Editorial Reviews
Product Description: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 brand new iPod touch, equipped with a multitouch interface, 3.5-inch widescreen display, and WiFi Web browsing; the iPod shuffle, sporting a new belt clip and new colors; the iPod nano, featuring a new glamorous square shape, video, an enhanced interface, larger and brighter display, and new colors; the iPod classic which now incorporates iTunes cover flow, enhanced interface, and a sleeker design; and the new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, which now lets iPod users browse the iTunes Store and purchase music over a wireless connection straight onto their Apple mobile device.
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Concise and easy to understand, August 25, 2008
By
Mitchell Ball (Hallandale, Florida)
This was better than anticipated. Easy and concise and a must read by all Ipod users.
Helpful?? Not at all..., August 12, 2008
By
Ingrid (Rapid City, SD USA)
Honestly, I did not find this book to be one bit helpful. I personally thought it all to be redundant information. It may be of use if you are COMPLETELY technologically unaware... It's really just a waste of money. Go and buy yourself some lemonade instead. =]
not worth the money, July 21, 2008
By
Karyn Dolan (Rochester, NY USA)
I was very disappointed in this book, which really doesn't even contain as much information as the online manual. I bought it when I was having trouble with my iPod and needed to know more than the manual explained; I know there are good books out there with this information, but this is definitely not one of them. For example, there are five steps listed in the manual that you can go through in order to reset or restore an errant iPod; this book lists only the first, simplest step, and never even mentions the possibility that it might not fix the problem, much less what to do in that case. Don't waste your money on this one.
ipod, May 14, 2008
By
Greg S. Starke (new zealand)
a wonderful book. This information should have been made available by Apple to all purchasers of ipod nano. Indispensable!!!!!!!
from vinyl to turntable to computer to iTunes & iPod, March 31, 2008
By
M. Kamplain (central Illinois)
I'm 'over 50' and not a techy, so I have struggled with each step of this journey to transfer my vinyl collection to MP3 format. At last I am down to the iPod & iTunes portion. Without this book, I would have been dead in the water. Scott Kelby explains both iPod & iTunes with humor and clarity. It is very easy to use the table of contents to go right to the issue at hand. I also did a quick read-through and found all sorts of things I would NEVER have figured out on my own. It has made iPod and iTunes fun to use. I highly recommend this book.
