BRMUGMeeting Notes March 2008 - iTunes Intro
Major Points:
- iTunes can be used to play music
- iTunes is better thought of as a media management system than as a music player
- iTunes integrates (almost seamlessly) with the iTunes Store
- iTunes is also the controller for syncing to iPod or iPhone
- iTunes can easily dump audio to a CD
Here some interesting things under Preferences:
- General
- Group Compilations
- Automatically download missing artwork
- Podcasts - control when to download them and how many to keep
- Playback - crossfade, sound level
- Sharing - enable, look for others
- Advanced
- General
- Set path to library (so you can have multiple libraries)
- where music goes
- Importing
- What to do when CD inserted
- Default method to encode
- Settings
- Burning -- how and what to burn
- Parental - controls
- AppleTV
- Syncing
Here are some important Menu Items:
- File
- Add to library (bring in one item)
- Import (add a folder of stuff to lirary)
- Backup to Disc
- View
- Switch between list, album and cover flow
- Show Duplicates
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