Hi, I am forwarding some very good tutorials from Paul Traynor to the list regarding Itunes and how to use some of its functionality. I trust you won't mind Paul me sharing them with this list. Again sorry for anyone subscribed to both lists but I do think these are beneficial to people that are not subscribed to Paul's list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "(NCBI) Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:28 PM Subject: [vip_students] ITunes:Adding Audio CDs to Your Library
Use these steps to add a CD to your Library: 1. After you have opened up ITunes, Insert the CD you want to add to yourLibrary. iTunes attempts to identify it. When it does, the CD appears in theSource list and is selected. Depending on your importing preferences, youmay be presented with a dialog box to import the CD. You can tab to Yes tohave iTunes import all of the songs automatically, or No so that you can determine what you want to import.2. If there are songs you don't want to add to the Library, deactivate theircheck boxes with the spacebar. Notes:only songs with their check boxes activated are imported. Unless youreally hate a song or disk space is at a premium, it is generally better to import all the songs on a CD. If you don't like to hear specific songs, youcan use the check box in another source, such as in your Library, to cause those songs to be skipped when you play that source. 3. Click the Import CD button. The import process starts.Notes:The rate of the import process depends on the hardware you are using,the import settings, and other tasks your computer might be performing. In most cases, the import process occurs at a much greater rate than the playing process. For example, with moderate hardware, you can usually achieve import rates exceeding 7x, meaning 7 minutes of music can be imported in 1 minute of time. An orange circle with a squiggly line inside it marks the song currently being imported. When a song has been imported, it is marked with a green circle containing a check mark. If you want to stop the import process for some reason, click the Stop button (the small x within a circle) in the Information window.When the process is complete, you hear a tone, and all the songs are markedwith the Import Complete icon. During the import process, you don't have to listen to what you are importing. You can select a different source, such as a playlist, and playit while the CD is being imported. This slows the import speed slightly, butprobably not enough to bother you.4. Eject the CD when the import process is complete. You can put the CD awaysomewhere because you probably won't need to use it again. Adding Audio CDs to the iTunes Library Quickly The import process moves along pretty quickly, but you can make it even faster by following these steps: 1. Gather a pile of your CDs in a location close to your Mac. 2. Choose your import preferences (encoder and quality), as described earlier. 3. Select iTunes, Preferences, and display the General tab.4. In the When You Insert a CD pop-up menu, select Import CD and Eject. This causes iTunes to begin the import process immediately when you insert a CD.When the import process is complete, the CD is ejected automatically, too. 5. Click OK to close the dialog box. 6. Insert the first CD you want to import. iTunes starts importing it automatically. When the process is complete, the CD is ejected automatically. 7. Insert the next CD you want to import. Again, iTunes imports the music and ejects the disc when it is done.8. Repeat step 7 until all the CDs you want to be able to use in iTunes havebeen imported. Paul. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 327 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ******************************************************************** National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5565 (20101026) __________The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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