iPod and iTunes QuickSteps

by Eliot Van Buskirk, John Alderman

Overview

The best-selling, full-color QuickSteps series now covers the world's favorite MP3 player. Users will learn to get up and running with the iPod and iTunes, download and play music, use the iPod's calendar, to do list, contacts, and notes functions, edit and display photos, play games, and use the iPod as an external hard drive.

• More than 10 million iPods have been sold as of December 2004, and sales are rising with Apple's introduction of the new, more affordable iPod shuffle
• Van Buskirk's MP3 Insider column is regularly featured on the front page of MP3.com, CNET.com, ZDNET.com, and News.com, reaching millions of readers
• Covers all the latest models including iPod shuffle and photo iPods
• Describes advanced tricks including podcast subscriptions, alternative synching software, battery replacement, and supercharged accessory recommendations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072264098
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date:	11/15/2005
Series:	QuickSteps
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Eliot Van Buskirk (San Francisco, CA) is the Technology Editor of MP3.com, a division of CNET Networks. Van Buskirk's MP3 Insider column is the longest-running single-writer column at CNET.com, the largest online tech publication in the world. Winner of the Maggie Award for Best Online Column of 2003, MP3 Insider is regularly featured on MP3.com, CNET.com, ZDNET.com, and News.com. Van Buskirk is frequently featured in the mainstream media as an authority on digital music, and has appeared on CNN, NPR, the BBC, CBS Evening News, San Francisco Chronicle, Smart Money Magazine, USA Today, Time Magazine Online, and more.

John Alderman (San Francisco, CA) is a digital music expert, musician, and author. He has held editorial positions with such leading technology publications as CNET, Wired News, and HotWired.com. He has also written for The Guardian, Salon.com, Details, Mondo 2000, and Yahoo Internet Life, and has spoken on the topic of digital media at conferences and in appearances on CNN, BBC, NPR, and others. His widely acclaimed book, Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2002.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting to Know Your iPod Chapter 2. Importing Music to iTunes Chapter 3. Using your iPod Chapter 4. Taking control of iTunes Chapter 5. Getting the best sound quality Chapter 6. Using iPod for more than just music Chapter 7. Super-charging your iPod Chapter 8. Using ITunes in the home Chapter 9. Tapping into advanced audio sources Chapter 10. Going further out (and further along)