The iPod Book: How to Do Just the Useful and Fun Stuff with Your iPod and iTunes

✍ Scribed by Kelby, Scott

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2009;2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 241
• Edition: 6th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Are you looking for a book that focuses on just the most important and most useful stuff about your iPod (including the iPod touch, nano, classic, shuffle, and the iTunes Store)? Well, this is it!

There are basically two kinds of iPod books: (1) The "tell-me-all-about-it" kind, which include in-depth discussions on compression algorithms and tutorials on how to export your playlist in Unicode format. (2) Then there's this book--a "show-me-how-to-do-it" book. Scott shows you step by step how to do the things people really want to learn about their iPods, and he uses the same casual, conversational style that has made him the world's #1 best-selling technology author. This book focuses on just the most important, most requested, most useful things so you can start having fun with your iPod today. Right now!

Plus, there's only one topic per page, so if you want to know how to do something, you turn to that page and it shows you how to do just that one thing. It's a simple approach, and people really love learning this way!

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 9
CHAPTER ONE: Start Me Up: Learning That Essential Stuff......Page 18
Charging Your Battery (Using the USB Cable)......Page 19
Where iTunes Fits In......Page 20
Importing Songs from a CD......Page 21
Importing Songs Already on Your Computer......Page 22
Downloading Songs from the iTunes Store......Page 23
Creating a Playlist......Page 24
Getting Music onto Your iPod......Page 25
Getting Your New Songs onto Your iPod......Page 26
Using Your iPod nano or iPod classic......Page 27
Playing Songs, Volume, and Stuff Like That......Page 28
Playing Video on Your iPod......Page 29
Done Listening? Put It to Sleep......Page 30
Turning On the Backlight......Page 31
Controlling Your Screen’s Brightness......Page 32
How’s Your Battery Life?......Page 33
Replacing Your iPod’s Battery......Page 34
CHAPTER TWO: Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning: Using Your iPod nano or classic......Page 36
Customizing the Main Menu......Page 37
Searching for Songs Made Easy......Page 38
Visual Searching with Cover Flow......Page 39
Shuffling Your Song Order......Page 40
Shake Your nano to Turn on Shuffle......Page 41
Repeating the Current Song or Playlist......Page 42
Rating Your Favorites......Page 43
Creating a Playlist Right on Your iPod (On-The-Go)......Page 44
Make a Genius Playlist on Your iPod......Page 45
Enhancing Your Sound Quality (EQ)......Page 46
Saving Your Ears from Volume Abuse......Page 47
Finding Out How Much Space Is Left for More Songs and Videos......Page 48
Deleting a Song from Your iPod......Page 49
Listening to Audiobooks on Your iPod......Page 50
Setting an Alarm......Page 51
Your iPod Has Three Built-In Games......Page 52
Creating Voice Memos on Your iPod nano......Page 53
Listening to Your iPod nano’s FM Radio......Page 54
Pausing Live FM Radio on Your iPod nano......Page 55
Exercising with Your iPod nano......Page 56
Getting Your iPod nano to Talk to You......Page 57
CHAPTER THREE: It’s Tricky: Cool iPod Tips & Tricks......Page 60
Using Your iPod as a Removable Hard Disk......Page 61
Stopping Your iPod from Syncing Every Time......Page 62
Troubleshooting: Your iPod Won’t Turn On......Page 63
What to Do If Your iPod Locks Up......Page 64
Use Your iPod as a Contact Manager......Page 65
Safeguard Your iPod with Screen Lock......Page 66
A Playlist Just on Your iPod but Not in iTunes......Page 67
CHAPTER FOUR: Video Killed the Radio Star: Video on Your iPod nano or classic......Page 70
Buying and Renting Movies from the iTunes Store......Page 71
Downloading TV Shows from the iTunes Store......Page 72
A Faster Way to Find Videos in the Store......Page 73
Getting Videos onto Your iPod......Page 74
Getting Home Movies to Play on Your iPod......Page 75
Watching iPod Videos on Your TV......Page 76
Video Podcasts Aren’t Under Videos on Your iPod......Page 77
Moving Your Movies to Another Computer......Page 78
Shooting Video on Your iPod nano......Page 79
Adding Effects to Your Videos on Your iPod nano......Page 80
Transferring Your iPod nano Videos to Your Computer......Page 81
CHAPTER FIVE: Get the Freeze-Frame: Using Your iPod’s Photo Features......Page 84
Mac: Getting Photos on Your iPod......Page 85
Windows PC: Getting Photos on Your iPod......Page 86
Viewing Photos You’ve Imported......Page 87
Seeing a Slide Show of Your Photos......Page 88
Customizing Your Slide Show......Page 89
Seeing Your Slide Show on TV......Page 90
Getting Your Stored Photos onto Your Computer......Page 91
CHAPTER SIX: iTouch Myself: Using Your iPod touch......Page 94
Turning Your iPod touch On and Off......Page 95
Using the Home Screen......Page 96
Rearranging Your Home Screen Icons......Page 97
What Double-Clicking the Home Button Does......Page 98
Playing a Song......Page 99
Scrubbing, Repeating, and Shuffling......Page 100
Seeing the Other Songs on an Album......Page 101
Getting to Your Playlists......Page 102
Making On-The-Go Playlists......Page 103
Creating Genius Playlists......Page 104
Using the Automatic Genius Mix......Page 105
Searching for Songs Already on Your iPod......Page 106
Visual Searching by Album Cover......Page 107
Controlling Your iPod While in Another App......Page 108
Changing the Buttons at the Bottom of the Music App......Page 109
Finding Stuff in the iTunes Store......Page 110
Downloading Audio and Video Podcasts......Page 111
Watching Videos......Page 112
Deleting Videos......Page 113
Renting Movies......Page 114
Connect Your iPod touch to Your TV......Page 115
Downloading Apps......Page 116
Deleting Apps......Page 117
Getting New Features and Bug Fixes for Apps......Page 118
Using the Built-In Keyboard......Page 119
Getting a Much Larger Keyboard......Page 120
Copying-and-Pasting Stuff......Page 121
Getting Internet Access......Page 122
Using the Safari Web Browser......Page 123
Using the Built-In Google Search......Page 124
Working with Multiple Webpages......Page 125
Importing Bookmarks from Your Computer......Page 126
Completing Online Forms......Page 127
Watching YouTube Videos......Page 128
Syncing Your Calendar......Page 129
Syncing Your Contacts......Page 130
Adding an Email Account......Page 131
Checking Your Email......Page 132
Reading Your Email......Page 133
How to Email a Photo......Page 134
Make a Photo Your Startup Wallpaper......Page 135
Using Maps to Find Just About Anything......Page 136
Finding Your Contacts on the Map......Page 137
Getting Driving Directions......Page 138
Drop a Pin on the Map......Page 139
Display More Information on the Map......Page 140
Use Map Bookmarks......Page 141
Seeing Your Local Weather......Page 142
Using the Calculator......Page 143
Getting Stock Quotes......Page 144
Making Quick Notes......Page 145
Have Your iPod Sing You to Sleep......Page 146
Using the Other Clock Features......Page 147
Using the Stopwatch......Page 148
Using Voice Control to Control Your iPod touch......Page 149
Using the Built-in Voice Memos App......Page 150
Using a Wireless Bluetooth Headset......Page 151
Using the Nike + iPod Sport Kit for Runners......Page 152
CHAPTER SEVEN: Home Sweet Home: iTunes Essentials......Page 154
See Just the Info You Want......Page 155
Finding a Particular Song......Page 156
Editing Your Song’s Info......Page 157
Adding Song Lyrics......Page 158
Use Browsing to Create Instant Playlists......Page 159
Deleting Songs in a Playlist (Two Things You Need to Know)......Page 160
Burning a CD of Songs......Page 161
Setting the Gap Between Burned Songs......Page 162
Set Up Your CDs to Import Automatically......Page 163
Auto-Naming for Imported CD Songs......Page 164
Combining Two Tracks into One......Page 165
Playing Live Albums Without Pauses Between Songs......Page 166
How Much Free Space Is Left on Your iPod......Page 167
Organizing the Songs on Your Hard Disk......Page 168
CHAPTER EIGHT: Imaginary Player: Working with Playlists......Page 170
Putting Your Songs in Your Order......Page 171
Deleting Songs (and Playlists)......Page 172
Rearranging Your Column Order......Page 173
Combining Two Playlists into One......Page 174
How Rating Your Songs Helps......Page 175
Have iTunes Make Smart Playlists for You......Page 176
A Smart Playlist Idea for Short Trips......Page 177
Cutting Clutter with Playlist Folders......Page 178
Create a Genius Playlist in iTunes......Page 179
Let Genius Find Songs You Don’t Own (Yet)......Page 180
Genius Mixes Do All the Work for You......Page 181
Using iTunes as Your Party DJ......Page 182
Letting Your Party Guests Control the Music......Page 183
CHAPTER NINE: Proof of Purchase: Using the iTunes Store......Page 186
Getting Around the iTunes Store......Page 187
Finding Stuff in the iTunes Store......Page 188
You Can Browse in the iTunes Store, Too!......Page 189
A Source for Musical Inspiration......Page 190
Can’t Find It? Try a Power Search......Page 191
The Shortcut from iTunes to the iTunes Store......Page 192
Buying Songs or Adding Them to Your Wish List......Page 193
Upgrading Your Old Songs to Be DRM-Free......Page 194
Allowing Multiple Simultaneous Downloads......Page 195
Why You Need to Back Up What You Buy......Page 196
Keeping an Eye on Your Spending......Page 197
Protect Yourself from Getting Ripped Off......Page 198
Setting Up an iTunes Allowance......Page 199
Keeping Naughty Videos from the Kids......Page 200
Telling Your Friends About Cool Albums......Page 201
Spreading the Word on Facebook and Twitter......Page 202
Letting Other People Listen to Your Music......Page 203
Sharing Your Stuff with Family......Page 204
Speeding Up Sharing and Previews......Page 205
A Real Album Experience with iTunes LPs......Page 206
Getting Movie Bonus Content (Like You Do on DVDs)......Page 207
Moving Your Purchases to Another Computer......Page 208
CHAPTER TEN: Tip Drill: Cool iTunes Tips & Tricks......Page 210
Browse Your Music in Cover Flow View......Page 211
Browse Your Music in Grid View......Page 212
Making Sure All Your Songs Are Rated......Page 213
Adding Smooth Transitions Between Songs......Page 214
Balancing the Volume Between Songs......Page 215
Making Your Music Sound Better......Page 216
Individual EQ Settings by Song......Page 217
Editing a Song’s Start/End Points......Page 218
How Many Playlists Does a Song Appear In?......Page 219
Moving Playlists Between Computers......Page 220
Finding Your Originals for Easy Backup......Page 221
Printing Your Own CD Jewel Case Inserts......Page 222
Printing Song and Album Listings......Page 223
iTunes Radio Is on the Air!......Page 224
It’s Time to Get Visual......Page 225
Extreme Visuals......Page 226
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Lido Shuffle: Using Your iPod shuffle......Page 228
Automatically Getting Songs onto Your iPod shuffle......Page 229
Manually Adding Songs to Your iPod shuffle......Page 230
The Stuff on Top of Your iPod shuffle......Page 231
Playing Music on Your iPod shuffle......Page 232
Checking Your Battery Life......Page 233
Getting Your shuffle to Talk to You......Page 234
Storing Other Files on Your iPod shuffle......Page 235
I......Page 236
P......Page 238
Z......Page 239

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