Because the makers of products which compete with the Apple iPod got left at the gate when the first iPod took the mp3 market by storm in 2001, they have been doing what they can ever since to point out the flaws beneath the cool exterior of the world's favorite neck wear. With the iPod battery, they thought they had found a genuine Achilles heel.
But like the story of Achilles and his tragic flaw, most of what these competitors claim concerning the iPod battery is the stuff of myth. You, either as an iPod owner or wannabe owner, may be familiar with the most infamous of these claims, which attack the honesty of Apple’s claims concerning battery life. But did you know that there are things you can do, without any help from Apple, to maximize your iPod battery’s lifespan?
How To Get The Most From Your iPod battery
Have you ever accidentally hit the Play button on your iPod while reaching into your purse or pocket? It’s an easy way to start draining the iPod battery, and it’s also the reason why your iPod has a Hold feature. Hit Hold, and you iPod will remain asleep until you decide to awaken it.
Lose all the power-eating features like the sound checker, backlight, and equalizer unless you really, really need them. You never need the backlight if you’re just enjoying your music, and the equalizing and sound checking features are nice, but not essential for a good listening experience. They too will drain your battery, so why not turn them off?
You can eliminate the effects of the equalizer by going to EQ in the Settings menu and selecting Flat. While you’re there you can turn off the backlight and sound check too.
Another way to preserve you IPod battery is to give your hard drive a rest by storing only files which are less than 9MB. iPods, with the exception of the nano and shuffle models, keep your files on their hard drives, and try to maximize battery life themselves by bringing up the drive, loading your data onto a 32MB chip, and spinning the drive down again. The larger the file, the more often the drive has to return to get all of it and the more battery power is consumed.
You can adjust these settings by going to iTunes: Preferences: Advanced: Importing and choosing an encoder from the Import Using pop-up menu.
If you are one of the original iPod users, and your battery is has simply reached the end of its reasonably expected life span, you can choose a replacement with more power. And help your iPod battery along by trying to play it only when the temperature is above freezing. Lithium ion batteries, which are what the iPod uses, do their best work at room temperature. Cold weather won’t permanently harm them, but it will cause them to lose their charges more quickly.
Finally, limit yourself to one thing at a time. iPods are marvelously multi-functional little beings, but if you want your battery charge to last awhile, forego the habit of having a variety of iPod programs running simultaneously.
You can also find more info on Ipod Video and Ipod. knowipods.com is a comprehensive resource to know about iPods.
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Saturday, September 8, 2007
Learn To Speak Spanish With Your Ipod
One popular area for learning Spanish is the home study market. Originally these were distributed on cassette tape from bookshops or mail order and later as compact disk became a popular format, so the language courses changed to CD too. And now with the advent of fast Internet connections and the popularity of portable music players such as the Pod downloadable Spanish courses are starting to grasp a foothold in the teach-yourself market and are surely destined to take a bigger market share over the course of the next couple of years.
But you don't need to buy a new downloadable Spanish course if you already have one on CD. You can use iTunes or another program to convert the audio so that you can play it on your portable music player. This may be MP3 or another format – it really doesn't matter which it is as long as your music player can play it – just upload it to your device and you can carry your language course wherever you go.
That brings about great flexibility and you'll be able to follow your course on the train or in the car. You can even take it to work so that you can study Spanish during your lunch break.
While listening to Spanish will help you improve your listening skills, you really do need to practice speaking Spanish to help you with your conversational Spanish. While you could try it on the train I'm not sure that I'd advise it, but if you practice your conversational skills for just 10 or 15 minutes every day you will see an improvement. The real key here is regular practice to keep reinforcing the information that your brain absorbs. Although teaching yourself Spanish is no substitute for actually living in a Spanish speaking country and forcing yourself to use the language in your everyday life, you will gain some benefit all the same.
You can find out more about how to study Spanish at Mark Hazard's website. You can find it at http://www.SimplyLearnSpanish.com
http://www.ipodtopic.com/articles/learn-speak-spanish-ipod.php
But you don't need to buy a new downloadable Spanish course if you already have one on CD. You can use iTunes or another program to convert the audio so that you can play it on your portable music player. This may be MP3 or another format – it really doesn't matter which it is as long as your music player can play it – just upload it to your device and you can carry your language course wherever you go.
That brings about great flexibility and you'll be able to follow your course on the train or in the car. You can even take it to work so that you can study Spanish during your lunch break.
While listening to Spanish will help you improve your listening skills, you really do need to practice speaking Spanish to help you with your conversational Spanish. While you could try it on the train I'm not sure that I'd advise it, but if you practice your conversational skills for just 10 or 15 minutes every day you will see an improvement. The real key here is regular practice to keep reinforcing the information that your brain absorbs. Although teaching yourself Spanish is no substitute for actually living in a Spanish speaking country and forcing yourself to use the language in your everyday life, you will gain some benefit all the same.
You can find out more about how to study Spanish at Mark Hazard's website. You can find it at http://www.SimplyLearnSpanish.com
http://www.ipodtopic.com/articles/learn-speak-spanish-ipod.php
iTunes And iPods: Get The Maximum Out Of A Perfect Combination
iPods and iTunes seem to be a match made in music heaven. One is a virtual jukebox. The other is one of the most popular music players around.
iTunes was started by Apple in January of 2001 as an application for playing music. It acts as a link between your computer and your iPod, connecting your computer to the iTunes Music Store where you can purchase music and movies for personal use. It is free to download and compatible with Macs and some Windows operating systems. New iPods are also carrying the program.
With the iTunes program, you can run many things from your computer. You can purchase and organize your favorite music and movies into play lists, burn your own CDs for personal use, and download music to your iPod. You can also use it for playing music on your own computer or other mp3 player.
The Play List is one of the best features for iPod users. Besides being able to organize your music, you can also set play lists on different settings to play your music. You can have it go in order of download or on a mix. Mixes can be set just to play songs from a certain part of your play list or from the entire thing. A Party Shuffle will play popularly rated songs at a greater rate than those that received a lower rating or none at all.
For example, a four star rated song will have a higher chance of getting played during the shuffle time than a two star rated song. You can add and delete songs as you want, or even have your iPod get automatic updates of new songs as they come up. You can organize your play list in a variety of fashions: by genre, by artist, by popularity, or by personal favorites.
In June of 2005, Apple added pod casting. This feature allows access to Apples official pod casts, as well as the ability to download different types of videos. This feature makes it possible for anyone to pod cast, from putting college lectures on your iPod to family movies. Pod casting has become a popular way of information sharing between iPod users.
In October 2005, Apple introduced an updated iTunes that made it possible to download movies to your iPod. You can get everything from the latest theatrical releases to television shows, to new movie trailers. Download them to your iPod, and you have an instant personal entertainment center to use anytime and any where.
The iTunes Music Store allows iPod users to buy and download music and movies from their computer to their iPod. Millions of songs have been downloaded this way since it opened in April 2003. You can preview music or check ratings there as well.
Downloading music from your computer to your iPod is easy to do. There are a variety of ways to do this.
Dragging allows you to drag tracks from your play list on your computer to your iPod. In the Portable window, click on the iPod under Attached Portable Devices and just drag music from the play list to your iPod. Or you can select an entire play list the same way and drag it over. This works best if you are just moving one song or one play list.
For large groups of songs, it may work easier to sync library, as this will download all music to your iPod. Again in the Portable window, you should click on the iPod. Under the Options menu there is a Sync tab with Complete Library Sync. Or you can use the same function but select Selected Play list Sync instead and select the play lists that you would like to download.
The sync features can also be set to be done whenever you plug your iPod into your computer. To set this up, under the Sync tab check the box Automatically sync on device connection. Your music will then be automatically downloaded whenever your iPod is hooked up.
With iTunes, you and your iPod have access to all the music and movies that you could ever want - or that your iPod could ever store. It is just one more way to personalize your iPod exactly how you want it.
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iTunes was started by Apple in January of 2001 as an application for playing music. It acts as a link between your computer and your iPod, connecting your computer to the iTunes Music Store where you can purchase music and movies for personal use. It is free to download and compatible with Macs and some Windows operating systems. New iPods are also carrying the program.
With the iTunes program, you can run many things from your computer. You can purchase and organize your favorite music and movies into play lists, burn your own CDs for personal use, and download music to your iPod. You can also use it for playing music on your own computer or other mp3 player.
The Play List is one of the best features for iPod users. Besides being able to organize your music, you can also set play lists on different settings to play your music. You can have it go in order of download or on a mix. Mixes can be set just to play songs from a certain part of your play list or from the entire thing. A Party Shuffle will play popularly rated songs at a greater rate than those that received a lower rating or none at all.
For example, a four star rated song will have a higher chance of getting played during the shuffle time than a two star rated song. You can add and delete songs as you want, or even have your iPod get automatic updates of new songs as they come up. You can organize your play list in a variety of fashions: by genre, by artist, by popularity, or by personal favorites.
In June of 2005, Apple added pod casting. This feature allows access to Apples official pod casts, as well as the ability to download different types of videos. This feature makes it possible for anyone to pod cast, from putting college lectures on your iPod to family movies. Pod casting has become a popular way of information sharing between iPod users.
In October 2005, Apple introduced an updated iTunes that made it possible to download movies to your iPod. You can get everything from the latest theatrical releases to television shows, to new movie trailers. Download them to your iPod, and you have an instant personal entertainment center to use anytime and any where.
The iTunes Music Store allows iPod users to buy and download music and movies from their computer to their iPod. Millions of songs have been downloaded this way since it opened in April 2003. You can preview music or check ratings there as well.
Downloading music from your computer to your iPod is easy to do. There are a variety of ways to do this.
Dragging allows you to drag tracks from your play list on your computer to your iPod. In the Portable window, click on the iPod under Attached Portable Devices and just drag music from the play list to your iPod. Or you can select an entire play list the same way and drag it over. This works best if you are just moving one song or one play list.
For large groups of songs, it may work easier to sync library, as this will download all music to your iPod. Again in the Portable window, you should click on the iPod. Under the Options menu there is a Sync tab with Complete Library Sync. Or you can use the same function but select Selected Play list Sync instead and select the play lists that you would like to download.
The sync features can also be set to be done whenever you plug your iPod into your computer. To set this up, under the Sync tab check the box Automatically sync on device connection. Your music will then be automatically downloaded whenever your iPod is hooked up.
With iTunes, you and your iPod have access to all the music and movies that you could ever want - or that your iPod could ever store. It is just one more way to personalize your iPod exactly how you want it.
http://www.ipodtopic.com/articles/itunes-ipods-get-maximum-out-of-perfect-combination.php
Apple video iPod
Talk of portable digital audio player and the one category of gadget that immediately jumps into your mental space is a rectangular device with a name Apple iPod. Sleek and simple in looks while highly powerful in performing the role of a device facilitating music to millions. For the best of mankind, today, the same device has integrated technology to showcase videos too. Now, that's what a double bonanza means in all probability.
Apple's iPod with video comes in 30 GB and 80GB varieties in white and black colour variants. With the aid of iTune software, an iPod user can download favourite music tracks and video. To add to all, there are facilities for free pod-casting that one can enjoy during his or her free times.
iPods with video are classified under the category of fifth generation iPods (later into 5.5 because of software and hardware enhancements) and come with larger screen, lyrics support and music search function. In all these upgraded versions, the mechanical scroll wheel replaces touch-sensitive click wheel with flash memory displacing hard disks in the earlier specimen. The 4GB red iPod nano with its 8GB sibling are two of the other varieties of iPods with video functionality present in the market today.
Already seen with loads of up-gradations, an Apple video iPod comes in perfect order to run equally well with windows and Mac based programmes. Today, a fifth generation iPod plays video in MP4 (up to 2.5 Mbit/s) and H.264 (up to 1.5 Mbit/s, with baseline profile only) formats. Video such as movies, TV shows, music video may be purchased from online stores or downloaded from Google video and other sources and then imported to the iPod for ready use.
Videos or photo slide-shows may be played from the fifth generation video iPod on a television set, projector or monitor with the use of the Apple iPod AV cable or via an iPod dock using an S-video cable. Now, see videos or listen to your favourite tracks, in the shape of iPod, Apple comes all equipped to match every variety of your demands. It is indeed one gadget with sound vision!
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Apple's iPod with video comes in 30 GB and 80GB varieties in white and black colour variants. With the aid of iTune software, an iPod user can download favourite music tracks and video. To add to all, there are facilities for free pod-casting that one can enjoy during his or her free times.
iPods with video are classified under the category of fifth generation iPods (later into 5.5 because of software and hardware enhancements) and come with larger screen, lyrics support and music search function. In all these upgraded versions, the mechanical scroll wheel replaces touch-sensitive click wheel with flash memory displacing hard disks in the earlier specimen. The 4GB red iPod nano with its 8GB sibling are two of the other varieties of iPods with video functionality present in the market today.
Already seen with loads of up-gradations, an Apple video iPod comes in perfect order to run equally well with windows and Mac based programmes. Today, a fifth generation iPod plays video in MP4 (up to 2.5 Mbit/s) and H.264 (up to 1.5 Mbit/s, with baseline profile only) formats. Video such as movies, TV shows, music video may be purchased from online stores or downloaded from Google video and other sources and then imported to the iPod for ready use.
Videos or photo slide-shows may be played from the fifth generation video iPod on a television set, projector or monitor with the use of the Apple iPod AV cable or via an iPod dock using an S-video cable. Now, see videos or listen to your favourite tracks, in the shape of iPod, Apple comes all equipped to match every variety of your demands. It is indeed one gadget with sound vision!
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Syncing Music to iPod shuffle
iTunes includes a feature called Autofill that can quickly sync audio content from your library or a selected playlist to your iPod shuffle. You can also manually sync content. To learn more, review the steps below. For information on syncing and playing audiobooks and podcasts see this document.
Syncing music using Autofill to iPod shuffle
1. Connect your iPod shuffle to your computer and open iTunes.
2. Select your iPod shuffle in the DEVICES section of the iTunes Source list.
3. In the main iTunes browser window, select the Contents tab.
4. Choose a playlist, folder or your music library from the Autofill from: menu.
5. When you click the Autofill button, iTunes will automatically sync as much music as possible to your iPod shuffle. If the playlist you selected contains more music than the iPod shuffle can hold, Autofill will sync a subset of the music. The iTunes LCD will display the sync progress and notify you when the iPod sync is complete.
6. If you have turned on disk use, disconnect your iPod by selecting it in the Source list and clicking the eject icon (your iPod is ready to be disconnected when the status light stops flashing).
Syncing music manually to iPod shuffle
If you prefer not to use Autofill to sync music to your iPod shuffle, you can manually sync music instead.
1. Connect your iPod to your computer and open iTunes.
2. Select your Music, Podcasts, or Audiobooks Library or a playlist in the Source list.
3. Select one or more pieces of audio content and drag them to the iPod shuffle icon in the Source list.
4. If you have turned on disk use, disconnect your iPod by selecting it in the Source list and clicking the eject icon (your iPod is ready to be disconnected when the status light stops flashing).
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Syncing music using Autofill to iPod shuffle
1. Connect your iPod shuffle to your computer and open iTunes.
2. Select your iPod shuffle in the DEVICES section of the iTunes Source list.
3. In the main iTunes browser window, select the Contents tab.
4. Choose a playlist, folder or your music library from the Autofill from: menu.
5. When you click the Autofill button, iTunes will automatically sync as much music as possible to your iPod shuffle. If the playlist you selected contains more music than the iPod shuffle can hold, Autofill will sync a subset of the music. The iTunes LCD will display the sync progress and notify you when the iPod sync is complete.
6. If you have turned on disk use, disconnect your iPod by selecting it in the Source list and clicking the eject icon (your iPod is ready to be disconnected when the status light stops flashing).
Syncing music manually to iPod shuffle
If you prefer not to use Autofill to sync music to your iPod shuffle, you can manually sync music instead.
1. Connect your iPod to your computer and open iTunes.
2. Select your Music, Podcasts, or Audiobooks Library or a playlist in the Source list.
3. Select one or more pieces of audio content and drag them to the iPod shuffle icon in the Source list.
4. If you have turned on disk use, disconnect your iPod by selecting it in the Source list and clicking the eject icon (your iPod is ready to be disconnected when the status light stops flashing).
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Playing and Managing Content in iTunes
After you've added content to iTunes, read this article to learn how to play audio and video, make playlists, edit song information and more. Select a topic below to get started.
- Understanding the iTunes interface
- Audio and video playback
- Editing and arranging content
Understanding the iTunes interface
The images below depict the controls and browser view of the iTunes browser window. Review the Mac or Windows version to familiarize yourself with the iTunes browser windows layout.
- Mac
- Windows
Audio and video playback
iTunes give you many options to customize your experience when playing back audio or video content. Review this section to learn more about the iTunes visualizer, full screen video and more.
Basic audio playback
After selecting a song, audiobook or other audio content use the playback controls in the upper left-hand corner of iTunes to play or pause, advance to the previous or next track and adjust the volume. To play a song you can also double-click it in the iTunes browser window
During playback, the iTunes LCD display will show the song info in addition to the elapsed and remaining time. You can scrub through the track or advance to a specific point in the track but moving the black triangle in the scrubber bar
Video Playback
iTunes lets you watch video in a variety of ways. You can choose the view video in the artwork viewer, in the main iTunes window, in the separate window, or full screen. You can also select a playback view for music videos that is different from movies and TV shows. To customize these option, select the Playback tab in iTunes preferences which can be accessed from the Edit menu on Windows or the iTunes menu on a Mac.
Editing and arranging content
Editing Info
Each audio or video file in iTunes has several settings and tags that can be easily modified. These options can be accessed by selecting any file in the iTunes browser windows and selecting "Get Info" from the File menu. You can add song lyrics, artwork and set special playback options. The "Info" tab lets you edit information about the file including artist and album info
For videos, the Video tab allows you to specify if the video is a movie, TV show or music video. You can also set episode information for TV shows.
Making Playlists
Playlists are an incredible way to arrange your music. All playlists contain a subset of the content in your iTunes library and you can add or subtract content in several ways. You can also group playlist into folders for extensive categorization. Here's the different types of playlist and how they work in iTunes.
- Playlist: A standard playlist lets you choose songs from your library and dictate the order in which they play. To create a playlist, select New Playlist from the File menu. Give your playlist a name, then drag songs from the your library onto the playlist icon in the source list to add them. If you want to burn an audio CD, you'll need to create a playlist that contains the songs you want to burn to CD.
- Smart Playlist: A Smart Playlist is a playlist that is created b setting content criteria instead of individual content selection. iTunes includes a few Smart Playlists when you first install it, including "Top 25 Most Played" and "My Top Rated." To create your own Smart Playlist, choose New Smart Playlist from the File menu. For example, we created a Smart Playlist of our favorite 60s Motown tunes that automatically syncs its list with songs in our library that were recorded between 1960 to 1969, has R&B listed as the genre, and is rated (by us) as being a 4- or 5-star song. When we add or remove songs from our library that match this criteria, our Smart Playlist dynamically updates all by itself.
- Party Shuffle: If you're a DJ (or are playing one at a party), this feature allows you to create a dynamic playlist made up of random songs, and edit the content on the fly. You can shuffle songs from your library or any playlist.
For more information about iTunes. Access the Help menu in iTunes.
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Adding Content to iTunes
Adding audio and video content to iTunes is easy. iTunes lets you import audio CDs, add digital audio and video content already on your computer and even purchase new content from the iTunes Store. To learn more about adding content to iTunes, select a topic below. If you already have content in your iTunes library and want to learn more about playing and managing content, review support document #304706
* Adding songs from audio CDs
* Adding content on your computer to iTunes
* Purchasing content from the iTunes Store
Add songs from audio CDs
Using iTunes, you can add music to iTunes from your audio CD collection in few easy steps. Follow these steps to learn more.
1. Open iTunes and insert an audio CD into your computer's CD or DVD drive.
2. If your computer is connected to the Internet, iTunes will automatically look up information for the CD such as song name, album and artist. This feature will work with most commercially produced audio CDs.
3. To import all songs from the CD into your iTunes library, simply click the "Import CD" button in the lower right hand corner of the iTunes windows. If you prefer to import only a few songs, uncheck the checkbox next to the songs you don't want to import and then click "Import CD".
4. iTunes will show the progress of the import for each song selected. iTunes encodes content imported from audio CDs in AAC format at 128 kbps. This format provides high quality sound at small file sizes. If you prefer to encode content from audio CDs in MP3, WAV, AIFF, or Apple Lossless format or you want to convert a song you've already imported to a different format, review the information in support document #93123.
Adding content on your computer to iTunes
iTunes lets you add digital audio and video files on your computer directly to your iTunes library. You can add audio files that are in AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or Audible.com (.aa) format. If you have unprotected WMA content, iTunes can convert these files to one of these formats. Video content in QuickTime or MPEG-4 format can also be added to iTunes. To learn how to add these files to iTunes follow the steps below.
1. Open iTunes
2. From the File menu, choose one of the following choices:
* Mac
o Add to Library
* Windows
o Add File to Library
o Add Folder to Library
3. Navigate to and select the file or folder that you want to add
If iTunes is set to "Copy files to the iTunes Music folder when adding to library", iTunes will copy all content that is added to the iTunes library to the iTunes Music folder. The adjust this setting or change the location of this folder, go to the Advanced tab in iTunes preferences.
Purchasing content from the iTunes Store
The iTunes Store has a large selection of music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, iPod games, and free podcasts. To learn more about purchasing and downloading content from the iTunes Store, review support document #304673.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304707
* Adding songs from audio CDs
* Adding content on your computer to iTunes
* Purchasing content from the iTunes Store
Add songs from audio CDs
Using iTunes, you can add music to iTunes from your audio CD collection in few easy steps. Follow these steps to learn more.
1. Open iTunes and insert an audio CD into your computer's CD or DVD drive.
2. If your computer is connected to the Internet, iTunes will automatically look up information for the CD such as song name, album and artist. This feature will work with most commercially produced audio CDs.
3. To import all songs from the CD into your iTunes library, simply click the "Import CD" button in the lower right hand corner of the iTunes windows. If you prefer to import only a few songs, uncheck the checkbox next to the songs you don't want to import and then click "Import CD".
4. iTunes will show the progress of the import for each song selected. iTunes encodes content imported from audio CDs in AAC format at 128 kbps. This format provides high quality sound at small file sizes. If you prefer to encode content from audio CDs in MP3, WAV, AIFF, or Apple Lossless format or you want to convert a song you've already imported to a different format, review the information in support document #93123.
Adding content on your computer to iTunes
iTunes lets you add digital audio and video files on your computer directly to your iTunes library. You can add audio files that are in AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or Audible.com (.aa) format. If you have unprotected WMA content, iTunes can convert these files to one of these formats. Video content in QuickTime or MPEG-4 format can also be added to iTunes. To learn how to add these files to iTunes follow the steps below.
1. Open iTunes
2. From the File menu, choose one of the following choices:
* Mac
o Add to Library
* Windows
o Add File to Library
o Add Folder to Library
3. Navigate to and select the file or folder that you want to add
If iTunes is set to "Copy files to the iTunes Music folder when adding to library", iTunes will copy all content that is added to the iTunes library to the iTunes Music folder. The adjust this setting or change the location of this folder, go to the Advanced tab in iTunes preferences.
Purchasing content from the iTunes Store
The iTunes Store has a large selection of music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, iPod games, and free podcasts. To learn more about purchasing and downloading content from the iTunes Store, review support document #304673.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304707
Managing content manually on iPod
Syncing your music library on iPod is easy. By default, iTunes automatically updates iPod's music library whenever you connect iPod to your computer. iTunes transfers new songs you've added, and erases songs you've removed. Content can also be manually added and removed from iPod.
Transferring content manually
Manually managing what goes on your iPod is also helpful if you use your iPod on multiple computers or with multiple user accounts. Additionally, it also allows you to delete a song from your iTunes library, but keep it on your iPod. Make sure you have a backup copy of any media files before deleting them. Follow these steps to setup your iPod to manually transfer content.
If you have iTunes 7 or later follow these instructions:
1. Connect iPod to your computer.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Select iPod in the Source pane.
4. On the Summary tab select “Manually manage music and videos” and click Apply.
5. When manual management is enabled, you can still sync some content automatically. Select any content tab such as Movies or TV Shows to enable automatic syncing for that type of content.
Manually copying content to your iPod
After following the steps above, you can copy individual tracks and playlists from iTunes to your iPod. Just drag the track or playlist to the iPod icon in the Source list.
Tip: You must first import audio CD's into iTunes before you can move them to the iPod. If you're having difficulty copying songs to your iPod, click here.
Related Documents
93861: Songs are not copied to iPod
107958: Importing Windows Media Audio files with iTunes for Windows
93079: Adding songs from CDs to your library
60950: iPod doesn't appear in iTunes or on my Mac desktop
61711: Your Windows PC doesn't recognize iPod
93390: Moving your MUSICMATCH songs into your iTunes Library
iPod and iTunes tutorials:
* Mac OS X
* Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148
Transferring content manually
Manually managing what goes on your iPod is also helpful if you use your iPod on multiple computers or with multiple user accounts. Additionally, it also allows you to delete a song from your iTunes library, but keep it on your iPod. Make sure you have a backup copy of any media files before deleting them. Follow these steps to setup your iPod to manually transfer content.
If you have iTunes 7 or later follow these instructions:
1. Connect iPod to your computer.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Select iPod in the Source pane.
4. On the Summary tab select “Manually manage music and videos” and click Apply.
5. When manual management is enabled, you can still sync some content automatically. Select any content tab such as Movies or TV Shows to enable automatic syncing for that type of content.
Manually copying content to your iPod
After following the steps above, you can copy individual tracks and playlists from iTunes to your iPod. Just drag the track or playlist to the iPod icon in the Source list.
Tip: You must first import audio CD's into iTunes before you can move them to the iPod. If you're having difficulty copying songs to your iPod, click here.
Related Documents
93861: Songs are not copied to iPod
107958: Importing Windows Media Audio files with iTunes for Windows
93079: Adding songs from CDs to your library
60950: iPod doesn't appear in iTunes or on my Mac desktop
61711: Your Windows PC doesn't recognize iPod
93390: Moving your MUSICMATCH songs into your iTunes Library
iPod and iTunes tutorials:
* Mac OS X
* Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148
Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
If you purchased items from the iTunes Store and the only place you have them stored is on your iPod or iPhone, you can transfer them to any computer that is authorized for your iTunes Store account using iTunes 7 or later. This feature adds an extra layer of protection against losing your valued purchases.
If you want to transfer iTunes Store purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer, be sure to authorize the computer before connecting the device. To authorize, follow these steps:
1. Open iTunes.
2. From the Store menu, choose Authorize Computer.
3. In the dialog that appears, the Apple ID button is selected by default. If you have an AOL account, select AOL.
4. Enter your Apple ID or AOL screen name and password, then click the Authorize button.
If the iTunes Store purchases on your iPod or iPhone were purchased with multiple accounts, you will need to authorize the computer for each one.
To transfer iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer, follow these steps:
1. Connect your iPod or iPhone to the computer. If your iPod is synced with another iTunes library, the following dialog may appear:
2. Click the Transfer Purchases button.
iTunes will begin copying any purchases made with any account that the computer is authorized for.
If when you connect your iPod or iPhone you are not prompted by the dialog above, it could be that the option "Do not ask me again" was previously selected. Fortunately, there are two more ways you can copy your purchases from your iPod or iPhone.
After connecting your iPod or iPhone to the computer and its icon appears in iTunes, you can choose Transfer Purchases from iPod from the File menu.
Or you can right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click (Mac only) your iPod in the iTunes Source list, then choose Transfer Purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
Please note that this feature only works for items that were purchased on the iTunes Store. Any items imported from audio CDs or acquired from other sources will not copy from your iPod or iPhone to the iTunes library.
Related documents
302392: "How to back up your media in iTunes"
93366: "iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers"
93063: "iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between authorized computers"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305465
If you want to transfer iTunes Store purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer, be sure to authorize the computer before connecting the device. To authorize, follow these steps:
1. Open iTunes.
2. From the Store menu, choose Authorize Computer.
3. In the dialog that appears, the Apple ID button is selected by default. If you have an AOL account, select AOL.
4. Enter your Apple ID or AOL screen name and password, then click the Authorize button.
If the iTunes Store purchases on your iPod or iPhone were purchased with multiple accounts, you will need to authorize the computer for each one.
To transfer iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer, follow these steps:
1. Connect your iPod or iPhone to the computer. If your iPod is synced with another iTunes library, the following dialog may appear:
2. Click the Transfer Purchases button.
iTunes will begin copying any purchases made with any account that the computer is authorized for.
If when you connect your iPod or iPhone you are not prompted by the dialog above, it could be that the option "Do not ask me again" was previously selected. Fortunately, there are two more ways you can copy your purchases from your iPod or iPhone.
After connecting your iPod or iPhone to the computer and its icon appears in iTunes, you can choose Transfer Purchases from iPod from the File menu.
Or you can right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click (Mac only) your iPod in the iTunes Source list, then choose Transfer Purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
Please note that this feature only works for items that were purchased on the iTunes Store. Any items imported from audio CDs or acquired from other sources will not copy from your iPod or iPhone to the iTunes library.
Related documents
302392: "How to back up your media in iTunes"
93366: "iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers"
93063: "iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between authorized computers"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305465
Syncing Videos to iPod
iTunes includes several options to automatically or manually sync videos to your iPod classic, iPod nano (3rd generation), or iPod (5th generation). Read this article to learn more about these two methods.
Syncing videos automatically
- Connect your iPod to your computer and open iTunes.
- Select your iPod in the DEVICES section of the iTunes Source list.
- In the main iTunes browser window, select the Music tab.
- Select the checkbox labeled "Sync music" and verify that the "Include music videos" checkbox is also selected. You have the option to sync all songs and playlists or selected playlists.
- Movies can be automatically synced to iPod. Select the Movies tab and select the option to sync all movies, selected movies, or a certain number recent unwatched movies.
- TV Shows can be automatically synced to iPod. Select the TV Shows tab and select the option to sync all TV shows or selected ones. You can also determine which episodes are synced based on if they are recent or unwatched.
- Video Podcasts can be automatically synced to iPod. Select the Podcasts tab select the option to sync all podcasts or selected ones. You can also determine which episodes are synced based on if they are recent, new or unplayed.
- Click Apply and iTunes will begin syncing the content you've selected to your iPod. Tip: You can use the capacity bar at the bottom of the iPod settings window to determine how much free space is available. The size of a playlist can be determined by selecting it and looking at the bottom of the iTunes window.
- The iTunes LCD will display the sync progress and notify you when the iPod sync is complete.
- To disconnect your iPod, select it in the Source list and click the eject icon.
Syncing videos manually
If your prefer not to automatically sync video content to your iPod, you can setup manual syncing.
- Connect your iPod to your computer and open iTunes.
- Select your iPod in the DEVICES section of the iTunes Source list.
- In the main iTunes browser window, select the Summary tab.
- Select the "Manually manage music and videos" option. This will deselect the automatic sync settings for the Music, Movies, and TV Shows tabs. Automatic syncing for Podcasts, Photos, Contacts, and Games can be individually disabled by selecting each of those tabs. Note: When manually managing iPod, disk use is enabled and iPod must always be manually ejected in iTunes before disconnecting.
- Click Apply.
- To manually add music videos, movies or TV shows to your iPod, choose one of these categories under LIBRARY in the Source list.
- Select and drag items you want (to choose multiple items, Command-click items on a Mac or Control-click items in Windows), then drag them onto your iPod icon in the Source list.
- To add a playlist, select it in the Source list and drag it onto your iPod in the same ways as a video or song.
- When you are ready disconnect your iPod, select it in the Source list and click the eject icon.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304680
Movies and Videos on iPods for pennies
It is really great that now you could watch a movie on your iPod for as low as 3 cents.
A few ipod movies websites that have been launched are now offering almost 600 movies for less than $20. Now that’s a deal you would not like to miss.
IPods have made our lives definitely easier by allowing music downloads movies downloads, games, and music videos from various online stores at prices really down to earth. First, iPod put music in your pocket. Now it has put videos and images. With support for up to 15,000 songs and up to 150 hours of video on a 2.5-inch QVGA color display, iPod gives you the ultimate music experience. iPods are available in two colors- white and black.
The real point is that even if one doesn’t really like all of the 600 movies and videos it’s still a steal at even 60 ipod movies and videos for less than 420. It’s still far lesser than what you might end up paying for purchasing or renting these.
Well, just in case you still don’t have clue to what an iPod is, it can be said as the walkman of 21st century. You no longer need to carry those bulky Cassettes, or CDs and batteries to listen music on the move. It has an inbuilt memory ranging from about 128mb (Approx 30 songs) to 60 GB (approx 15000 songs).And all this in an unbelievably compact size. You can even watch movies and videos in the newer versions of iPod. And above all, you don’t need to carry or buy batteries every now and then because iPods come with a rechargeable battery and charger.
All the online stuff can be viewed directly on your Ipod by transferring it using a data cable or otherwise you can connect it to your computer and watch it on the bigger screen. With iPod movies you can watch your favorite movies, watch movie previews and your favorite TV shows that you might have missed while you were, busy with your work.
How do I download ipod movies?
Well first of all, you’ll have to download your service provider’s software and then fill up a registration form. As soon as you finish this, you can start watching movies on your iPod.
With the right device on you can listen to podcasts, radio stations, and itunes and a lot more stuff. Also, don’t forget to go through the previews listed on your service provider’s website to make a faster decision for the movies and other stuff you might want to download. So why wait. Go ahead and start downloading…
Ipods are fun and easy to use for the most part. The iPods differ, yet most enable you to do multi-tasking projects. If you are searching for movies, you might want to take advantage of the low priced videos. One of the things I learnt about buying music or movies is that many have only portions of the content that is favorites while the remaining videos are something we may not like. Particular music in this situation may publish one hit on a single album and when you pay around $15 or more for one hit; it is outrageous.
This is where an iPod will come in handy, since you can select a single hit and download it, burn it to a DVD/CD and follow pursuit until you have all your favorites sounds on a single disc. Likewise, you like clips of movies you can also download your favorite episodes or else download your favorite TV shows.
http://www.4ipodmovies.com/ipod_movies_articles.html
A few ipod movies websites that have been launched are now offering almost 600 movies for less than $20. Now that’s a deal you would not like to miss.
IPods have made our lives definitely easier by allowing music downloads movies downloads, games, and music videos from various online stores at prices really down to earth. First, iPod put music in your pocket. Now it has put videos and images. With support for up to 15,000 songs and up to 150 hours of video on a 2.5-inch QVGA color display, iPod gives you the ultimate music experience. iPods are available in two colors- white and black.
The real point is that even if one doesn’t really like all of the 600 movies and videos it’s still a steal at even 60 ipod movies and videos for less than 420. It’s still far lesser than what you might end up paying for purchasing or renting these.
Well, just in case you still don’t have clue to what an iPod is, it can be said as the walkman of 21st century. You no longer need to carry those bulky Cassettes, or CDs and batteries to listen music on the move. It has an inbuilt memory ranging from about 128mb (Approx 30 songs) to 60 GB (approx 15000 songs).And all this in an unbelievably compact size. You can even watch movies and videos in the newer versions of iPod. And above all, you don’t need to carry or buy batteries every now and then because iPods come with a rechargeable battery and charger.
All the online stuff can be viewed directly on your Ipod by transferring it using a data cable or otherwise you can connect it to your computer and watch it on the bigger screen. With iPod movies you can watch your favorite movies, watch movie previews and your favorite TV shows that you might have missed while you were, busy with your work.
How do I download ipod movies?
Well first of all, you’ll have to download your service provider’s software and then fill up a registration form. As soon as you finish this, you can start watching movies on your iPod.
With the right device on you can listen to podcasts, radio stations, and itunes and a lot more stuff. Also, don’t forget to go through the previews listed on your service provider’s website to make a faster decision for the movies and other stuff you might want to download. So why wait. Go ahead and start downloading…
Ipods are fun and easy to use for the most part. The iPods differ, yet most enable you to do multi-tasking projects. If you are searching for movies, you might want to take advantage of the low priced videos. One of the things I learnt about buying music or movies is that many have only portions of the content that is favorites while the remaining videos are something we may not like. Particular music in this situation may publish one hit on a single album and when you pay around $15 or more for one hit; it is outrageous.
This is where an iPod will come in handy, since you can select a single hit and download it, burn it to a DVD/CD and follow pursuit until you have all your favorites sounds on a single disc. Likewise, you like clips of movies you can also download your favorite episodes or else download your favorite TV shows.
http://www.4ipodmovies.com/ipod_movies_articles.html
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