How To Do Everything with Your iPOD

Guy Hart-Davis0-07-222700-1, 9780072227000

Do more — and have more fun — than you ever thought possible with Apple’s portable jukebox and this easy-to-use guide. Not only will you be able to play music, but you will learn to find, download, and organize your music to get the best sound, use cool accessories, and pick up little-known tips and tricks to enhance your overall iPod experience.

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Table of contents :
Team DDU……Page 1
About the Author……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Acknowledgments……Page 18
Introduction……Page 20
PART I Enjoying Audio on Your iPod……Page 26
CHAPTER 1 Get Up and Running with Your iPod……Page 28
What Is an iPod?……Page 29
The iPod Isn’t the Smallest or Most Skip-Proof Player in Town……Page 30
Choose the iPod That’s Best for You……Page 31
Understand the Different Models of iPod……Page 33
What’s in the Box?……Page 35
Set Up Your iPod……Page 36
Connect Your iPod to Your Computer……Page 37
Install the iPod Software……Page 38
Load Your iPod on Windows……Page 39
Connect Your Headphones or Speakers……Page 40
Use Your iPod’s Controls……Page 41
Use Your iPod’s Controls……Page 42
Browse and Access Your Music……Page 44
Play Songs……Page 45
Use the Hold Switch……Page 47
Recharge Your iPod to Keep the Songs Coming……Page 48
Navigate the Extras Menu……Page 49
Choose Settings for Your iPod……Page 50
Set the Backlight Timer……Page 54
CHAPTER 2 Get Up to Speed with MP3 and Digital Audio……Page 56
Why Do You Need to Compress the Music?……Page 58
What Determines Audio Quality?……Page 60
What Does CD-Quality Audio Mean?……Page 61
How MP3 Works (The Short Version)……Page 62
Understand Other Digital Audio Formats……Page 63
Understand Ripping, Encoding, and “Copying”……Page 64
Learn about CDDB and Other Sources of CD Information……Page 66
Choose an Appropriate Compression Rate……Page 67
Choose Between Normal Stereo and Joint Stereo……Page 68
Load Uncompressed Files on Your iPod for Unbeatable Sound Quality……Page 70
What Copyright Is……Page 71
When You Can Legally Copy Copyrighted Material, and Why……Page 72
Sharing MP3 Files of Copyrighted Material Is Illegal……Page 73
Circumventing Copy-Protection May Be Illegal……Page 74
Brief and Unapologetic Flashback on the Wonders of the Audio CD……Page 75
If You Can’t Play It on Any CD Player, It’s Not a CD……Page 77
What Happens When You Try to Use a Copy-Protected Disc on a Computer……Page 78
Ways to Get Around Copy Protection……Page 80
CHAPTER 3 Use iTunes to Load Music onto Your Mac iPod……Page 82
Check Disk Space and Memory……Page 84
Set Up and Configure iTunes on Your Mac……Page 85
Choose Where to Store Your Music Library……Page 87
Choose Whether to Store All Song Files in Your Music Library……Page 88
Change the Importing Settings in iTunes to Specify Audio Quality……Page 89
Change the Columns Displayed to Show the Information You Need……Page 95
Rip and Encode Your CDs……Page 96
Join Tracks Together Without Gaps……Page 99
Delete Songs from Your Music Library……Page 101
Consolidate Your Music Library so You Can Always Access All Its Songs……Page 102
Tag Your Songs so iTunes Sorts Them Correctly……Page 103
Apply Ratings to Songs to Tell iTunes Which Music You Like……Page 104
Enjoy Music with iTunes……Page 105
Play Back Music with iTunes……Page 106
Use the Graphical Equalizer to Make the Music Sound Great……Page 108
Synchronize Your Music Library with Your iPod……Page 113
Control Synchronization to Get the Music You Want on Your iPod……Page 115
Control Synchronization Manually……Page 116
Return to Automatic Updating from Manual Updating……Page 118
Listen to Audible.com Spoken-Word Files on Your iPod……Page 119
Create Custom Playlists to Enjoy in iTunes or on Your iPod……Page 120
Automatically Create Smart Playlists Based on Your Ratings and Preferences……Page 121
CHAPTER 4 Use MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus to Load Music onto Your Windows iPod……Page 124
Add a FireWire Card if Necessary……Page 125
Check Memory and Disk Space……Page 126
Install MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus on Your PC……Page 127
Configure MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus for Maximum Effectiveness……Page 131
Choose General Settings to Control MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus……Page 132
Choose Settings to Create High-Quality MP3 Files……Page 134
Choose Where to Store Your Music Library and How to Name Its Files……Page 137
Choose Other Recording Options……Page 139
Choose CD Lookup Options……Page 140
Create, Build, and Manage Your Music Library……Page 143
Rip and Encode Your CDs……Page 144
Add Tracks to Your Music Library……Page 146
Delete Songs from Your Music Library……Page 150
Tag and Super-Tag Your Song Files so They Sort Correctly……Page 151
Use Volume Leveling to Avoid Getting Your Ears Blasted……Page 153
Play Back Music……Page 154
Use MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus as an Alarm……Page 156
Connect and Disconnect Your iPod……Page 157
First Connection: Configure Device Setup Options……Page 158
Change Synchronization Options for Your iPod……Page 160
Choose Audio Options for Your iPod……Page 161
Add Tracks to Your iPod Manually……Page 162
Choose iPod Options and Rename Your iPod……Page 163
Create a Playlist Manually……Page 164
Use the AutoDJ Feature to Create a Playlist……Page 165
CHAPTER 5 Create, Edit, and Tag Your MP3 Files……Page 166
Convert Other File Types to MP3, AIFF, or WAV so You Can Play Them on Your iPod……Page 167
Mac: SoundApp……Page 168
Create MP3 Files from Cassettes or Vinyl Records……Page 169
Record on Windows with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus……Page 170
Record Audio on the Mac……Page 172
Mac: Record Audio with iMovie……Page 173
Remove Scratches and Hiss from Audio Files……Page 175
Mac: Amadeus II……Page 176
Trim MP3 Files to Get Rid of Intros and Outros You Don’t Like……Page 177
Windows: MP3 TrackMaker……Page 178
Tag Your MP3 Files with the Correct Information for Sorting……Page 179
Mac: MP3 Rage……Page 180
SaveAudio Streams to Disk so You Can Listen to ThemLater……Page 182
Windows: FreeAmp (If You Can Get It)……Page 183
Windows: TotalRecorder……Page 184
Mac: StreamRipperX……Page 185
CHAPTER 6 Download Audio Files from the Internet……Page 186
Quick Reality Check on the Music Market……Page 187
What the Music Industry Wants……Page 188
What’s Happening Between Consumers and the Music Industry……Page 189
Understand the Darknet and the Light……Page 190
How P2P Networks Enlarged the Darknet……Page 191
Darknet Users: Super-Peers and Free Riders……Page 193
Efforts to Close Down the Darknet……Page 194
Dangers of Using the Darknet……Page 195
Current P2P Networks……Page 197
Listen.com……Page 198
IUMA……Page 199
Share Your Own Music on the Internet……Page 200
CHAPTER 7 Burn Audio and MP3 CDs with iTunes and MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus……Page 202
Recordable CDs and Rewritable CDs……Page 203
Choose Burning Options……Page 204
Burn a CD……Page 206
Choose Burning Settings for MUSICMATCH Burner Plus……Page 207
Burning a CD……Page 213
Troubleshoot the Problems You Encounter When Burning CDs……Page 215
General: Avoid Causing Your Burner Problems……Page 216
Troubleshoot Burning CDs with iTunes……Page 217
Troubleshoot Burning CDs with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus……Page 220
PART II Use Your iPod for Contacts, Calendar, and Other Text……Page 224
CHAPTER 8 Use Your iPod to Take Your Contacts with You……Page 226
A Brief History of vCard……Page 228
For the Curious Only: A Quick Look Inside a vCard……Page 229
How Your iPod Handles vCards……Page 230
Create vCards on the Mac……Page 232
Create vCards from Windows……Page 234
Use iSync to Put Contacts on Your Mac iPod Automatically……Page 237
Put Contacts on Your Mac iPod Manually……Page 243
Put Contacts on Your Windows iPod……Page 245
View Your Contacts on Your iPod……Page 246
CHAPTER 9 Put Your Calendars on Your iPod……Page 248
What vCalendar and iCalendar Do and What They’re For……Page 249
What’s Inside a vCalendar/iCalendar File?……Page 250
Create iCalendar and vCalendar Files from Your Calendars……Page 252
Create iCalendar Files and vCalendar Files on the Mac……Page 253
Create vCalendar Files on Windows……Page 255
Put Your Calendars on Your Mac iPod……Page 256
Put Your Calendars on Your Mac iPod Manually……Page 259
Put Your Calendars on Your Windows iPod……Page 260
View Your Calendar on Your iPod……Page 261
CHAPTER 10 Put Other Information on Your iPod……Page 264
Limitations to Putting Information on Your iPod……Page 265
What Text Can You Put on Your iPod?……Page 266
iPod It (Mac OS X)……Page 267
PodNews (Mac OS X)……Page 269
iTeXpod (System 9 and Classic)……Page 270
PodWriter (Mac OS X)……Page 272
EphPod……Page 274
PART III iPod Care, Advanced Topics, and Troubleshooting……Page 277
CHAPTER 11 Keep Your iPod in Good Working Shape……Page 278
What You Might Want to Know about Your iPod’s Internals……Page 279
Reduce Demands on the Battery……Page 281
Disconnecting Your iPod at the Wrong Time……Page 282
Your iPod Doesn’t Like Fire or Water……Page 283
Update Your Mac iPod……Page 284
Update Your Windows iPod……Page 288
Clean Your iPod……Page 291
CHAPTER 12 Use Your iPod as a Hard Drive……Page 292
Why Use Your iPod as a Hard Drive?……Page 293
Enable FireWire Disk Mode on the Mac……Page 295
Enable FireWire Disk Mode on the PC……Page 297
Transfer Files to and from Your iPod……Page 298
Install Mac OS X (or System 9) Directly on Your iPod……Page 299
Clone an Existing Operating System onto Your iPod……Page 301
Designate Your iPod as the Startup Disk……Page 302
Back Up Your iPod so You Don’t Lose Your Music or Data……Page 304
Optimize Your iPod’s Hard Disk to Improve Performance……Page 305
Run the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter……Page 306
Defragment Your Mac iPod (or Windows iPod) the Cheap and Easy Way……Page 308
CHAPTER 13 Enhance Your iPod with Accessories……Page 310
Cases……Page 311
Stands, Docks, and Mounting Kits……Page 314
Powered FireWire Adapters for Unpowered FireWire Ports……Page 315
Car Adapters……Page 316
World Travel Adapters……Page 317
Headphones and Enhancers……Page 318
Weird Stuff……Page 319
Connect Your iPod to Your Stereo……Page 320
Connect Your iPod to Your Car Stereo……Page 321
CHAPTER 14 Learn Advanced iPod Skills……Page 324
Convert Your iPod from Mac to Windows—and Back……Page 325
Change the Computer to Which Your iPod Is Linked……Page 326
Change Your Mac iPod’s Home Mac……Page 327
Change Your Windows iPod’s Home PC……Page 328
Synchronize Several iPods with the Same Computer……Page 329
Load Your Mac iPod from Two or More Macs……Page 331
Load Your Windows iPod from Two or More PCs……Page 332
Transfer Music Files from Your iPod’s Music Library to Your Computer……Page 334
Where—and How—Your iPod Stores Song Files……Page 335
Transfer Song Files from Your iPod Using the Finder or Windows Explorer……Page 339
Utilities for Transferring Song Files from Your iPod to Your Computer……Page 340
Play Songs from Your iPod Through Your Computer……Page 346
CHAPTER 15 Troubleshoot Any iPod Problems You Encounter……Page 348
Your Warranty and How to Void It……Page 349
How to Approach Troubleshooting Your iPod……Page 351
Restore Your iPod……Page 352
Run a Disk Scan……Page 358
Use Your iPod’s Diagnostics to Pinpoint Problems……Page 359
Your iPod Won’t Respond to Keypresses……Page 361
Your Remote Control Stops Working……Page 362
Your Mac or PC Doesn’t React When You Plug in Your iPod……Page 363
Your iPod Says “Do Not Disconnect” Forever When Connected to the Computer……Page 364
Mac OS X Displays the SBOD and then Fails to Recognize Your iPod……Page 365
MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus Doesn’t Recognize Your iPod……Page 366
“The iPod ‘iPod’ Is Linked to Another iTunes Music Library”……Page 367
Letting iTunes Copy All Song Files to Your Music Library Causes You to Run Out of Hard-Disk Space……Page 368
“Missing theme.ini” Error Message When You First Launch MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus……Page 370
“Install Error: Reinstall iPod Plug-In”……Page 371
MUSICMATCH Portables Plus Synchronizations Are Painfully Slow……Page 373
PART IV New iPods, iTunes 4, and the iTunes Music Store……Page 374
CHAPTER 16 Use the New iPods……Page 376
Understand How the New iPods Differ from the Earlier iPods……Page 377
Look, Feel, and Heft……Page 378
Software Improvements……Page 379
Decide Which iPod to Buy……Page 380
Set Up Your New iPod……Page 381
Use the iPod’s Alarm Clock to Wake You Up……Page 383
Customize the Main Menu for Quick Access to Items……Page 384
Rate Songs on Your iPod……Page 385
Use iPod Scripts to Create and Manage Text Notes……Page 386
Put the Script Menu on the Menu Bar……Page 388
CHAPTER 17 Use iTunes 4……Page 390
Summary of Changes in iTunes 4……Page 391
MPEG-2 AAC and MPEG-4 AAC……Page 392
Advantages of AAC……Page 393
Disadvantages of AAC……Page 394
Upgrade from iTunes 3 to iTunes 4……Page 395
Choose Custom MP3 Encoding Settings……Page 397
Choose Custom AAC Encoding Settings……Page 398
Use the New CD- and DVD-Burning Features……Page 399
Share Your Music with Other Users……Page 400
Access Shared Music on the Same TCP/IP Subnet……Page 402
Access Shared Music on a Different TCP/IP Subnet……Page 403
Convert a Song from AAC to MP3 (or Vice Versa)……Page 404
Add Artwork to Songs……Page 405
CHAPTER 18 Use the iTunes Music Store……Page 410
Understand What the iTunes Music Store Is……Page 411
Understand Digital Rights Management (DRM)……Page 412
What the iTunes Music Store DRM Means to You……Page 414
What the iTunes Music Store Means for DRM……Page 415
Set Up an Account with the iTunes Music Store……Page 416
Understand the Terms of Service……Page 417
Configure iTunes Music Store Settings……Page 418
Find the Songs You Want……Page 419
Understand A*******s and “Explicit”……Page 420
Listen to Songs You’ve Purchased……Page 421
Review What You’ve Purchased from the iTunes Music Store……Page 422
Authorize a Computer to Use iTunes Music Store……Page 423
Deauthorize a Computer from Using iTunes Music Store……Page 424
Index……Page 426