J.D. Biersdorfer is the best-selling author of iPad: The Missing Manual, Best iPhone Apps (Second Edition), Netbooks: The Missing Maunal, and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book. She is the co-author of iPod: The Missing Manual, Google: The Missing Manual (Second Edition), iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual, and The Internet: The Missing Manual. She has authored the weekly technology column "Q&A" for the New York Times since 1998 and often writes about art, books, and design for other sections of The Times. J.D. also co-hosts the independent Pop Tech Jam audio podcast, which explores current events in the world of technology and geek culture.
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 30 titles.
The Missing Credits; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; How to Use This Book; Chapter 1: Meet the iPod: Out of the Box and into Your Ears in 15 Minutes; 1.1 Meet the iPod Classic; 1.2 Meet the iPod Shuffle; 1.3 Meet the iPod Nano; 1.4 Meet the iPod Touch; 1.5 Install iTunes; 1.6 Unpack iPod and Set It Up; 1.7 Three Ways to Get Music for iTunes (and iPod); 1.8 Get Stuff Onto the iPod Classic or Nano: The Quick Way; 1.9 Manually Load the iPod Classic or Nano; 1.10 Get Songs on the iPod Shuffle Quickly; 1.11 Manually Load the iPod Shuffle; 1.12 Get Stuff on the iPod Touch: The Quick Way; 1.13 Manually Load the iPod Touch; 1.14 Disconnect the iPod from Your Computer; 1.15 Charge the iPod the First Time; 1.16 Control the iPod Classic or Nanowith the Click Wheel; 1.17 Other iPod Ports and Switches; 1.18 Basic Finger Moves for the iPod Touch Screen; 1.19 Special Buttons on the iPod Touch; 1.20 Find the Music on Your iPod—and Play It; Chapter 2: Bopping Around the iPod Classic, Nano, and Shuffle; 2.1 Turn the iPod On and Off—or Put It On Hold; 2.2 Navigate the iPod's Menus; 2.3 What's in the Music Menu; 2.4 Cover Flow on the iPod; 2.5 What's in the Videos Menu; 2.6 What's in the Photos Menu; 2.7 What's in the Podcasts Menu; 2.8 What's in the Extras Menu; 2.9 What's in the Settings Menu; 2.10 Other Menus: Shuffle Songs and Now Playing; 2.11 Customize Your iPod's Menus; 2.12 Set the iPod's Clock(s); 2.13 Use the iPod as an Alarm Clock; 2.14 Search for Songs on the iPod; 2.15 Jump Around Within Songs and Videos; 2.16 Adjust the iPod's Volume; 2.17 Charge the iPod Without the Computer; 2.18 Play Games on an iPod; 2.19 Some Idiot Set the iPod Menus to Greek; 2.20 Lock Up Your Pod; Chapter 3: Touring the Touch; 3.1 Turn iPod Touch On and Off; 3.2 The Home Button and Home Screen; 3.3 What's in the Music Menu; 3.4 What's in the Videos Menu; 3.5 What's in the Photos Menu; 3.6 What's in the Settings Menu; 3.7 Other Icons on the Touch Home Screen; 3.8 Fancier Fingerwork for the iPod Touch; 3.9 Customize Your Touch Menus; 3.10 Cover Flow in Motion; 3.11 The Now Playing Screen: The Basics; 3.12 The Now Playing Screen: Song Maneuvers; 3.13 Install (and Uninstall) New Apps; 3.14 Set Up and Check Your Mail; Chapter 4: iTunes Basics; 4.1 The iTunes Window: An Introduction; 4.2 Change the Look of the iTunes Window; 4.3 Change the Size of the iTunes Window; 4.4 Import Specific Songs From Your CDs; 4.5 Change Import Settings for Better Audio Quality; 4.6 Three Ways to Browse Your Collection; 4.7 Get a Birds-Eye Look at Your Collection with Grid View; 4.8 Search for Songs in iTunes; 4.9 Shuffle Your Music in Many Ways; 4.10 Animate Your Songs: iTunes Visualizer; Chapter 5: iTunes Power Moves; 5.1 You're the Critic: Rate Your Music; 5.2 Listen to Internet Radio; 5.3 Share Your Music; 5.4 Change a Song's File Format; 5.5 Even Out Your Songs' Volume Level; 5.6 Set Up Multiple iTunes Libraries; 5.7 Improve Your Tunes with the Graphic Equalizer; 5.8 Find (and Get Rid of) Duplicate Songs; 5.9 Change a Song's Start and Stop Times; 5.10 Edit Song Information; 5.11 Edit Album Information; 5.12 Fetch Missing Album Covers; 5.13 Replace Album Covers Manually; 5.14 Find and Add Lyrics to Your Song Files; 5.15 View Lyrics on the iPod; 5.16 What iTunes Can Tell You About Your iPod; 5.17 Use iTunes to See What's on Your iPod; 5.18 Adjust Your iPod's Preferences with iTunes; 5.19 Load Songs on an iPod from More Than One Computer; 5.20 Manually Delete Music and Videos from the iPod; 5.21 Where iTunes Stores Your Files; 5.22 Move the iTunes Music Folder to an External Drive; 5.23 Copy Your Music From iPod to iTunes; 5.24 Back Up Your iTunes Files; Chapter 6: The Power of Playlists; 6.1 Make a New Playlist in iTunes; 6.2 Change an Existing Playlist; 6.3 Add a Playlist to Your iPod; 6.4 Delete a Playlist; 6.5 Make an On-The-Go Playlist on an iPod Nano or Classic; 6.6 Make and Edit On-The-Go Playlists on the iPod Touch; 6.7 Make a Genius Playlist in iTunes; 6.8 Make a Genius Playlist on the iPod; 6.9 Make Playlist Folders; 6.10 Smart Playlists: Another Way for iTunes to Assemble Your Playlists; 6.11 Party Shuffle: When You Want to Play DJ; 6.12 Three Kinds of Discs You Can Create with iTunes; 6.13 Burn a Playlist to a CD; 6.14 Print Playlists and Snazzy CD Covers; Chapter 7: Shop the iTunes Store; 7.1 Getting to the iTunes Store; 7.2 Shop the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store; 7.3 An Overview of the Store's Layout; 7.4 Navigate the Aisles of the iTunes Store; 7.5 Set Up an iTunes Store Account; 7.6 Change the Information in Your Apple Account; 7.7 A Tip for Dial-Up Music Lovers; 7.8 Find Music by Genre; 7.9 Buy a Song or Album; 7.10 Buy Movies or Videos; 7.11 Buy Audio Books; 7.12 Buy iPod Games; 7.13 Buy iPod Touch Apps; 7.14 Download and Subscribe to Podcasts; 7.15 Usage Rights: What You Can Do with Your Purchases; 7.16 Publish Your Own Playlists (iMixes); 7.17 Other Cool iTunes Store Features; 7.18 iTunes Gift Certificates: Buy 'Em and Spend 'Em; 7.19 Other Ways to Send iTunes Gifts; 7.20 iTunes Allowance Accounts; 7.21 Make an iTunes Wish List; 7.22 What to Do If Your Download Gets Interrupted; 7.23 The Purchased Playlist; 7.24 Set Up Parental Controls for the Store; 7.25 Play iTunes Purchases on Multiple Computers; 7.26 Deauthorize Your Computer; 7.27 Use Your iPod to Copy Purchases to Other Computers; 7.28 See Your iTunes Purchase History and Get iTunes Store Help; 7.29 Buy Songs from Other Music Stores; Chapter 8: It's Showtime: Playing Videos; 8.1 Add Videos to iTunes; 8.2 Play Videos in iTunes; 8.3 Transfer Videos to the iPod; 8.4 Video Formats That Work on the iPod; 8.5 Play Videos on the Classic and Nano; 8.6 Play Videos on the iPod Touch; 8.7 YouTube Videos on the iPod Touch; 8.8 Play iTunes and iPod Videos on Your TV; 8.9 Back Up Your Video Collection to DVD; 8.10 Closed Captioning on Videos; Chapter 9: Picturing Your Photos on the iPod; 9.1 Setting Up: Get Ready to Put Photos on the iPod; 9.2 Get Pictures onto the iPod; 9.3 Digital Photographer Alert: Storing Full-Quality Photos on the iPod; 9.4 View Photos on the iPod Classic or Nano; 9.5 View Photos (in a Pinch) on Your iPod Touch; 9.6 Play Slideshows on the iPod; 9.7 Play Slideshows on a TV; Chapter 10: The iPod as Personal Assistant; 10.1 iPod as an Address Book; 10.2 iPod as a Calendar; 10.3 Track Time: iPod as a Stopwatch; 10.4 Tick-Tock: iPod as a World Clock; 10.5 iPod as a Portable Hard Drive; 10.6 Read Text Files on the iPod; Chapter 11: Surfing the Web with iPod Touch; 11.1 Get Your Wi-Fi Connection; 11.2 Going on a Safari Tour; 11.3 Zoom and Scroll Through Web Pages; 11.4 The Safari Address Bar; 11.5 Use the Touch Keyboard; 11.6 Create and Use Safari Bookmarks; 11.7 Edit and Organize Bookmarks and Folders; 11.8 Syncing Bookmarks with iTunes; 11.9 The Safari History List; 11.10 Tapping Links; 11.11 Mapping Your Way with Wi-Fi; 11.12 Search the Web; 11.13 Audio and Video on the Web; 11.14 Social Networking on the iPod Touch; 11.15 Manipulate Multiple Pages; 11.16 Pop-up Blockers, Cookies, and Security; 11.17 RSS: The Missing Manual; 11.18 Find Other Mobile-Friendly Sites; Chapter 12: iPod Out Loud; 12.1 Checklist: Taking the iPod on the Road; 12.2 The FM Connection: Play the iPod Through a Radio's Speakers; 12.3 Serious Car Audio Fans: The Custom Installation; 12.4 Play the iPod Through Portable Speakers; 12.5 Play the iPod In Many Rooms at Once; 12.6 Connect the iPod to a Home Entertainment System; 12.7 Stream iTunes Music with Airport Express; 12.8 Find a Power Source for the iPod; 12.9 Where to Find Cool iPod Stuff; Chapter 13: What to Do When the iPod Isn't Working Right; 13.1 Apple's Alphabet: The 5 (or 6) R's of iPod Repair; 13.2 Reset Your iPod; 13.3 Download and Reinstall iTunes and iTunes Updates; 13.4 Use the Diagnostics Tools in iTunes for Windows; 13.5 Update the iPod's Software; 13.6 Start Over: Restoring Your iPod's Software; 13.7 Understanding the iPod's Battery Messages; 13.8 Apple's Tips for Longer iPod Battery Life; 13.9 Replace Your iPod's Battery; 13.10 AppleCare—What It Is and Whether You Need It;