The iPod Book Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store

by Kelby, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780321569356
• ISBN10: 0321569350
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-09
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr

Summary

Updated bestseller provides iPod owners and iTunes users with a thorough guide to the leading digital audio players! Stock available late December 2008  Written for both PC and Mac users, this four-color guide offers a big bang for an affordable price.  Completely updated, it covers the entire iPod family, including the iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch, iPod classic, and the iTunes Store.  Written by award-winning, best-selling author and technology expert Scott Kelby! There is no denying it: With the introduction of the iPod and iTunes, Apple changed the face of music. While the iPod and iTunes are user-friendly, figuring them out for the first time can be tricky. Plus, they can do way more than meets the eye. In this fully updated best-seller, award-winning author Scott Kelby delivers what users need to know to get up to speed fast on Apple's popular iPod digital audio players and iTunes software. Through full-color illustrations and simple step-by-step instructions, readers will learn all about the iPod touch, equipped with a multi-touch interface, 3.5- inch widescreen display, and WiFi Web browsing; the iPod nano, featuring a sleek new design, a refined interface, and a built-in accelerometer that automatically switches to Cover Flow view when rotated and goes into Shuffle mode when lightly shaken; the iPod classic; the iPod shuffle; and the new iTunes 8, which includes the breakthrough Genius feature, letting you create playlists from songs in your music library that go great together, as well as the ability to now purchase television programs in stunning high definition. Scott also provides the basics of how to share music between Macs and PCs; sync iTunes-created playlists as well as iPod-created voice notes; burn large playlists to CDs; download and watch videos; and more. Best of all, Scott has peppered the guide with tons of time-saving tips and tricks that typically can only be gleaned through hard-won experience.

Author Biography

Scott Kelby is the world’s #1 best-selling author of computer books (for four years running), and is the awardwinning author of The Digital Photography Book (Vols. 1 & 2), The iPhone Book, and The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, among others. He’s also Publisher of Photoshop User magazine and President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.