iPod and iTunes For Dummies

Use Mac and Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for iTunes

Keyboard shortcuts help you get your Mac or PC to do what you want to do fast. The following table gives you both Mac OS X and Windows keyboard shortcuts for making your way through iTunes at blazing speeds.

How to Get the Most from Your iPod touch or iPhone

To become an iPod touch or iPhone power user, master the following tricks and techniques. The following tips help new iPod touch and iPhone users get up to speed on using the device..

• “Hey! Ba-Ba-Reset!”: To reset the iPod touch or iPhone system, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

• “Room to Zoom”: To zoom into a Web page, photo, or map, spread two fingers apart on the screen (unpinch). To zoom into a column of text, double-tap. To zoom out, bring your fingers together on the screen (pinch), or double-tap.

• “(I Been) Searchin’”: Press the physical Home button on the first Home screen, or tap the search icon, or flick the first Home screen with your finger to the right, to show the Spotlight Search screen.

• “Copying, Pasting, Hoping”: To copy a section of text (such as from a Web page), touch and hold inside the section so that it is highlighted with handles on either end and the Copy bubble appears, and then tap Copy. To paste, touch and hold the insertion point to magnify the view so that the Paste bubble appears, and then tap Paste.

• “It’s Only Flick and Scroll (But I Like It)”: To scroll a list or screen, drag the screen with your finger or, for faster scrolling, flick the screen up or down. To switch from one screen to another, swipe the screen with your finger from left or right.

Performing Common Tasks on Your iPod

You can play songs, shuffle, change volume, reset, and do other tasks on your iPod easily. See these tricks and techniques to help you use your iPod:

• Reset an iPod classic or iPod nano: Toggle the Hold switch on and off, and then press the Menu and Select buttons simultaneously for six seconds.

• Increase or decrease the volume on an iPod classic or iPod nano: Scroll the click wheel clockwise to increase the volume or counterclockwise to decrease it (while the song is playing).

• Fast-forward or rewind an iPod classic or iPod nano: To fast-forward through a song, press and hold the Next/Fast-Forward button; to rewind, press and hold the Previous/Rewind button.

• Turn off an iPod classic or iPod nano: Press and hold the Play/Pause button. To turn it on, press any button (as long as the Hold switch is set off-hold).

• Reset an iPod shuffle: Slide the three-position switch to the Off position.

• Play songs in an iPod shuffle randomly. Slide the three-position switch to the crossing arrows icon.

• Play songs in an iPod shuffle sequentially. Slide the three-position switch to the arrows-in-a-loop icon.

Choose Soundtracks for Traveling with your iPod, iPod touch, or iPhone

Listening to your iPod, iPod touch, or iPhone while on the road adds fun to your travels. The following list makes some suggestions about what to listen to while enjoying the wide open spaces:

• The Joshua Tree, by U2: Cruising Death Valley. (If you start the album at the entrance, you hear “In God’s Country” at an appropriate spot, no matter how fast or slowly you drive.)

• Anthem of the Sun, by the Grateful Dead: While you’re driving over the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco at sunset.

• “Across the Great Divide” on The Band, by The Band: When you reach the crest of Donner Pass in the California Sierras on I-80, or the crest of Monarch Pass on the Continental Divide on U.S. 50 in Colorado. “Just grab your hat / And take that ride.”

• Magical Mystery Tour, by the Beatles: Taking the Number 77 double-decker out of Liverpool to Grove Street, Dale Street, Smithdown Road, and yes, Penny Lane (where you can walk to Strawberry Fields, if you get directions from Maps on your iPod touch or iPhone).

• “All Aboard” on Fathers and Sons, by Muddy Waters: Taking a train heading north to Chicago, and then following this tune with Junior Parker’s “Mystery Train” and John Lee Hooker’s “Peavine.”

• “East-West” on East-West, by the Butterfield Blues Band, or “Eight Miles High” on Fifth Dimension, by the Byrds: Traveling on a plane, heading east or west.

• The Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, or Jan and Dean: Roller-skating on the Venice, California boardwalk.

• “Walk on the Wild Side” on Transformer, by Lou Reed, and Paul’s Boutique, by the Beastie Boys: Jogging in Central Park.

• “Wooden Ships” on Crosby, Stills & Nash, by Crosby, Stills, and Nash; anything by Jimmy Buffett; and “Sail Away” on Sail Away, by Randy Newman: Sailing around the Florida Keys and up the east coast into Charleston Bay.

• “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now” on Feats Don’t Fail Me Now, by Little Feat, and “I’ve Been Everywhere” on Unchained, by Johnny Cash: Driving an 18-wheeler, rolling through northern New Jersey into New York City.

• Miles Davis, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, or Sonny Rollins: Hiding backstage in the Green Room at the Village Gate.

• Pink Floyd: Hopping around in an astronaut suit on the dark side of the moon.