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Any material you submit is sent at your risk and, although every care is taken, neither Future nor its employees, agents or subcontractors shall be liable for loss or damage. : Crrecycle at When poe howe Hahed ot Ai eeginoe pecs Te We fage you 10 is magazine, either your usual household waste collaction sen recycting site Faure Chief executive Zilah Byng- Madd tive chairman Petar Alen nmited to using only magazin Non-oxecut te Chiet financial officer Fichard Maley 13 from well managed forne ee manufacture : ure suppliers have been (symbol FUT) and its paper suppers have been ‘wan huturepeicom independenty cetiled in accordance with tho tules ofthe FSC (Forest Stewardship Counci), Welcome! .. .to the ultimate guide to using Tunes and iCloud, helping you get the most from your Mac and iOS devices Frankly, the name's some way behind the times now: as you'll know if you've ever e used it, Tunes is not just about tunes! The super-app is your portal to a universe of entertainment and &% resources, including apps, podcasts and educational seminars as well as music, movies and TV shows. Apple's end-to-end media ecosystem has proven to be phenomenally popular, and for good reason: nothing else makes it so easy to find, purchase, manage and then enjoy media content. And, with the advent of iCloud, Apple has made it simple not only to sync your media across all your computers and linked devices, but also to access and share your vital information and documents almost seamlessly, on any compatible device, wherever you are. It's a wonderful combination. In this comprehensive guide, we'll help you master all the features and options in iTunes and iCloud. We'll show you how to get the best from the latest features in iTunes 12, then go further with its advanced options, share your music wirelessly, control it remotely from your iPhone or iPad, and much more. We'll take you step by step through all that iCloud has to offer, and show you how AirPlay can transform the way you enjoy your media. Whether you're using a Mac or a PC, playing your songs and bringing up documents on your computer or a mobile device, we'll help you make more of all your media and your important data - anywhere! Alex Summersby, Editor www facebook.com/macformat Why Technology Tips Guides? Technology Tips Guides are designed to give you ideas and inspiration for exploring the devices or software you own in more detail. 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Essentials Find your way round the iTunes Store and iTunes 12 10 Welcome to iTunes 12 12. Get to know iTunes 14 Take control of iTunes 16 Your Apple ID 18 iTunesin the cloud 20 Discover iTunes U 22 The iTunes Store 24 iTunes Store iniOS 26 Buying music and more 28 Allowances and controls 30. Import and playback settings 32 Getting media into iTunes 34 Find missing artwork 36 Manage your metadata 38 iTunes playback controls 40 iTunes viewing options 42 Create and use playlists 44 Using Smart Playlists 46 Syncing your iOS devices 48 _ Tips for better syncing 50. Burn CDs and print inserts 52. Enjoy other content 6 | iTunes & iCloud Advanced iTunes Move on to streaming, sharing and managing your library 56 Stream music and video 58 Control iTunes remotely 60 Sync with any MP3 player 62 Use iTunes with Android 64 — Share your iTunes content 67 Set up Family Sharing 68 Set up Family Sharing in iOS 70 Better searching in iTunes 12 72 Optimise iTunes 74 Automate iTunes 78 Create your own ringtone 80 Move your iTunes libary 82 Use multiple iTunes libraries 84 Set up multi-user access 86 Setup aniTunes server 88 Expert tips for iTunes 12 iCloud Get to know the ins and outs of Apple’s online service 94 The basics of iCloud 98 Discover iTunes Match 100 Get more from iTunes Match 102 Whatis the cloud? 104 iCloud Drive 106 Using iCloud Drive on a Mac 108 Using iCloud Drive on iOS 110 Set up an iCloud Keychain 112 Set up iCloud Keychain in iOS 114 Using iCloud Photo Library 116 Staying safe in the iCloud 118 Why you need an Apple TV 124 Mirror the iPad’s screen 126 Stream using AirServer 128 Access iCloud via the web 130 Using iWork for iCloud 134 Design with Pages online 136 Numbers for iCloud 138 Using Keynote for iCloud 140 Collaborate in the cloud 142 Use iCloud with Windows 144 iCloud and Apple TV tips ee iTunes & iCloud | 7 iTunes Essentials Find your way round the iTunes Store and iTunes 12 10. Welcome to iTunes 12 24 An at-a-glance look at what's new 12. Get to know iTunes 26 Find your way around the entertainment hub 14 Take control of iTunes 28 Genius Mixes, MiniPlayer and more... 16 Your Apple ID 30 The master key to online services and media 18 iTunes in the cloud 32 Online features that make your music portable 20 Discover iTunes U 34 Find support materials to help you study 22 The iTunes Store 36 Music, movies, videos, books, podcasts, apps. .. 38 40 42 50 52 iTunes Store in iOS Access iTunes media from your iOS devices Buying music and more Here's how to make a purchase in iTunes Allowances and controls Set up an iTunes allowance for your children Import and playback settings Rip tracks and run songs through Sound Check Getting media into iTunes Convert your files into iTunes-friendly formats Find missing artwork Add album or singles covers Manage your metadata Make your iTunes library easy to navigate iTunes playback controls Find out about some nifty little Tunes features iTunes viewing options Tailor the interface to suit you Create and use playlists Make life easy and get some playlists set up Using Smart Playlists Make life even easier with clever playlists! Syncing your iOS devices Access your collections wherever you are Tips for better syncing Optimise space and manage your media Burn CDs and print inserts For loved ones or the car — burn your own CDs! Enjoy other content Discover Internet radio, ringtones and more iTunes & iCloud | 9 ral i) (aD) WN fala WN WN ap) » am fev) Hn @ ©) ® on (ap) =) 16) he iTunes app started as a simple digital jukebox but has taken on more and more roles. For many years now iTunes has been at the heart of music and media management for both the Mac and iOS devices such as the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad (and it's also available for Windows, incidentally). If you're new to iTunes, you might not be aware of exactly how much it can do. It’s not just a music and video player and organiser: with it, you can sync your music and data to and from a mobile device such as an iPhone, browse and buy new music or video 10 | iTunes & iCloud from the iTunes Store, and browse and buy apps for both the Mac itself and your iOS device. In fact, when it comes to moving data between your computer and these portable devices, iTunes is the gateway through which everything has to pass. Beyond that, you can share media over a wireless (or wired) network; stream music to audio equipment directly without the need for a computer at all; create automatic playlists of songs based on any criteria you set; listen to internet radio stations; access your media in the ‘cloud’ (that is, via online servers); and even create your own compilation CDs. Finally, there's iTunes Match, which essentially enables you to host your entire music collection ‘on Apple's servers (for a fee), so it’s all accessible from anywhere (see page 18 for more about this and other features available via the cloud). To start, let's look at what's new in iTunes 12 ‘or might be unfamiliar if you've used earlier versions, before we turn to guiding you through all the features in depth and showing you how to get the best from iTunes. PM) cording to Apple, Tunes 12 includes design and performance improvements that make iTunes easier to use. It's not as radical a redesign as iTunes 11, but several important details have changed, moved or been removed. To ensure youre using the latest version, the easiest thing is to launch iTunes, then go to the iTunes menu and select Check for Updates Switch media types - music, movies, TV shows, and so on - using icons at the top left of the iTunes window, just beneath the play controls. You use the same controls to view different media types in the iTunes Store. TIP: By default, there are icons only for music, movies and TV shows; other types of media are accessible by clicking the More button (with an ellipsis or three dots). If you use another media type regularly and want it to be permanently available, click Edit at the foot of the drop-down menu, and click the tickbox next to the media type you want. To remove any, untick them — only Music cannot be removed. When you're happy, click Done. TIP: You can also switch media types using keyboard shortcuts — hold [38] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and press the number 1 for Music, 2 for Movies, and so on. Alternatively, use the View rr en os —_— SFPac@*ema~ o ‘Add the media types you want to iTunes top bar for one-click access f Home Sharing s enabled, the button atthe far left makes it possible to access shared libraries and play their content as ifit were on your own computer. iTUNES ESSENTIALS What’s new and hot in iTunes 12? Find your way around the latest version of Apple's media management and player app Master the MiniPlayer To access the MiniPlayer, click on the album cover art or on the to Mi M menu — some options will be moved to the More submenu, reflecting your personal configuration. Sorting: click the pop-up menu at the far right of the icon bar (just beneath the search box) to set various view options — whether you view Songs, Albums, Artists, Composers or Genres; then the sorting order within this view; and whether your Recently Added items are shown at the top of the display. Recently Added: By default, Tunes puts recently added albums, movies, or TV shows at the top of your library, so that you can always find something new to play. In the view pop-up menu at the top-right of the window you can change what iTunes includes in Recently Added (This Month, Last 3 Months, Last 6 Months or Last Year) or turn it off completely by simply unticking Show Recently Added. Sidebar and playlists: In iTunes 12, you can display a navigation sidebar only by displaying your playlists. Click the media type, then click Playlists in the centre of the icon bar. Contextual controls: In Alburn view, click an album to view its contents. Move the pointer ‘over an item and relevant controls will appear — play or shuffle in the case of an album, for Player icon that appears in the left-hand corner of the iTunes status panel (the ‘now playing’ display) where cover art normally appears. Or just choose Window > Switch iPlayer. You can drag the right or left edge of the iPlayer to make it even smaller, as well as hide or show the Up Next track list, album cover art, and other elements. iniPlayer has several different views, which you can swap between by clicking the switch icons at its left and right. example; in the case of an album or a track, click the three-dots More icon for the option to play it next, add it to Up Next and others. Right-click on a song, movie or other item for more options. Among these is a redesigned Get Info window, which displays various kinds of data about the item and enables you to edit much of it. Managing iOS devices: Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod to your computer, then click the icon that appears next to the More button in the top- left. (If there’s more than one device connected, select the one you want from the list that pops open.) You can now add content to the device from your library, manage different types of media on it, and much more - see page 46 TIP: With the sidebar showing, you can drag- and-drop items to your device, provided you've enabled Manual Management on that device. If it's not showing, simply start dragging an item and a mini-sidebar pops open, enabling you to drop items on to your device. Up Next: Click the list icon at the right of the ‘now playing’ pane to see what's queued to play next. Click the X by an item’s name to remove it from the list. Change the play order by dragging items up or down the list, or click the More icon to the right of an item and select Play Next. iTunes & iCloud | 11 a = an WN - WY WN a = fant fey) mn = fant @ or qi ‘e = O a = a Ga NO N Ua) oD) 5 a a) nae) a) a aD) WY Y Lig) Za) oD) 5 — iTUNES ESSENTIALS Get to know iTunes 12 Find your way around the hub of your music and media library SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes YOU'LL NEED OS X 10.10, iTunes 12; an Apple ID; optionally aCD drive POTN) hen it comes to organising your music, movies, TV shows and other media, iTunes provides an easy way to build up your collection, and powerful features to help decide what music you hear. You can manually build playlists, but iTunes also enables you to specify a few criteria - say, ‘tracks from the ‘90s that you've rated four or five stars - and it'll pick ‘out matching tracks in an instant, even from a library that contains Audio CDs can be imported into your library so you don't have to reach for a disc to play it & Munes File Edt View Controls Stowe Window Help @: HO®A~ = tee 4 1 (Detune Eston) AM Albums: Crscty ingle For Emma, Forwrer Ago Borg OF tmmocence Stranger Thogs oun Nuc From thousands of items, to save you the bother of doing it yourself. You can buy from the iTunes Store from within iTunes. There's a free’Single of the Week’ on the store's front page, but to buy other things you'll need to add a payment method — such as your bank card or funds from an iTunes gift card, available in many supermarkets, Audio CDs can be imported into your library so you don't have to reach for a disc to play an album. With many recent Macs, you'll need to add an inexpensive external CD drive (generally less than £30). iTunes is also how you copy music and other media from your library to an iPod or other iOS device, so you can enjoy it even when you're away from your Mac. Here’s how to get around in iTunes and find its essential features. Abcoutety Barking Stars My Nan Vy are Store Twn Peaks re” 5 — i Love Has Come For You Changing OF The Sea. A Woman & A Man 1. Trust in Your Love few QUICK LOOK ITUNES’ LAYOUT Kinds of media Reorganise Choose the kind of (3) Change how what media you want to you're viewing is view. CDs, iPods and sorted, such as by artist other i0S devices appear —_or year for music — here when connected. options vary between lick the ellipsis (...) for media, and some add more types, then click an alphabetical index on Edit to set what’sshown __the left-hand side. here by default. Recent media Different views Some views show (2) Choose the way in © this shortcut to which the chosen _save you searching for media kind is presented. newly added media. Use Each one includes alink the drop-down or View to browse more of its > Recently Added to set type in the iTunes Store. how far backits list goes. oO + Pome Qe ° (3 ee ‘Asoc: The Very Best... Bon Iver rectors Cut at The Music Ba’ a ms 12 | iTunes & iCloud iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO|USE iTUNES’ ESSENTIAL FEATURES 1 Buy a track or album Ensure you've signed into the iTunes Store: click Sign In (left of the search bar) and provide your Apple ID details. With a bank card or credit from an iTunes gift card added to your account, find an item you want, click its price and enter your ID’s password to buy it. 4 Set up CD import Insert an audio CD in your Mac’s internal or external CD drive and iTunes will look up track names online. If they can't be found, or you want to make changes, click once on a row to select it, and again on a detail to edit it - or right-click and choose Get Info to edit all details. BS 188818 i ee ee sane eae 7 6 Other digital music AAC and MP3 files from other stores with no copy protection can be imported by dragging and dropping them onto the iTunes icon in the Dock. They'll be copied to your library folder, provided the respective box is ticked in iTunes > Preferences > Advanced. Monitor downloads ‘Small items such as music will download quickly, but video can take a while. Click the button that appears to the right of the search bar to monitor progress, to pause downloads, and to drag items up and down in the queue to change the order in which they're downloaded. od eed s meme fem 3 /‘. Import a CD \7 ifthe CD's details weren't found online, click Options and submit yours to save others time if they import the same disc. Click Import CD and choose a format and quality - AAC and iTunes Plus are the same quality as tracks from the iTunes Store. Click OK to import the CD. f Search your library Click and type in the search bar to find things in your library. Results are listed by kind. Click one to view it, or double-click to play it. Click the magnifying glass and untick Search Entire Library; only results of your chosen format then appear in the main window as you type. ay Once cee tees ad ree coenanang ap atten coe or cate Ss | “ Automatic downloads \—*' Goto iTunes > Preferences and click Store in the new window to choose which of the media that you purchase on, say, your iPhone is automatically downloaded to your Mac. In iOS, use Settings > iTunes & App Store to make those choices about purchases made on your Mac. RATE SONGS Move the pointer over a track, then click one of the five dots to its right to rate it. To rate what's currently playing, roll over its name at the top of iTunes and click the ellipsis. 8 Make a playlist — Choose File > New > Playlist to create a playlist. Right-click a track and choose Add to Playlist, or drag it and then drop it onto a playlist in the panel that slides in, The contents of Smart Playlists are generated when you specify criteria to match, such as a range of years and ratings. iTunes & iCloud | 13 c =) ap) WN fala WN WN ap) » Ga fev) Hn iTUNES ESSENTIALS Take control of iTunes 12 Take iTunes further: let it mix your music and share your media Y oD) 5 ‘a ull O © a a O UO 3 -— _—) 2 = a aD) WY Y LL WY oD) 3 Z SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE At least 15 minutes YOU'LL NEED 0 X 10.10, Tunes 12; optionally iPhone, iPad or iPod touch REMOTE CONTROL Apple's Remote app (bit.ly/ iosrernote) enables you to browse your Mac's iTunes library and control what's playing using an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that’s on the same network as your Mac. 14 | iTunes & iCloud ‘ow that you know the basics of playing media in iTunes, you can explore its advanced features. You don't actually need to build playlists by hand, or even specify criteria for tracks you want to hear by creating a Smart Playlist. Instead, you can pick a single track or genre from your library and tell Tunes to generate a playlist or a continuous mix based on that one piece of information alone. If you're playing DJ at a party, you'll definitely want to master the Up Next feature, which enables you to put songs in a queue and make adjustments to the order of playback on the fly. iTunes takes up a lot of space on the desktop, so there’s a MiniPlayer mode that provides all of the essential features for controlling playback in a much smaller window that's ideal for keeping open at the side of your desktop. Got an iPod or other iOS device that you want to copy media to? You can Intelligent features enable Tunes to serve up great mixes of music with minimal effort. A MiniPlayer mode provides all of the internet — even if you bought it on CD originally. You can also stream music and other media between devices on your home network, set up your family’s copy it from iTunes to the device. If essential features for ‘tunes Store accounts to download each you've got too much music to fit on : other's purchases on your personal your device, though, youll want to controlling playback evices, and manage your kids investigate iTunes Match, which makes in a smaller window spending. Let's see how to how to your music available to stream over the do all this from iTunes alone. HOW TO| GET MORE OUT OF iTUNES Li i= Sued Ma oT oe ol 1 Choose what plays next To see what's up next, click the list icon at the right of the playback monitor. To add a track, right-click it and select Add to Up Next, or Play Next to prioritise it. Or, drag and drop a track or several onto the playback monitor to add them to Up Next. Click the clock icon to see previously played tracks. ili D Genius Playlists Choose Store > Turn On Genius to send details of your library and listening habits to Apple. It uses such details from rnillions of people to create Genius Playlists. After data is received from Apple, right-click a track and choose Start Genius to listen to tracks thought to go well together. Genius Mixes Genius data is also used to create continuous, genre- themed mixes. Select the Playlists view, and choose Genius Mixes on the left. Move the pointer over a mix and double- click to play it. Click a mix’s name once, and then again to rename it. Right-click a mix for an option to remove it. D nto 5 Copy media to your device Connect your iPod or iOS device and click its icon in iTunes (top left). In the sidebar this reveals, click a category and choose what to copy. Click the Apply button, then Sync. Or, under Summary, choose to manually manage media, then drag items and drop them onto your device in the sidebar. BL EL re Home Sharing Home Sharing enables media from your library to be streamed to up to four more Macs and iOS devices over your home network. On a Mac, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn in... and enter your Apple ID. In iOS, go to Settings > Music, scroll down and enter the same details at the bottom. iTUNES ESSENTIALS 4 The MiniPlayer Click the current track’s artwork in the playback monitor to switch from the large window to the MiniPlayer, which fits neatly at the side or corner of the desktop. Search for artists, albums and songs by pressing |3¢|+ F and typing, and add things to Up Next by clicking the + at their left side. iTunes Match Step 1: Gathering information about your ITunes library. 6 iTunes Match For an annual subscription, this service matches music in your library, even tracks you added yourself, with items in the iTunes Store to make them available on all your devices. Ifa track can't be found in the store, then your original will be shared. Choose Store > Turn On iTunes Match to learn more. 8 Family Sharing This groups up to six Apple IDs to share a payment method and each other's purchases. The family organiser can also approve a child’s purchase requests. From a Mac signed into the iCloud account that will be the organiser, get started in System Preferences > iCloud > Set Up Family. AIRPLAY iTunes can stream music to one or more speakers using AirPlay. With such a speaker on your network, click the AirPlay icon that appears to the right of iTunes’ playback controls to choose which speakers in your home the music is played on JARGON BUSTER Bit rate The higher a song's bit rate (quality), the greater its file size. If space is short on your iOS device, you can sync at a lower bit rate. In the device's Summary in iTunes, click ‘Convert higher bit rate songs...’ and select a lower value. iTunes & iCloud | 15 al » ‘@) WN a WN WN MD =) fai Q) n 2 MD CC) O =) 3 O = a =) a) WN C v oF ou ao al ay =) a aD) WY Y LL WY oD) 5 a iTUNES ESSENTIALS Your Apple ID From buying songs to using Apple's online services, this is your master key CoerfPf~|m"_ hether you simply want to get a song or movie from iTunes, find some new apps for your Mac or iS device, buy something from Apple's online store or make use of Apple's various cloud-based services, you'll need an Apple ID. At its basic level, an Apple ID is your unique user name in the Apple world, identifying who you are so you don't need to keep re-entering details such as your email, your physical address and a payment method every time you want to download or buy something. Your Apple ID is also your key to all kinds of handy features, including the ability to back up your vital data automatically and sync your Calendar events, Contacts and Safari bookmarks across multiple devices and computers — which is particularly useful if you use an iPhone, iPad or iPod in addition to a Mac or Windows PC. An Apple ID is required to use other Apple services including the iMessage multimedia message service, FaceTime video calling, and Game Center, which enables you to challenge other Apple users to play compatible games, compare your scores and achievements, and more. Once you activate Apple's free iCloud service (see page 18), all the apps, music, movies and books you've bought on one computer or O Register your computers and devices tothe same Apple ID and you can sync your bookmarks across allofthem, and even see What tabs you have open in Safari on your other devices. 16 | iTunes & iCloud device are automatically available to download for free on every other device linked to the same Apple ID. Your photos, documents and other data become available on any of your devices or computers. Using Family Sharing via a Mac (see page 67) or an iOS device (page 68), you can opt to make your purchases available to members of your family by adding their Apple IDs to a family group. And if you're using the recent versions of OS X and iOS (at least OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iOS 8), you can start a task such as composing an email on your iPhone, and then seamlessly continue the same email on your Mac. You can even use your computer (or your iPad linked to the same Apple ID) to pick up messages and phone calls sent to your iPhone. Of course, you don't have to be using an iPhone and an iPad in addition to a Mac. If you bought a Mac or iOS device (or anything else) from the online Apple Store, or you've ever downloaded anything from iTunes or the App Store, then you'll already have an Apple ID. If not, you can create one as part of the process of setting up an iOS device or Mac, or at any of the many points where you'e invited to sign in to access services such as iCloud, or you can visit the website at appleid.apple.com and click the Create an Apple ID button on the homepage. If you're not sure whether you already have an Apple ID or you've forgotten your password, the same site will be able to help you out. Note that the one thing you can't do on this site is add or alter any payment details and other account settings. For this, you need to sign in to the iTunes Store or App Store on your Mac or iOS device - see opposite Managing your Apple ID It’s possible to use one ID for your Store purchases and a different ID for iCloud — in fact, whenever you create an account for an Apple service, such as iCloud or the App Store, you're creating an Apple ID. However, sticking to one ID makes life much simpler - it means your song purchases will be available on any device via iTunes in the Cloud, for a start. That said, creating a separate Apple ID can be ideal if you're giving your iPad to your children to use, for example, and want them to be able to install free apps but not paid-for ones: you can set up a new Apple ID for them with no payment card associated with it - see opposite. Be aware, though, that this does not work the same way as having multiple user accounts on your Mac or PC and switching between them = = newtneree ee ae oer eereiee Aownba mere Your Apple ID enables you to buy things from iTunes, the App Store the iBook Store and the online Apple Store. It also enables you to have anything you purchase on one device automatically download toallthe other devices linked tothe same Apple ID, or you can add items manually if you prefer. — in particular, note that once you sign in to an iTunes Store account, you can't switch the Store to another Apple ID on the same computer or device for 90 days — but it does mean you can rest assured that your kids won't be able to run up a huge bill on the iTunes Store or by using In-App Purchases You can change your password or personal information whenever you like. It’s also possible to change your main Apple ID at any time: you just need to sign out of all services that use your current Apple ID, and make sure you specify a valid email address for your new ID — you'll be sent a verification email, which you'll need to access in order to complete the process. The only catch is that you can't use an iCloud email address (@icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com), because this is already an Apple ID itself The other thing you can't do is merge several Apple IDs into one, which can be a pain if, say, you bought something on iTunes using an older ID. You'll need to keep using the old ID to access any music, movies, apps or other items that were purchased using that ID. It’s not possible to transfer purchases from one Apple ID to another, although you can share content over your home network (see page 64) or with members of your family using Family Sharing (see page 67) If your old Apple ID is linked to an email address that you no longer use, you can change it to one you do use (unless it's an iCloud email address, in which case you need to add the valid email address as an additional email address). ‘An Apple ID is required for more and more features and services on your Mac, iOS devices and online. Got a query or want to know more? A good place to start is wwwapple.com/ support/appleid iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO| CREATE AND MANAGE AN APPLE ID — OR MORE THAN ONE... 1 Creating an Apple ID You can set up an Apple ID when you set up your iS device or Mac, when you want to buy something from iTunes or download from the App Store, or by using a browser and going direct to appleid.apple.com. Click’Create an Apple ID‘and fill in the details, making sure to include a valid email address, then click Create Apple ID. Next check that email account for a message from Apple. Open the message, click Verify Now and follow the instructions to finish setting up your Apple ID. < Search = BBC CBeebies Playtime Media Applications Tec wane "FREE Tre Z|, Additional Apple IDs Ifyou have older children (aged 13 or older) and want to let them download free content on their own but not paid content, you can set up an additional Apple ID with no payment card attached. You can do this in advance at appleid.apple.com, or in the next step. Bearing in mind that you can't swap Apple IDs on the same device within 90 days, use the device they'll be using and go to the App Store. Pick a free app — any will do, provided it’s not already installed. Tap Free, then Install. el BS (9 Settings and options You can change your Apple ID name, password or billing information at any time. On your Mac, open iTunes and go to Store > View Account, or click your name in the top bar and select Account Info. Enter your password to view your Account Information. Click Edit next to the information or setting you want to change. On your iOS device, tap Settings > iTunes & App Store, and tap your Apple ID on the next screen. Note that you must now use the site in step 1 to change security questions and other details. Sign In Use Existing Apple ID Create New Apple ID Cancel 5 Sign in or create new You'll now be asked to sign in. If you've already created the additional Apple ID, tap Use Existing Apple ID and enter the name of the kids’ account. If not, tap Create New Apple ID and go through the steps to set one up now. Tap Review, then Next, agree to the terms and conditions, and then enter your payment card details. (Don’t worry — this is just temporary! We'll remove this information in the next step.) After the app has finished downloading, tap the back arrow at top left. Create Apple ID for a child This will automatically add this child's account to your Family until the child is at least 13 years old. Use Ask to Buy to require approval for iTunes, iBooks, or App Store purchases. To get started, you need to provide parental consent and verify your payment information. 3 Apple IDs for children Children under 13 can't create their own Apple ID, but you can create one for them using Family Sharing on a Mac or iOS device (see page 67). This Apple ID enables them to access music and other content you share with them (which you can limit by setting Restrictions on an iOS device or Parental Controls on OS X and iTunes), as well as use iCloud and other Apple services. Ask to Buy is enabled by default for under-13s, though you can turn it off if you wish. For more, see support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201084. Cancel Account Done PAYMENT TYPE Visa MasterCard Amex Maestro None al ‘e) Unlink payment card On the App Store's main Featured page, scroll down to the bottom and tap Apple ID > View Apple ID. Verify this is the kids’ account and not yours, then sign in, tap Payment Information and under ‘Payment Type’ select None. Now tap Done, then Done again on the next screen. Now when your kids visit the iTunes Store, App Store or iBook Store with this account they'll be able to download free apps or media (subject to any age ratings you set using Restrictions) but will have to enter the card details for paid-for items. iTunes & iCloud | 17 a = o) WN E WY WN o) 3 = ied) wm > x oO O OC =o) 2) O ~) oD) ‘a Sz] & WY oD) 5 i a -~ — ec aD) WY Y LL WY oD) 5 a iTUNES ESSENTIALS iTunes in the Cloud iTunes works better than ever thanks to online features SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE Depends on how much data you have YOU'LL NEED iTunes 12, an Apple ID Items stored remotely on Apples servers displayed witha doud icon. clickon these icons download a copy to yourlocal library. 10 | iTunes & iCloud ™ pple'’s iCloud is an online file storage, syncing and A streaming system that is increasingly used to co-ordinate everything you do on your Mac and iOS devices. Every Apple ID gets 5GB of free storage space for backup and documents, and it’s also used to synchronise your iTunes purchases so that they are available across every device signed in with your ID. Tunes 12 works with iCloud in a number of ways. Your previous purchases now appear as part of your library, whereas you once had to dig through the Purchased section of the iTunes Store to find thern. You may have to authorise your Mac with Apple to enable this. If you're not using iTunes Match, you will be able to tell which albums or songs are previous purchases because they will appear with a small cloud icon in the corner of their artwork. If you are using iTunes Match, many more items will display this icon. For convenience when your computer is offline, you can go to iTunes Match iTunes Match analyses your musiclibrary, sends the results to Apple and uploads any music that isnt already inthe Tunes Music Store. iTunes’ View menu to choose to hide music that’s in the cloud so that you only see what is available locally. Everything you've ever bought with your Apple ID can be redownloaded at any time for free, even if you have deleted the files from your devices. Another nice feature of iTunes is playback syncing for movies. If you watch a movie on one device then pick up another, the movie will start playing from the same place you left off. This works for content bought from Apple's store, and also for any home movies you add to your iTunes library and edit their No Service anze < Albums Eye To The Telescope ‘to Eye To The Telescope 12 songs, 48 min 1 Other Side Of The World == (_) 3.28 2 Another Place To Fall ») ase 3. Under The Weather aa7 4 Black Horse And The Che... |) 253 5 Miniature Disasters Pp aa 6 Silent Sea a9 Activate Tunes Match on your i0S devices and you are able to play or download any music from your library over aWi-Fi or cellular connection. metadata to turn on the ‘Remember playback position’ setting. Got a match? On the subject of iTunes Match, for just £21.99 a year Apple will effectively host your entire music collection on its servers. Set up a subscription by choosing Store > Turn on iTunes Match in iTunes’ menu and the app will analyse your music library and send the results to Apple. It then makes music that's also on sale in the iTunes Store available on devices that are signed in with your your Apple ID, without having to sync them from your computer. Any music not found in the iTunes Store will be uploaded, and any playlists ‘on your Mac also become available on your other devices. Music can be downloaded in high quality to your Mac ‘or your iOS devices. What iTunes Match essentially does is references music that’s already on Apple's and when you go to play a track from your library, you play that track instead of your original copy. iTunes periodically updates Match to make new additions to your library available on other devices. It’s an excellent way of accessing your music collection from any iOS device or your Items you purchase from the Tunes Store appear as part of your local library by default, even ifyou haven't yet downloaded them. Turning on Recently Added in aview’s options makes them even easier to find. Apple TV, over a wireless or a cellular connection if youte away from home, Get creative with your iTunes Match library If you're crafty, there's a clever trick you can use with iTunes Match that is great for freeing up space on your Mac. Activate iTunes Match using your main iTunes library and wait for the matching to complete. Then create a new iTunes library locally by holding down the [= key when opening the app. Turn on iTunes Match in this second blank library too using the same Apple ID. You get up to ten device authorisations per ID. All the music from your other library will be ‘es Grawent Olin (0 90. Hares nthe Coed parctanee available to stream in the new library, but you can disconnect the original library containing gigabytes of music (or more accurately disconnect whatever drive holds the media files), since it’s not being played from there. Remember to add new music to the old library, match and then stream it from the new one and you have effectively offloaded your library into the cloud Remember this doesn't work for movies, so consider adding them to the new library and storing them locally. Automatic downloads Another way in which iTunes and iCloud integrate is when it comes to automatic ‘One of th Boys (Ow oe Se teaytacn nlormanon cron doves GD Asomatcadty sowiond sen artwork Cnet Ae Tracking G Svar detain soot your tbrary with ADohe on wow aren 8 ot wi nage ‘ct er, ond ves me, A Syre pedcant mbscretens ane aetna — iTunes canbe set to automatically download purchases made on any device on which youre signed into the iTunes and App Stores using your Apple ID. Review these settings in Tunes > Preferences > Store, iTUNES ESSENTIALS Save some desktop space Although iTunes’ window can be made smaller, it still takes up a lot of space. Thankfully the app features a more compact mode called the MiniPlayer, which you can switch to in the app’s Window menu. This defaults toa medium-sized view that shows cover art and, when you move the pointer over it, playback controls. Clicking the icon below the MiniPlayer’s close button shrinks it down to an even smaller size that you can tuck away in a corner of the desktop. At either size, the MiniPlayer provides the ability to search for items in your library and add them to the queueing system, Up Next, without switching back to the full-sized window. Small Blue Thing i= Suzanne Vega — Retros.. 2 = “249 lll Switching to the MiniPlayer reduces the desktop space that’s taken up by iTunes, yet it stil provides vital features lke searching for and queuing tracks. downloads. First start by going into Preferences in iTunes and click Store; there you can switch on automatic downloading of music, apps and books so that when you buy something on another device that’s signed in with the same Apple ID, it will automatically download to your Mac’s iTunes library so that you have a local copy. If you wish, this window also lets you set up automatic downloading of pre- ordered purchases by turning on ‘Always check for available downloads: There's also a setting here that determines the Everything you buy with your Apple ID can be re-downloaded for free even if you deleted the files from your devices quality at which HD video content is downloaded - 1080p or, if you want to save some storage space, 720p. These options (except for video content) are also available on your iOS devices in Settings > iTunes & App Store. So, if you decide not to subscribe to iTunes Match, this ensures you can listen to your latest music purchases on your iPhone or iPad. iTunes & iCloud | 11 sjeluassy SeUn| | ral =) (ap) 1O)) a Gua =) (aD) (® ©) @ @E ») WY Vv 3 a —& iy =) a ce) WY Y LL Za) oD) 3 Z iTUNES ESSENTIALS Discover ITunes U Find support materials or whole courses of study on your Mac or iOS device e've mentioned that iTunes is about much more than just entertainment. One distinct area in which it has carved out a niche is education: you can find a huge range of free courses and educational materials in iTunes U, which is a dedicated part of the iTunes Store on your Mac or PC but accessed through a separate app on your iOS device. We'll explore the iTunes Store overleaf, but let's take a quick look at this distinct resource here. On your computer, you can click the More button at the top-left of the iTunes window and select iTunes U. The iTunes Store link in the middle of the top bar will now take you to the section of the Store devoted to learning materials. The left-hand link in the middle section of the top bar becomes ‘My iTunes U; and clicking this gives you access to courses you've joined and the related reference material. On your iOS device, the principle is the same but you access the same section of the iTunes Store using the separate iTunes U app, and tap Library at the top-left of the screen to view and access your own saved courses and materials. These, along with your own notes and annotations, are synced via iCloud, so they‘te up-to-date whether you access them using your computer at home or your iPad on the road. Learning wherever you are Set up in 2007, iTunes U was designed as a way for academic institutions to share content with their official students, but also to make those courses available worldwide for free. There are more than half a million tutorials, videos, books and other study materials ready to download at no cost, from a range of institutions, including universities and high schools around the globe, plus museums, libraries and more. Note that there are some courses of study restricted to enrolled members of the particular institution offering them, or otherwise limited in availability. When you click or tap on the course you're interested in, you'll see a course outline and other details, including any such restrictions. VISUAL GUIDE | USING iTUNES U ON YOUR iPAD ; Find free courses and educational content straight from your iPad ce Learning at Cone seine Level | an ore rome 20 | iTunes & iCloud Library Tap the top left button to return o to your personal library of course materials that you've downloaded, either on this device or synced via iCloud across all your devices. Genres Tap a tab to view the available (2) courses by category, so you can look through the options that relate tothe subject you're interested in. Search Tap in the search bar (top right) (3) and start typing to directly search the extensive catalogue by keyword. Featured view Check out promoted courses, see © the most recent additions or find the most popular courses by scrolling down to the ‘What's Hot section. Browse institutions Tap a button to look for specific 5) courses either by level of study or by institution within a level. Swipe to the left to see more. Top Charts Not sure what you're looking for? Tap the button at the foot of the screen to see the most popular courses and collections in order of popularity. Subscribe e Found a course you like? Tap it to view its details, tap Subscribe, then Get Course, and the course will appear in your library. Tap it to open it, and you can tap Overview to read the course summary. Tap the Materials tab tosee the supporting text, video or audio materials to go with the course. Add Notes In a course, the Notes tab at the 8) bottom enables you to add your own course and book notes, which are synced to all your devices. A Posts tab gives you access to extra materials by other students that may give alternative views on parts of this course. Get more from your Mac Try the new issue of MacFormat free’ in the award-winning app! bit.ly/macformatipad 4 Available on the # App Store Packed with practical tutorials and independent advice - discover why MacFormat has been the UKs best-selling Apple magazine for seven years! 1) = @ Y) WY oD) 5 Zz my 4 az) a iD) WY a) LU WY oD) 5 Zz iTUNES ESSENTIALS The iTunes Store Your built-in source for music, movies and many other kinds of content QUICK LOOK USING THE STORE SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes YOU'LL NEED iTunes 12, an Apple 1D, internet connection 22 | iTunes & iCloud t ight at the heart of iTunes is the iTunes Store - your one-stop shop for purchasing, renting and sampling new music, films, TV shows, books, podcasts, apps and more! All you need is an ‘Apple ID (see page 16), which you can set up when you first access the Store by clicking the iTunes Store link in the group in the middle of the top bar in iTunes’ main window, just beneath the ‘now playing’ panel (which displays The iTunes Store is your one-stop shop for music, films, TV shows, books, apps, podcasts and more an Apple logo if there is nothing currently playing). The Store is easy enough to use, but it offers so much that it can initially seem confusing. To find different kinds of content, click the icons in the top left or select from. the pop-up menu at the right-hand side just beneath the scrolling highlights bar. Alternatively, if you know what you want, type into the search box at the top-right. Move your mouse pointer to different areas and you'll see scroll bars and other navigation options appear. In addition to clicking items or links within the Store, you can use the browser-style back and forward buttons at the top-left to navigate back and forth. To return to your own library of content, click'My Music’ (or equivalent) or ‘Playlists’ in the top bar. Navigation Click Tunes Store inthe top barto goto the Store. Other links here change according to which section of the Store you're viewing (so it's “My Movies’ or ‘My Apps” in place of ‘My Music’). Other content To view films, TV Programmes and other content available inthe Store, you can either click the icons at the top left or use the VD at pop-up menu at the right beneath the highlights bar. Sub-categories To view selected genres of music, select from the pop-up beneath ‘Music’. Quick Links Click the appropriate link to redeem or send gift cards, view account details, and so on. These tend to stay the same whichever category you're viewing. 4 1 1629 Alen Sumemenby I iTUNES ESSENTIALS VISUAL GUIDE | USING THE iTUNES STORE Album view In the Music department, you can opt whether to view albums or singles by clicking the tabs at the top left beneath the highlights bar. In album view you can click an album to view its contents and buy single tracks instead if they're available separately. ‘Bigia: a A Lo Genres Click the pop-up beneath the department name and you can opt to view just the specific genre you're interested in - in Music, anything from Jazz or Pop to Singer/Songwriter or New Artists, or even Fitness & Workout. There's a similarly wide choice in every department. Find out more Move your mouse pointer over various areas and many turn into clickable links. Click an artist’s name in any view to see their back catalogue of songs, albums and videos, if any. In any view, you can click the blue Play button that appears next to a track to listen to a preview. = i es 5 Store menu The Store menu in the main menu bar at the top of the screen includes options not easily accessed elsewhere. Genius recommendations are iTunes’ suggestions of songs you might like based on what it knows about your existing library. You need to turn this on. |@O-Re+270: VSORU0GB¢ — U ( Apps for iPhone or iPad As well as music and video, the App Store section makes it easy to find apps for your iOS device (though you then need to sync them; you can also get apps directly on your device - see overleaf). Approaching 1.5 million apps are available for iPad or iPhone. = ic” Ts]. le ea Ee -= 8 iTunes U ~~ The iTunes Store isn’t for entertainment alone, offering ebooks and podcasts on all kinds of topics - and in the iTunes U section you can download great educational resources too. Courses are free to subscribe to, but some additional materials are paid-for downloads. ‘Bias 5 Navigation Move your mouse pointer over a panel in the main window and you can scroll it to the side to see more, or click See All at its top-right. Use the pop-up in the right-hand Quick Links panel to find categories more quickly than using the three-dot ‘More’ button in the top left. Movies Scroll down for charts and collections. In Movies you can browse by decade or rating to find family-friendly choices. You can start watching without waiting for the download to finish - and watch offline, even in the case of rented films, but only on one device at a time. MOVIE RENTALS Many movies are available to rent instead of buy. In iTunes 11 there was no easy way to search for one rather than the other, but in iTunes 12 there's a‘Now Available to Rent’ section and a direct link to HD Film Rentals in the right-hand column. Renting can save you money, but you have to start watching within 30 days and finish within 48 hours of starting (24 hours in the US). If you later decide to buy a movie youd previously rented, you don't get a discount, iTunes & iCloud | 23 sjeluassy SeUn| | o 5 ) WN WD i O oO WY O & v 3D +— a) Za) oD) 5 = my nae) a) @ aD) WY Y LL Za) oD) 5 a iTUNES ESSENTIALS Buy music and video in iOS Use the iTunes Store to get music, movies and more on your iOS device SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes YOU'LL NEED iPad or iPhone, iOS 8, Apple ID 24 | iTunes & iCloud ") our iPad or iPhone makes the perfect portable entertainment device, whether you're into music, movies or TV. In the distant past, you had to get all your media onto your device by syncing it from iTunes on your computer, but these days it’s perfectly feasible to fill your iOS device with media without ever connecting to a Mac or PC. You don't have to get material from the iTunes Store either, but for many people this remains the easiest option whether they're on the computer or on the move, thanks to the built-in iTunes Store app. You have access to the same content and features in the iTunes Store whether you're using a computer or your iPad. You can browse the seemingly endless streams of music, film, TV shows and audiobooks, keep up to date with releases, discover new artists, films and TV series, make purchases, and even send your friends iTunes gifts. To buy something from iTunes, tap its price and enter your Apple ID password. You can also hear a preview of a song by tapping its name rather than its price. Previews are up to 90 seconds long, so you can really get a feel for the song. There are also previews for films in the form of trailers, and in many cases you can choose whether to buy films or rent them. Films and TV shows are also often available in a choice of HD or SD versions, with the HD versions costing slightly more. iTunes and iCloud Most helpfully of all, if you've signed up for iCloud you can get your purchases on your different devices without the hassle of syncing. Whether you buy music and other media on your Maz, iPad or iPhone, you can set it to automatically download ‘on the other devices. You can turn this on in Settings > iTunes & App Store on your devices. If you choose not to turn on automatic downloads (if, say, you don’t want to fill up your iPhone's limited space), you can download specific purchases free of charge on any device linked to the same Apple ID: simply tap the Purchased button in the iTunes Store app. VISUAL GUIDE |THE iTUNES STORE APP Get content on an iPad without connecting to your computer Discover new stuff CG} Each media type in iTunes has several sections for you to browse. To access these, tap Genres at the top, which then opens up a full scrollable list. Search (2) Tap the Search field, and the on-screen keyboard pops open, ready for you to type in whatever you're after. Tap the list button to the left of the search field to display any items that you've previously previewed or added to your Wish List. Featured content G) The large top panel on the home page is a great first port of call in the iTunes app, with its featured content. Think of it as a mini media feed, keeping you updated with new releases. Media categories (4) The iTunes Store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of media. Tap the icons on the bar at the foot of the screen to browse through films (most of which can be bought or rented), TV shows, audiobooks or, a little illogically, the charts in all categories. Genius suggestions Genius recommendations help you = discover new music, movies and ‘TV shows, based on what you already have in your iTunes Library. You used to have to turn this feature on in iTunes on your Mac or PC first, but you can now do it straight from your i0S device. Obviously you also need to have some content on your i0S device for Genius ‘to work its magic on. Purchased items (c} Tap Purchased to see all content ~ you've previously bought using the same Apple ID, regardless of which device you used. You can look through your past purchases and re-download any you like onto all your i0S devices and computers linked to the same Apple ID (as many as 10 of them at one time) at no extra cost, via Cloud — simply select an item and then tap Download. iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO| BUY MEDIA USING THE iTUNES STORE APP Search for items Know what you want to buy? Just tap the Search field, start typing, and results will start to appear immediately, increasing in accuracy as you keep typing. Tap the item you want when it appears in the list, or tap Search; you can further filter the results on the search results page. ral Sign in and verify Assuming you've signed in with an Apple ID, you'll be asked for the password to confirm the purchase. If the account has an allowance, the cost will come out of that; otherwise it will be charged to the card linked to the account (and you may be asked to verify it first). 5 eet ‘e) Giving and sharing What if you want to give a track as a gift, or just tell someone about it? Tap the Share icon at the top-right of the album information panel and you can choose to tell contacts via Mail, Message or your usual social networks, add it to your Wish List or gift it, among other options. Fun Tine With The String Quartet nr wa Se = uy — D comms opm coo rier ——— 22 Cars wr jo ty uae ™ = Preview and learn more Tap an item's name to learn more — in the case of a music track, you'll see details of the album it comes from. Tap the track’s number (or the preview image next to it in search results) to hear an excerpt; tap Reviews to read other buyers’ opinions; tap Related for similar items. Abways Requee Roquiro After 15 Minutes By More purchases? By default, you can make more purchases for the next 15 minutes without having to enter your password again. The Store may invite you to change this for extra security but, whichever option you choose, you can change it again at any time in Settings > iTunes & App Store. Gifts and allowances Want to send an iTunes credit rather than a specific item? On the main Music, Films or TV Programmes page, swipe down to the bottom and tap Send Gift. Confusingly, if you want to redeem a gift card you've received, you must tap Redeem here before selecting an item. a Buy a song or album \— ifother buyers have added ratings, this will be displayed under the album's release date. Found something you like? Tap the track’s price, then Buy Song - or if you want to buy the entire album, tap the album price at the top of the panel, then Buy Album. Fun Time With The String Quartet ee oars COMPLETE YOUR ALBUM If you've bought one track from an album and then view it again (or keep the panel open while the track downloads), you may get the option to buy the whole album at a discount price (the original price minus what you've already paid for the track). 8 Apps and other content On an iOS device, you need to go to the App Store, a separate app, to buy or download apps, games or magazines. (Once downloaded, magazines appear in a special Newsstand folder, but the Store button within Newsstand takes you to the relevant section of the App Store.) iTunes & iCloud | 25 sjeluassy SeUn| | a = ) WN D i O o = G DA ov = 2 Y) WY Vv 3 = a 4 = a VY WY Y) Li] WY VU 5 i iTUNES ESSENTIALS Buying music and more It's easy to make purchases from the iTunes Store or give gifts SKILL LEVEL Y Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE iTunes, though, you'll either need to let 15 minutes Apple know your bank card details, or buy an iTunes Gift Card. Follow the steps YOU'LL NEED y i iTunes 12, Apple ID ou probably set up an Apple ID when you first set up your Mac. Before you can buy anything from below to enter your account details — it's very quick and easy to do. From there, you can buy stuff for yourself and even buy iTunes gifts for the opposite page. ernail address. others. You can see what you need to do to buy someone a gift card - and how to go about redeeming one - on If you want to put a bit more thought into your present — say if your recipient would like a particular song or movie — you can gift a specific item. You can give any song, album, video, audiobook or app, as long as the recipient has a valid In the iTunes Store, find the item that you want to gift, and click the arrow to the right of the item's price button. From the pop-up menu that appears, choose Gift This... anda dialog will appear, asking you to fill in your details and those of the recipient, including an optional message. After providing them, choose whether to deliver the gift right away or on a specific date, then click Next and finalise the purchase. HOW TO| BUY MUSIC FROM THE iTUNES STORE Get started Click Sign In at the top-right of Tunes and then click Create Apple ID to set up an Apple account if you don't have one; otherwise, sign in using your Apple ID and password. For a new account, youll be asked to set a password and security questions to protect it. A. Find your favourites Search for artists and tracks using the Search box (top-right). The results page shows you not only albums and songs by the artist, but also related videos, podcasts and apps. To hear a short preview, move the pointer over a song and click the play button that appears to its left. 26 | iTunes & iCloud {erm and Conctons and Ape Prvacy Posy “) Terms and conditions <— You'll be asked to agree to Apple's terms and conditions and its privacy policy. Tick the box that says you agree. (Not that you have a choice; if you don’t, you won't be able to go any further.) Confirm whether you want to receive emails from Apple, then click Continue. 5 Click buy ‘When youre ready to buy either a whole album or an individual song, click the price label next to that item. (Note that tracks labelled ‘Album only’ can't be purchased individually) The store will charge your payment method and your download will begin in seconds. Provide a Payrnenit Methods Payment method GB Pay iTunes needs a payment method to charge you for purchases: a bank card or the code from an iTunes gift card. Also enter your billing address. After you click Create Apple ID, follow the instructions in the verification email you receive. Click OK in iTunes to go to the store. 6 Download and play Your purchase will download to your library. Tracks purchased on your other devices will automatically download on your computer only if that option is on in iTunes > Preferences > Store. If not, they'll still appear in your library; click the cloud icon next to one to download it. iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO] REDEEM AN iTUNES GIFT AND BUY OR RENT VIDEO 1 Sending an iTunes Gift Click the arrow next to a song's price and choose Gift This Song, or click on Send iTunes Gifts under Quick Links on the storefront. The latter emails a message and a code that the recipient can redeem for credit on their iTunes Store account - anything from £10 up to £100. Redeem via a camera Ona Mac with a FaceTime camera, you can redeem a gift card without typing. Go to the iTunes Store main page, click Redeem and then Use Camera. Hold up the card to the camera and iTunes should recognise it. Click Done and your credit at the top-right will be updated. ( Buy or rent films Click the Movies icon at the top-left, then iTunes Store (top-middle). Click a movie and you might see, under its art, that you can buy or rent it. Below that, you can opt for high or standard definition. Also, for HD, check the download quality setting in iTunes > Preferences > Store. Redeem an iTunes Gift To redeem an emailed iTunes Gift if you receive one, just click the Redeem Now button in the email. This will open your web browser, then iTunes, with the redemption form filled in automatically. Click Done. In the iTunes Store, your credit will be shown at the top-right. 5 Redeem manually If your Mac doesn't have a camera or it won't recognise the card code, go to the iTunes Store and under Quick Links at the right, click Redeem. Enter the code into the form, then click Redeem. iTunes should confirm the code and update your store credit at the top-right. 8 Buy TV shows ~/ TV shows can be bought as episodes and entire seasons, but not rented. Like films, some are available in HD and SD qualities. For season Passes (seasons that are still airing), the store sends an email when a new episode is available, with a link that tells iTunes to download it. iTunes Gift Card 5 iTu i You'll no doubt have seen these credit- card size gift cards in shops and newsagents. They're available in denominations of £25, £50 and £100, and there's a code beneath the scratch-off panel on the reverse that's easily redeemed either on a computer or iOS device. Provide an allowance Apple enables you to set up a monthly allowance for the iTunes Store so your children can buy things (http://apple.co/1FVFFnb). On recent Macs and iOS devices, Family Sharing gives you final approval of every purchase your kids attempt to make (http//apple.co/1LGSxwt). EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS If you buy a lot of season passes and feel you don't need to receive emails for every new episode, you can disable it for some or all of your TV shows. Choose Store > View Account, look under Settings for Passes and click Manage next to it. iTunes & iCloud | 27 sjeluassy SeUn| | o 5 ) WN WD i O oO Y eB) \ (e = OS < =) 10 = a aD) WY 7) LL WY oD) 5 = iTUNES ESSENTIALS Allowances and controls Give your children access to their own personal iTunes collection SKILL LEVEL Taking things further IT WILL TAKE 30 minutes YOU'LL NEED iTunes 12, Apple ID for each child (you can set one up as you go) You'll need to have Fast User Switching enabled to share your Tunes library with other users through Mac apps such as Photos and iMovie, re you fed up with your kids (or anyone else) constantly bugging you to download the latest apps or buy them music from iTunes? If so, then you should make use of one of the little-known gifting options that enables you to set up a monthly allowance for them using the iTunes Store. The process will create an Apple ID for them (if required), and you can credit their account with anything up to £30 per month. Your child will get his or her own password that they can use to log into the iTunes Store, and then they can start spending money on downloading apps, music or anything else that can be purchased from the Store. If all of this sounds a little scary — children must be older than 13 to use the Apple Store, but there's nothing to stop your young teen from subsequently downloading apps rated 17+ - then don't worry. In the guide opposite we explain everything you need to know about both setting up allowances and then applying parental restrictions on both your home computer running iTunes and your child's iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. One-off gifts There will be times when you want to give one-off gifts too, perhaps by topping up your child's credit as a reward or for a birthday present. To do this, return to the main iTunes Store screen, then click Send iTunes Gifts. The gift — which can be anything from £10 to £100 - is emailed to your child, who tems gm OF B Once age widow ms Oat ere More ond powers Doren Pe Dew Mewar wns But Down batons ‘ee pat are age sina ae meee try Cores te et nencteg mem Une occa ingress nant Meet cert fear do 1B Onn re eee re tm crane 28 | iTunes & iCloud You can gift TV shows, music albums and more through Tunes for a more personal gift. With an Apple ID, your child can have their own iTunes allowance with a monthly spend then redeems it against their own Apple ID (ee page 27). The credit will then be added to any existing credit they have. If youd rather make your gift more personal and choose a specific app, album, TV show or other iTunes Store item for your child, you can ‘gift’ it — this means browsing to the item in question, then clicking the arrow next to its price (Mac or Windows) or tapping the Share button (iOS) and choosing Gift. Your child is then sent an email, and by clicking the link in the gift they'll be able to download the item straight away. More sharing options There are lots of ways you can share your iTunes library with other users — including your kids - and we outline these different ways elsewhere (starting on page 64). But what about sharing your iTunes library within the common Mac apps such as Photos and iMovie? Assuming you've set up your Mac with individual accounts for each person in your family, it's worth remembering that each user has their own personal iCloud library. This means that when your children open Photos for the first time they won't have access to all the items in your library, only their own photos, music and other material stored in their personal user folders. You'll need Fast User Switching enabled in System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options (you'll need to click the lock and enter an administrator password to make changes). This enables you to switch between user accounts without having to close your open apps and log out. If you now enable sharing in iTunes (Preferences > Sharing > Share my library on my local network) then your children can access your shared music. Remember that your iTunes library, if you share the whole thing, will include movies and TV shows - alternatively, see opposite for a way of selectively choosing what gets shared. A better option for sharing is to make use of OS X's Shared folders. Anything you put in Users > Shared is both visible and available to every user on your Mac, which is useful for files that everybody wants or needs to access to. Locate it using Go > Computer from the Finder menu bar (then click System if need be). You can also use the Public folder within your own user folder. See page 64 for more on sharing iTunes content. iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO | SET ALLOWANCES AND RESTRICTIONS 1 Set up allowance Launch iTunes and click on the iTunes Store. In the Quick Links section on the right, select Account and sign in when prompted. Scroll down to the Settings section and click Set Up an Allowance. Fill in your name and your child's where prompted, then choose the amount to give them on a monthly basis - £10 is the default, but you can choose a figure between £5 and £30. Allowances are credited to your child’s account on the first of each month, but by default iTunes will send the first instalment now, then send future installments as planned — to change this, make sure you select ‘Don't send now, but wait until the first of next month: Your child will need their own Apple ID to make use of a gift allowance. If they already have an Apple ID, enter the email address here. If not, select ‘Create an Apple ID for recipient: Finish by adding a personal message if it’s required and click Continue. If you're creating an Apple ID, you'll be prompted to fill in their details. An Apple ID must be a valid email address. This means your child will need their own address. Considering that most free email systems, such as Gmail, require users to be over a certain age, you might want to set these addresses up yourself first. Once the Apple ID has been created, you'll then need to verify their email address by clicking on the link that Apple sends to it. 2 Using the allowance ‘Once money has been credited to your child's account, they can log in and start downloading apps, music, movies, games and more. The first time they log in, it’s a good idea to do it with them so you can check that all of their details are correct, plus show them the ropes and set some informal guidelines about what they should and shouldn't do. Don’t worry, you can enforce these rules through parental control settings, which we'll cover shortly. In the meantime, you've done everything you need in order to empower your children and give them a measure of independence. For your part, once you've set up an account, you can manage your allowances at any time by clicking your name in the top-right of your iTunes 12 window, then selecting Account Info from the menu that appears; scroll down to the bottom of this window and click Allowances. You can also access this screen by clicking Account at the bottom of any iTunes Store or App Store window. Restrict access to specific content in Tunes by utilising the Parental tab. “ Activate parental controls % Select iTunes > Preferences (Mac) or click the iTunes menu button and choose Preferences (PC). Switch to the Parental tab to control access to iTunes’ features and content ratings. For example, you can prevent your kids accessing your podcasts, other Macs’ shared libraries, Internet Radio or the iTunes Store. Note you can opt to disable the iTunes Store but still allow access to iTunes U. This is great for stopping kids downloading apps but still letting them download educational material for their studies. For content you've bought from the iTunes Store, you can enforce age ratings - so you can limit movies to PG only or block access to apps rated for adult content, say. However, note that such ratings don’t apply to content from elsewhere, such as ripped DVDs or CDs. Don't forget to click the lock to prevent your children undoing your changes. Ifyou use iTunes’ sharing options (Preferences > Sharing) to share content across your network, remember that your kids have access to this too. By selecting Share Specific Playlists, you can restrict access to specific types of content or individual music playlists. For additional protection you can also add password-protection — tick’Require password’ and choose a unique password, then communicate this to older family members only. Ail Set up mobile restrictions You can enable Parental Controls - called Restrictions in iOS - on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions. Hit Enable Restrictions and enter a passcode. This passcode is needed to make changes to the Restrictions settings, but make sure you remember it yourself or you could lock yourself out of key parts of your device. If you do this, the only way around it is to wipe your iPhone or iPad and start again from scratch, a time-consuming task. You can set restrictions that prevent entire apps from being used unless the restrictions passcode is entered, allowing you to disable access to YouTube, Camera, FaceTime, apps, game playing and, of course, iTunes. Simply tap the button to On or Off as required. Restrictions can also be placed on making changes to individual accounts as well as specific content, such as your music library. Disabling access to iTunes completely is probably counterproductive, but you can let your children use iTunes while imposing specific limitations such as banning explicit material from music and podcasts, or limiting movies to PG ratings or below. You can give your children iTunes cecitin the form of monthly top-ups. JARGON BUSTER Passcode A four-digit number required to unlock your iOS device. A Restrictions passcode is a separate passcode that can be set up to control access to sensitive areas of the device, including age- restricted iTunes material. iTunes & iCloud | 29 c =) ap) WN fala WN WN ap) » am fev) Hn > S iey) > @ ap) WN Y eB) U (Ee oD) = L oD) = au =? iy a) a aD) WY Y [| Za) oD) 3 — iTUNES ESSENTIALS Import/playback settings Master the settings you need for import and playback of your music SKILL LEVEL Taking things further IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes YOU'LL NEED Your own audio CDs he iTunes Store isn’t the only way to get music into Tunes. You can ‘rip’ tracks from your CDs as well as import MP3 files, audiobooks and other digital media files - see the opposite page. Best of all, once you've imported songs, iTunes will attempt to retrieve track info and album cover artwork for them in the same way as it does for iTunes Store purchases. (It uses clever technology to identify a digital song file by its distinctive ‘signature; and albums by the precise number and length of tracks, even without any track names) This doesn’t mean that there's never any differences between songs you've purchased and songs you've imported The quality of imported media may vary, and the key factor here is the settings you choose in iTunes’ Preferences. The most important of these is the bit rate, which is the sound file equivalent of resolution in an image file. The higher the bit rate, the greater the quality, lf you import songs, the quality may vary. The key factor is the settings in iTunes’ Preferences QUICK LOOK | MAKE iTUNES PERSONAL TO YOU 30 | iTunes & iCloud but also the greater the file size. Free promotional MP3 files downloaded from websites are often encoded at a low bit rate, which means they don't sound as clear or even exhibit a’phasing’effect (where a single tone seems to waver in pitch). The ideal is to achieve a sound quality that matches that of your CD while keeping the file size reasonable. For general listening, we suggest encoding in AAC format at the default Tunes Plus'setting. Of course, other settings will also affect output, including those under Playback in Preferences. Using Sound Check When songs are recorded in a studio, the sound engineer sets an overall volume for the master tapes, which determines the volume of the tracks in any format. If you've bought lots of CDs, you'll notice a handful that seem louder or quieter than the others. Hence, when you play songs, you sometimes have to reach for the volume control as the next song either blasts out of your speakers or starts too quietly to hear. You can adjust individual volume levels in iTunes - see step 5 opposite. Doing this for one or two songs is fine, but if there are significant variances Open Preferences CG} Go to Preferences in the ‘Tunes “= menu (ona Mac) or the Edit menu (ona PC) to fine-tune your C) lick the buttons along the top to = view and adjust different groups across hundreds of songs, making such changes one at a time becomes a chore. That's why iTunes offers the Sound Check feature. This examines every song in your library and attempts to ‘normalise’ the volumes (raising or lowering the amplitude as needed to reach an average value) To activate Sound Check, go to the Playback tab in Preferences and tick the Sound Check box. Once it’s working in iTunes, you can apply it ‘on your iOS device too. On your iOS device, open Settings, tap Music and enable Sound Check. Note that Sound Check on your iOS device won't work unless it is also activated in iTunes. Sound Check works in a similar way to the automatic volume feature on some hi-fi systems. Like these, it can overcompensate and smooth out some intentional volume variances, so you may not always like the results. Note too that if you've already altered the volume of any individual songs as explained in step 5 opposite, activating Sound Check will undo these changes and impose its own settings. If you change your mind and deactivate Sound Check, you'll have to make the individual adjustments again. Use Custom Colours (4) Choose whether you'd like to use Custom Colours to help identify open albums, movies and so on. iTunes settings. List size Choose your tab Cs) Ifyou find details in the iTunes window difficult to make out, you can choose a different List Size. of settings. You can revisit these at any time. Here we'll look at some of the key preferences for personalising things. Name your library (3) Choose a name for your library — = useful for identifying it if others in the same household are sharing. The name can be changed at any time. ‘Medium is the default. cD import settings Tell iTunes whether you want CD © tracks imported automatically when a CD is inserted in a built-in or connected drive, whether you want to eject the disc afterwards and whether iTunes should find track names for you. iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO| IMPORT SONGS FROM OTHER SOURCES BRE Format and bit rate Songs from the iTunes Store are encoded in AAC format at 256kbps. For similar quality when ripping, use the defaults: import in AAC format at the ‘iTunes Plus’ setting (128kbps mono, 256kbps stereo). Enable error correction to minimise pops and distortions. “2 Names and artwork \— Tick‘Automatically retrieve CD track names’ and iTunes will connect to its online database and try to identify each track. fit can't, names will be left as Track 01, Track 02, etc. If iTunes fails to find artwork, right-click the album and try Get Album Artwork. (See page 34.) 1 Set import preferences Go to iTunes > Preferences, click the General tab, and scroll down to ‘When a CD is inserted: Choose whether you want iTunes to import the tracks from the CD automatically, just play it or ask to import each time. Click the Import Settings button to set the format. c =) ap) WN fala WN WN ap) » Ga fev) Hn U (ap) aD) (ap) =) @ aD) 1) ral Correct tags manually 5 Further options 6 Other digital files \—* Click the Options tab to tweak more / iTunes can import MP3 or other audio settings if need be. You can make a loud track files you've downloaded (legally, of course), quieter, apply an equalizer preset if required plus audiobooks - downloads from audible.com or add a rating, among other things. Tick in Audible’s own file format, for example, are ‘Remember playback position’ and you can supported in iTunes. Click File > Add to Library, Occasionally iTunes fails to find a track name, or misidentifies a track or artist. Also, the info in its online database may contain errors or misspellings. You can edit track details manually: right-click the song name in iTunes and select Get Info. Click the Info tab and edit as required. resume playback from where you left off. Get to know the iTunes equalizer iTunes’ Equalizer enables you to adjust your songs’ acoustics, subtly changing the impact of bass, mid and treble frequencies. You can also make the output more bassy so it sounds better through small speakers, boost the vocals, and more besides. To use the Equalizer, go to Window > Equalizer and turn it on. You can choose a preset from the pop-up menu for particular styles, or just experiment with the faders. If you hit upon a sound you like and want to save the settings to use later, simply select Make Preset from the pop-up menu and give it a name you'll recognise later. You can give each song its own Equalizer setting (see step 5 above): right-click it, select Get Info, then click the Options tab. If you've created your own preset, you'll find it in the list. Make sure you tick the box to activate the Equalizer. You'll need to switch off your i0S device's own Equalizer, though: any setting you apply in it will override the individual iTunes track setting. select the files, and click Open to import. Use Tunes buit-n Equalizer to adjust the sound balance of individual songs, and bring out the very best acoustic playback from different styles of music iTunes & iCloud | 31 Importing a) a a) a VY WY Y) LL Y oD) 3 a iTUNES ESSENTIALS Getting media into iTunes Handy hints for converting things to a format that works with iTunes SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE Depends on how much data you have YOU'LL NEED Media not in an iTunes-friendly format Naturally GarageBand, iMovie and Photos work well with Tunes and your Apple devices; projects can be exported directly to your iTunes library. » enerally speaking it’s very straightforward to get media into iTunes: simply use File > Add to Library, or double-click the media file itself. Here are some tips for trickier situations. Rip your old CDs at optimum quality iTunes can import tracks from CDs: by default it will ask whether you want to do this as soon as a CD is inserted ina built-in or connected drive. In iTunes > Preferences, in the General section, you can change this using the menu next to ‘When a CD is inserted! Click the Import Settings button to adjust the settings used for ripping CDs. Everything from lower-quality MP3 to full-quality WAV is available, but for most people neither of these will be ideal - low-quality audio is particularly poor, and uncompressed audio uses a lot of space. We advise sticking with AAC Encoder and iTunes Plus; if you must use a Custom setting, a bit rate of around 192kbps should give you a good balance of audio quality and file size; leave the Sample Rate and Channels set to Auto. Convert home movies iTunes can play back movies in mp4, m4v and .mov formats, but your home movies might be in another format, especially if they've been shot on a camcorder. iTunes won't let you import movies that it can't play, so you can use a third-party app like HandBrake (free, http://handbrake.fr). This app makes conversion particularly easy: just click the Source button in its toolbar and select your existing movie file, click Toggle Presets (if the presets tray isn’t already visible), select the appropriate Apple device preset, and finally click Add to Queue and then Start. If you want to make iTunes versions of DVDs that you already own, HandBrake enables you to convert those as well. Add the file that HandBrake creates to iTunes, then right-click it in your library and choose Get Info to set its metadata. Send from iMovie, Photos and GarageBand to iTunes Apple's iMovie and GarageBand apps are designed so that when you finish a project you can export a version of it directly to iTunes, in formats compatible 32 | iTunes & iCloud iTunes can copy items to its media folder when you choose File> Add to Library in its menu, with your iOS devices. If you've created song in GarageBand or a movie in iMovie, you can choose to share these directly to iTunes and they will be compressed into the correct format. From Photos (and iPhoto, if you're using OS X 10.9 or earlier), you can create a slideshow of pictures and export it straight to your iTunes library, and sync it from there to your other devices. Copy when importing When importing media, iTunes can just remember where the file is rather than copying it to the iTunes Media folder. In iTunes’ Preferences, click on Advanced and you can choose which way it works. If you copy files, data is duplicated and your hard drive will fill up more quickly unless you remember to find and delete superfluous original files. On the other hand, copying when adding means that if the original files are moved or deleted, iTunes will still have a copy, which in turn can be moved or backed up. Which you choose depends on how good or bad your file management habits are iTunes can import audio CDs to a variety of formats and a wide range of qualities, depending on how much space you want them touse. INTRODUCING TH ALL-NEW T%3 100% ALL-NEW / 4 GREAT NEW SECTIONS / NO.1 FOR GADGET ADVICE SMARTPHONE SHOCK OF Sa » THE NEW (ge 5 ) | 7 PLUS! SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 & HTC ONE Mg TAKE ON iP =— 7 x FREE collectible magazine every month 4 brilliant new sections 152 pages of gadget advice and insight LIFE’S BETTER WITH T3... L] opp store Find Anyone can do it 15 minutes Tracks without artwork, Album Artwork Assistant @ Munes Fie Eat 34 | iTunes & iCloud missing artwor Ibum artwork may not make the world go round, but it certainly makes iTunes look that bit prettier and can help find items more quickly. If your iTunes library is full of music you've purchased from iTunes, chances are that everything has artwork in place, but if you've ripped some older albums or some obscure CD singles, or purchased music from another online retailer, you might find that certain albums are missing their artwork. px Kate Bush Fixing this problem is simple: just follow our step-by-step guide opposite to use a free app called Album Artwork Assistant, which plugs into iTunes and makes it easy to fill those holes in your collection. If you have a large number of albums containing missing artwork it might take you a while to go through them all manually, in which case a commercial program like might be worth exploring. If you've purchased individual singles and then compiled your own album, you might also find that while you have a nice album cover, you might prefer each track to be displayed with the single's original cover rather than the album one. The quickest way to add single artwork to individual tracks is with the help of Safari - see below. Googl ADD ARTWORK Select track Click the album in iTunes to view its track listing, then right- lick the track you wish toadd artwork to, choose Get Info and click the Artwork tab. Start search Open Safari and type the name of the artist and the track into the address/ smart search bar. When the Google search results appear, click Images. Locate image Move the pointer ‘over an image to see its dimensions — look for 500x500 or larger if possible (you can click ‘Search tools’ and select Size > Large). Add image lick the image to select it, then click View image. When it loads, click and drag the image across into iTunes’ Get Info window. Click OK to finish and move on tothe next track. kate bush the red shoes single iTUNES ESSENTIALS HOW TO] FIND AND ADD MISSING ARTWORK ra eee tal R- ie a 1 Try iTunes First, see if Tunes can automatically locate and download the artwork for you. In iTunes’ main menu bar select File > Library > Get Album Artwork. You'll see a progress bar appear at the top of the iTunes window as it searches for missing artwork to download. ral Queue up track In iTunes, select a track from an album that's missing artwork (it must be stored locally; if there's a cloud icon next to it, click that to download the track first). In Album Artwork Assistant click Get Albums to search the web for images matching what you selected in iTunes. eae eo... De rotamer ~ co f Se erensiegs cane bomen he Cot View results Your library will update with discovered artwork, but if it contains older or more obscure items, you'll probably see a message informing you that artwork couldn't be found for some of them - click ‘xx total notifications’ for a full list. Click Save to keep the list for reference. Review search A list of potential image matches from Google and Amazon based on the album's name will appear in the list - make a careful note of the image's dimensions beneath its thumbnail - ideally your target image should be at least 500x500, but the bigger the better. a Download a helpful app \— Visit macupdate.co! mac/29769 to download Album Artwork Assistant. Once it has downloaded, double-click the archive to unpack the app, which you can then run directly from your Downloads folder or copy to Applications as you desire. QUEUE UP ARTWORK Album Artwork Assistant can queue artwork to be added to iTunes rather than process it immediately. When you choose that option, a tray slides out at the side of the app’s window. Click Process Queue at the foot of it to apply all artwork. Refine search If you're struggling to get a match for what you're looking for, try adjusting the search terms in the middle bar - too many irrelevant results for a Greatest Hits search? Include the artist's name. Not enough search results? Try just one or two keywords from the title instead. View and select Use the slider (bottom-left) to enlarge the images. When you find one that looks good, select it and click the eye button (or press the space bar) for a closer look. If you like it, click Add Immediately and the app will add the art to all of that album’s tracks. Web search If the image search yields no results, select Web next to the search box to try locating a site containing the images you need. Click the link to visit it - if you're able to locate an image using this method, you can right-click on the image and select Add Immediately. iTunes & iCloud | 35 a i) a) WN E WY WN @) =) ot ) wn > Ce ec a) =a = ©) ~ ae) peas) ae) 5@) ae) ji io) = =) iS ws) a VY WY Y) LL WY oD) 5 Z iTUNES ESSENTIALS Manage your metadata Use built-in tools to make your very item in your iTunes library has metadata SKILL LEVEL area attached which determines Anyone can do it where it appears in the IT WILL TAKE library. For music, it includes song titles, 15 minutes artist names and track numbers, while TV shows record season and episode YOU'LL NEED numbers, and movies have a genre. An audio CD to import, or tracks already in iTunes It’s unlikely you'll need to modify the metadata for video in your library, unless perhaps you import a lot of home movies into iTunes and want to sort them - in which case the ability to enter any genre name you want, not just those that are already created, makes things easier to find. For example, you might have one genre for family holidays and another for baby videos. The media category whose metadata you're most likely to set, though, is music - especially if you need to import it from a physical format, such as CD. ibrary easy to browse, organise or search Tunes can save you time typing disc information because it connects to the Gracenote service, an online database that can identify many popular CDs within seconds of putting one in your Mac. Even then, you might want to check what's downloaded because information is submitted by the public — you can contribute, too - and you might find spelling mistakes or errors you want to correct. Here's how to do it. HOW TO] EDIT METADATA IN iTUNES 1 Import settings In iTunes’ General preferences are options that determine what the app does when you insert a CD and whether it retrieves details from the internet. You might disable the latter to ensure accuracy by entering details yourself. Insert an CD and wait for iTunes to recognise it. The metadata editor If just some of the tracks on the disc share attributes, hold | | and click on them to select them. Right-click one of them, choose Get Info and confirm you want to edit details for several tracks at once. A window with several categorised tabs for metadata will open. 36 | iTunes & iCloud Disc title and artist Click the CD Info button at the top-right and ensure the summary is correct. Note the tickbox that indicates this is a compilation; if this is enabled, the music sorted by artist, and if the view option is set to group compilations, the album will be listed at the top of the left pane. o Details and sorting The Details tab contains things you'll always want to set. The Sorting tab enables your media to be sorted like a proper library - alphabetically by artist surname and ignoring leading words such as ‘The: Ignore it for now because its information will be lost at this stage. ‘Making corrections \ Glick OK to return to the track list. If any information is incorrect, click once on its row, then click once more to edit the item. Once this is done, you can press 2) to commit your change, or press | to move the focus to the next piece of metadata in the same row. ‘e) Existing library items Instead, after importing, select the album in your library, right-click and choose Get Info. You can do this for any item in your library. (Editing just some tracks enables you to add different artwork for discs of, say, a CD single.) See page 34 for ways to add album art. tech TECHNOLOGY. TESTED. <P PlayStation TV never STOP PLAYING Why is the UK dropping TV and picking BestT¥20"4- wnat mow up tablets? New on TechRadar VISIT TECHRADAR, THE UK’S LEADING TECH NEWS & REVIEWS WEBSITE Up-to-the-minute technology news In-depth reviews of the latest gadgets Intensive how-to guides for your kit www.techradar.com M twitter.com/techradar Hi facebook.com/techradar iTUNES ESSENTIALS | D) Show en Tee Sto0~ Al Albums = © — (@ ®) i) Va U ge) =) = a0 au a) ao a a Y WY Y Li] WY oD) 5 _ ven if you've never used SKILL LEVEL E Tunes before, you should Anyone can do it easily be able to get to grips with its basic controls IT WILL TAKE for playing back your media. It uses all 10 minutes the standard play/pause, skip forward “ and backward controls youll find on YOULLNEED ying fom an Posto 3 home stereo. 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Inside the MiniPlayer you can see what tune is The MiniPlayer squeezes features into a tiny space, without cluttering up the desktop iTunes provides more powerful playback controls than just the buttons inits top-left comer. iTunes’ playback controls iTunes has some handy playback controls with hidden features playing next using the Up Next feature, and if you don't like that particular song you can search your entire music library for something else without having to leave the MiniPlayer. It's worth making sure you'te signed into iCloud when you use Tunes, because it now remembers the exact place you left off in a movie or song. So, for instance, if you open the same file on any other device linked to the same Apple ID and connected to iCloud, such