Take Control of iTunes 11 · the FAQ (1.2) by McElhearn, Kirk -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Updates and More Basics What’s New in Version 1.2 What Was New in Version 1.1

Introduction iTunes Quick Start Play

Play Topics How Do I Play CDs with iTunes? Set What Happens When You Insert a CD Control Playback Do I Have to Play a CD in Order? In What Other Ways Can I Control iTunes While I Listen to Music? MiniPlayer Artwork Player How Do I Listen to Music from My Library or from a Playlist? How Can I Shuffle My Music? Can iTunes Tell Me What I’m Listening To? What Is Genius? How Do I Turn On Genius? How Do I Create a Genius Playlist? Add an Ad Hoc Genius List to Up Next Save a Genius Playlist How Do I Play Genius Mixes? What Is Genuis Shuffle? How Do I Jump Back to Songs I’ve Played Recently? How Do I Use Up Next? The Song Queue and Up Next How Can I Listen to iTunes Radio? How Do I Create an iTunes Radio Station? Can I Customize an iTunes Radio Station? Exclude and Include Tune for Variety How Do I Check My iTunes Radio History? Can I Listen to Internet Radio? How Do I Listen to Podcasts or iTunes U Content? Is There Anything Special to Know about Listening to Audiobooks? How Do I Make My Music Sound Better? Can I Play Audio or Video over a Network? How Do I Control iTunes Remotely? How Do I Display Eye Candy While Listening to Music? How Do I Watch Videos in iTunes?

Rip

Rip Topics How Should I Rip My CDs? Which Compression Format Should I Use to Rip CDs? Which Bit Rate Should I Use to Rip CDs? What Other Settings Are Important When Ripping CDs? How Do I Rip a Music CD? How Do I Rip an Audiobook CD? Joining Tracks Keeping Individual Tracks How Do I Use iTunes to Convert Audio Files to a Different Format? How Do I Rip Videos to Use in iTunes? Why Can’t I Sync My Video to My iOS Device? Can I Rip Just the Music from a Concert DVD?

Buy

Buy Topics What Does the iTunes Store Sell? Which iTunes Store Content Has DRM? How Do I Authorize and Deauthorize My Computer for iTunes Store Purchases? From How Many iOS Devices Can I Log In to My iTunes Store Account? How Do I Control Which Devices Share My iTunes Account and iTunes in the Cloud? How Do I Shop in the iTunes Store? How Do I View Content from the iTunes Store in My iTunes Library? Is the iTunes Store Perfect? How Do I Use the iTunes Store Efficiently? Where Else Can I Buy Music Online? How Do I Add Digital Files I Already Own to iTunes? Where Can I Find Podcasts? How Do I Subscribe to a Podcast That’s Not in the iTunes Store? Can I Get Smarter with the iTunes Store?

Tag

Tag Topics What Are Tags? Which Tag Information Is Stored Where? Which Tags Should I Worry About? How Do I Change Tags? Which Tags Should I Change? How Do I Put Files in the Correct Library? How Do I Add Lyrics to My Tracks? How Do I Add Album Art? How Do I Rate Songs? What Are Plays and Skips? How Do I Reset My Plays or Skips?

View

View Topics How Can I View My Files in iTunes? Albums View Artists View Genres View Songs View Videos View Playlist View How Do I Choose Which Columns Are Visible in List Views? How Do I Remove Extra Source List Items? What Can I Do with Contextual Menus?

Organize

Organize Topics A Word of Wisdom… How Do I Make a Standard Playlist? How Can I Share Playlists? What Can I Do with a Playlist? What Are Smart Playlists? How Do I Create a Smart Playlist? What Interesting Things Can I Do with Smart Playlists? Do Smart Playlists Slow Down My Library? How Can I Organize My Playlists? How Do I Delete a Playlist? How Do I Delete Songs from a Playlist? How Do I Delete Songs from My Library? How Does iTunes Organize My Files? Where Can I Put My Media If I Run Out of Room on My Disk? How Do I Move an iTunes Library from a Windows PC to a Mac? What’s the Best Way to Deal with My Huge Music Library? Can I Have More than One iTunes Library on My Computer?

Search Topics How Do I Search in My Library? Search Your Entire iTunes Library Search within a Specific Library How Do I Search Using the MiniPlayer? Can I Search My Library by Star Rating? How Do I Find Duplicates in My Library?

Sync

Sync Topics What Should I Sync to My iOS Device? How Do I Choose What to Sync to My iOS Device? Pick Media Manually Pick Media Automatically How Do I Sync This Ebook to My iOS Device? How Do I Squeeze as Much Music as Possible on My iOS Device? Can I Have iTunes Fill My iOS Device? How Can Two (or More) People Sync iOS Devices with the Same Computer? What about Syncing an Apple TV? Are There Special Features for Syncing an iPod shuffle?

Cloud

Cloud Topics How Can I View My Purchased Content in My iTunes Library? How Do I Re-download iTunes Store Content? How Can My iTunes Store Purchases Automatically Download? What Is iTunes Match? How Do I Start Using iTunes Match? What Do the iCloud Status Messages Mean? How Do I Play Music in iTunes Match? Can I “Upgrade” Music with iTunes Match? What Happens to Music in Apple Lossless, AIFF, or WAV Format? How Do I Add New Music to iTunes Match? How Do I Manage My Music Library with iTunes Match? What Happens If I Turn Off iTunes Match? How Do I Use iTunes Match in iOS? Is iTunes Match Perfect?

Burn

Burn Topics How Do I Burn CDs of My Music? What Music Won’t Burn? Can I Burn DVDs of Videos?

Print Topics Why Would I Want to Print from iTunes? What Can I Print with iTunes?

Back Up

What’s the Best Way to Back Up Media Files?

Bonus: Extend iTunes with AppleScripts

Bonus Topics What Are AppleScripts? Where Do I Get AppleScripts? What Can I Do with AppleScripts? What If I Use Windows? How Can I Do All These Great Things?

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