10 Helpful iTunes Tricks and Tips

10 Practical iTunes Tricks I have used iTunes since it released, and can be regarded as a senior fan. In addition to be well known history of iTunes, I also discovered 10 most commonly used iTunes tricks. iTunes Tricks - 1: Ratings for songs Since the release day of iTunes rating, I began to rate the songs on the collection. iTunes sets up five stars. I personally divide into good songs (3 stars), it is worth for listening to (4 stars), great (5 star), for users to reference.

Rated songs can be searched and played in the star sidebar. which is a list of songs in order of preference or according to personal taste. iTunes Tricks - 2: Add a comment You can use the smart list (type of music and performers, etc) function to create your own playlists; However, when you want to remove the song with the lyrics in the list, or want a slow roll type of list, what is the most convenient way? Try this: Select a song, press I in the keyboard to enter the song's information page, then you can make a comment. After making the comment, click "OK".

iTunes Tricks - 3: Create smart playlists After reading the 2 iTunes tips above, the next step is to add songs to the smart playlist. I like this function very much! You can create different smart playlists according to your ratings and comments.

iTunes Tricks - 4: Add movies or DVD to iTunes You can buy or rent movies in iTunes store, and can also watch these movies on portable devices or Apple TV. You can load movies or videos to QuickTime, then use iTunes' Advanced menu Features to convert the format you want. And sometimes you need DRM Remover to remove iTunes DRM and convert videos to your needed format.

iTunes Tricks - 5: Remove repeated items People who have the experience of burning CD all have the problem: Two CDs by the same singer may have repeated songs. So you have to delete them manually. iTunes can help you find the repeated songs, then you can decide to delete or not. Enter music library, click "File" > "Display repeated items", then iTunes will display you with all repeated songs, so you can delete according to your needs. Once this done, choose "display all files From the File menu".

iTunes Tricks - 6: Add to Wish list I often browse audio and video products I heart, and don't wanna purchase at that time, or the download is for Mac. If you ever occurred this situation, you can add these media files to Wish list. When you decide to buy, enter iTunes online store to purchase. This feature make you avoid repeating to search again.

iTunes Tricks - 7: Show more contents iTunes can display huge audio information in the music library, but Some part is off by default. You can find "View Options" from "View", choose the items which you need and turn them on. You can also uncheck unneeded items. For me, the date, format, size are all practical and needed.

iTunes Tricks - 8: Find lost art schools If you burned the CD music, iTunes wouldn't read the art schools, and after several minutes, the information will be lost. You can try to find it back in iTunes advanced menu. If failed, press I to select a song, search the Album in Amazon, drag it from the browser to the window.

iTunes Tricks - 9: Rearrange iPhone/iPod apps You ca use iTunes to rearrange iPhone applications: insert the iPhone or iPod touch,. Click on the Application tab, you will need to drag applications or program into the right column, then rearrange the application page.

iTunes Tricks - 10: Switch to the mini-player mode Click the top left green icon in iTunes Window, then you can switch to the miniplayer mode. You can also let iTunes mini player to keep in the forefront, so as to find iTunes conveniently and at anytime.

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