iTunes

Current Version: iTunes 6.01

Introduction to iTunes AAC icon

  • iTunes for Mac and Windows
    • Free Download from Apple
  • Digital Music File Formats: MP3, AIFF, WAV, AAC

How iTunes Is Organized

  • iTunes Window & Controls
  • iTunes Music Library
  • Location - Where does your music live?
    • Users/Your Home Directory/Music/iTunes
  • iTunes Preferences
  • Listening to Internet Radio Stations

iTunes Library

Adding Music To Your iTunes Music Library

  • Importing songs from an audio CD - “Ripping Songs”
  • CDDB Database
  • Purchase songs from iTunes Music Store

Finding and Playing Songs

  • Browsing through your library
  • Playing and Pausing Songs
  • Searching and Sorting Songs
  • Visuals
  • Artwork

Organizing Your Music

  • Creating Playlists
  • Smart Playlists
  • Song Information: Get Info & Tags
  • Rating Your Music
  • Deleting Songs

Burning CD's

iTunes Music Store

  • Purchasing Music
  • Searching the iTunes Music Store
  • Gift Cards
  • Allowances
  • Shopping Cart vs. Individual Purchases
  • What you legally can do with your purchased music
  • iMix
  • Authorizing Computers to Play Purchased Songs

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Using iTunes With Your iPod

  • iPods Are Not Just MP3 Players
  • iPods and Different Music Libraries
  • iPod Gadgets

Sharing Your Music

  • Shared Libraries with Rendezvous/Bonjour

Copyright Issues

Using iTunes with other iLife Applications

  • iPhoto
  • iMovie
  • iDVD
  • GarageBand

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iTunes Help

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iTunes Books

Breen, Christopher. Secrets of the iPod. Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2003
ISBN 0-321-13645-4
http://www.peachpit.com

Hart-Davis, Guy. How to Do Everything with Your iPod. McGraw Hill-Osbornre, New York, 2003
ISBN: 0-07-222700-1
http://www.osborne.com

LeVitus, Bob. The Little iTunes Book, 2nd Edition, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2003
ISBN 0-321-16886-0
http://www.peachpit.com

Stern, Judith and Robert Lettieri. iTunes for Macintosh and Windows (Visual Quickstart Guide), Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2004
ISBN 0-321-24665-9
http://www.peachpit.com

Engst, Adam. iTunes 6 and iPod For Windows and Macintosh (Visual Quickstart Guide), Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-32045-X
http://www.peachpit.com

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Online Resources

Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes
http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/

Shareware Applications with iTunes

Audio Express

This application allows you to record sound files and then export them and import them into iTunes. It's many uses include recording voice memos, interviews, vinyl records, and transcribing audio.
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/audioexpress/index.php

Recorded Books

This is a site with a number of audiobooks that can be rented or purchased. They come on CD or cassettes and some are available for download.
http://www.recordedbooks.com

Audible.com

This is a website where you can purchase audio files of books that you can download and play in iTunes or on an iPod. You can join for free. You pay only for the selections you purchase. You will need to configure a helper application in Internet Explorer.
http://www.audible.com

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Educational Uses of iTunes

  • Listening Centers & Literacy Stations
  • Books on Tape
  • Songs
  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Poems
  • Assessments
  • Reading Records - Reading Assessments
  • Children’s Portfolios
  • Tap into different learning styles: Audio + Visual
  • GarageBand - Composing music

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