14 Chapter 1 Lesson 1: Getting Music Into iTunes
• To search only artist or composer names, or album or song titles, choose an item from
the search field pop-up menu.
• To search for a combination of items, choose Power Search from the search field
pop-up menu.
• To return to the front of the Music Store, click the Home button at the top-left side
of the store.
To buy a song, album, or audiobook:
1 Click Music Store in the Source list, then find the song or album you want to buy.
You can double-click a song to listen to a portion of it and make sure it’s the song you
want. (If your network connection is slower than 128 kbps, choose iTunes > Preferences,
and in the Store pane select the “Load complete preview before playing” checkbox.)
2 Click Buy Song or Buy Album.
The song is downloaded to your hard disk and charged to the credit card listed on your
Apple or AOL account.
Adding Songs Already on Your Computer to the
iTunes Library
If you have songs on your computer encoded in file formats that iTunes supports, you
can easily import the songs into iTunes.
To add songs on your computer to the iTunes library:
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Drag the folder or disk containing the audio files to Library in the Source list (or choose
File > Add to Library and select the folder or disk). If iTunes supports the song file
format, the songs are automatically added to the iTunes library.
You can also drag individual song files to iTunes.
Once You Have Imported Songs
Once you have your music in iTunes, you can play the songs in iTunes, create playlists,
and much more. For more information on using iTunes to manage and play songs,
open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes and Music Store Help.
To learn how to transfer music to your iPod mini, read Lesson 2 of this tutorial.
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