How to Use iTunes With an MP3 Player

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is James Flint and I'm going to show you how to use iTunes with an MP3 player. In the case of iTunes, the only MP3 player that's going to work with it is an Apple iPod. If you have another MP3 player you're going to need to get another program, whether you download it, purchase it, or it comes with your MP3 player, in order to organize your music and transfer things from your computer to your MP3 player. So, I've got an Apple iPod, I've got the cord that it came with, you just plug it into the bottom, my version of the iPod you have to squeeze these little tips. So you got that connected, and then it's a USB drive so we're going to plug it in right over here, and you'll notice it'll say do not disconnect on your iPod when it's connected. This is very important because if you disconnected it when it wasn't ready or before it had been ejected from your computer, it could cause some problems. So now that the iPod is attached it's going to automatically read it in iTunes and you'll see here under our device panel that you've got the iPod. So, from here, you can go to your music library, and any songs that you have in your music library that you don't have in your iPod you simply pick the songs you want and drag them over to the device and drop them right on. And then the files are copied, it's a pretty simple process, and now, after you've made the changes that you want, you can go in and eject your iPod here, and again that's very important to do before you unplug it. But there are a few things you can do, you can look at an overall view of your iPod, this will tell you you know how much storage capacity you have available, and it lets you look at you know your files, and playlist individually. You can go through and look at just the music library on your iPod, just the music library or movie library on your iPod, just TV shows, and again, a playlist that you've created for your iPod. So it's pretty simple, it's just important to remember a few key steps. And now that I'm done I'm going to eject the iPod and it will tell me on the screen that it's okay to disconnect, and it simulates that by just bringing up your regular iPod menus and this do not disconnect step will go away. So now it's ready, I see my normal menus, I can unplug it, and I've got my new music copied on here, and that is how you connect and use iTunes with an MP3 player, in this case an iPod."