Take Control of iTunes 11: The FAQ
Take Control of iTunes 11: The FAQ
About the Book
About the Author
Table of Contents
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Read Me First
- Updates and More
- Basics
- What’s New in Version 1.3
- What Was New in Version 1.2
- Introduction
- iTunes Quick Start
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Play
- Play Topics
- How Do I Play CDs with iTunes?
- Do I Have to Play a CD in Order?
- In What Other Ways Can I Control iTunes While I Listen to Music?
- 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 Hearing?
- What Is Genius?
- How Do I Turn On Genius?
- How Do I Create a Genius Playlist?
- How Do I Play Genius Mixes?
- What Is Genius Shuffle?
- How Do I Jump Back to Songs I’ve Played Recently?
- How Do I Use Up Next?
- How Can I Listen to iTunes Radio?
- Can I Listen to Internet Radio?
- Is There Anything Special to Know about Listening to Audiobooks?
- How Do I Make My Music Sound Better?
- Can I Play Media 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?
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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?
- 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?
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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 Set 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?
- What Are the Pros and Cons of the iTunes Store?
- How Do I Use the iTunes Store Efficiently?
- How Do I Use the iTunes Store Wish List?
- Where Else Can I Buy Music Online?
- How Do I Add Digital Files I Already Own to iTunes?
- Where Can I Find Podcasts?
- Can I Get Smarter with the iTunes Store?
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Tag
- Tag Topics
- What Are Tags?
- Where Is Tag Information Stored?
- Which Tags Are Important?
- How Do I Add or Change Tags?
- Which Tags Should I Add or 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?
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View
- View Topics
- How Can I View My Files in iTunes?
- How Can I View My Music Library?
- How Do the Podcast Library Views Work?
- How Do I Show Columns in List Views?
- How Do I Remove Extra Source List Items?
- What Can I Do with Contextual Menus?
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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 iTunes?
- How Can I Organize My Playlists?
- How Do I Delete Songs from My Library?
- How Does iTunes Organize My Files?
- Where Have My Ebooks Gone?
- Where Can I Put My Media If I Run Out of Room on My Computer?
- 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?
- How Do I Sample or Subscribe to a Podcast?
- How Do I Manage Podcasts?
- What Are Podcast Stations?
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Search
- Search Topics
- How Do I Search in My Library?
- How Do I Search from the MiniPlayer?
- Can I Search My Library by Star Rating?
- How Do I Find Duplicates in My Library?
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Sync
- Sync Topics
- What Should I Sync to My iOS Device?
- How Do I Choose What to Sync to My iOS Device?
- 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?
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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 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?
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Share
- Share Topics
- How Do I Share My iTunes Library over a Network?
- How Do I Access Someone Else’s iTunes Library?
- How Do I Create a Music Server and Share It with iTunes Library Sharing?
- Can You Tell Me More about iTunes Library Sharing?
- How Do I Copy Media from One iTunes Library to Another?
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Burn
- Burn Topics
- How Do I Burn CDs of My Music?
- What Music Won’t Burn?
- Can I Burn DVDs of Videos?
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Print
- Print Topics
- Why Would I Want to Print from iTunes?
- What Can I Print with iTunes?
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Back Up
- What’s the Best Way to Back Up Media Files?
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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?
- Learn More
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About This Book
- Ebook Extras
- About the Author
- About the Publisher
- Copyright and Fine Print
- Featured Titles
- Equinux Coupon
- Rogue Amoeba Coupon
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