revolutionized the way that people listen to, and interact, with music and video.
In the simplest and briefest of descriptions, an iPod is a highly portable device that allows you to play the sorts of music and videos that you're interested in.
And iTunes is a convenient service that allows you to purchase songs or videos online from the official 'iTunes Music Store' and then play them on your iPod. You can also play those same songs and videos on your computer, either a PC or a Mac, if you so desire.
But to get maximum use out of your iPOD and iTunes, you should read the latest edition of the book titled 'How to Do Everything with Your iPod and iTunes'.
It's jam-packed full of useful information, and once you've devoured its contents, you'll wonder why you struggled along without it.
The book has been divided into five major parts.
By successively working your way through each of those parts, you will learn how to fully enjoy audio with your iPod and iTunes; you'll be in a position to create and manage your own media library; you'll be shown how to put text, photos and videos on your iPod; you'll become an expert in using the advanced features and functions of your iPod; and most importantly, you will be taught the steps that are involved in troubleshooting both your iPod and iTunes.
By the time you've reached the end of the book, here's just a few examples of the tasks that you'll be able to deal with confidently:
• Copy CDs to your music library.
• Use speakers with your iPod.
• Take advantage of iPod's extra features, such as getting alerts for your calendar appointments or using your iPod as a stopwatch.
• Use your iPod as either your home stereo or your car stereo.
• Convert foreign file formats into the sort of file formats that can be played on your iPod, for example, convert WMA files to MP3 or AAC (these different formats are fully explained in the book).
• Burn CDs and DVDs, and for some fun, print your own CD covers and play listings.
• Put your personal contacts and calendars on your iPod.
• Load your iPod from two or more computers simultaneously.
• Use your iPod as an additional external drive with your current computer setup, or use it as a backup device so that you have copies of important files.
In order to make explanations even easier to understand, the text within the book is accompanied by relevant screen shots and photos wherever necessary.
Also spread throughout the chapters that make up the book are short notes, tips, tables, cautions, and breakout boxes labelled 'How to …' that contain succinct instructions for completing a specific task. For example, one of these 'How to …' boxes shows you how to synchronize only some contacts with your iPod while another one explains how to start up your Mac from an earlier generation regular iPod.
Best of all, 'How to Do Everything with Your iPod and iTunes' can be read equally well by those people who have just purchased an iPod, or alternatively, by those who have been using one for some time now.
You're sure to learn a lot regardless of your previous iPod experience.
To find out more about 'How to Do Everything with Your iPod and iTunes', or to purchase a copy of the book
