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Table of Contents
iTunes User Guide
- Welcome
- How iTunes is changing
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- How to add items
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- Subscribe to Apple Music
- Stream recommended music and video
- Add and download music
- Play Apple Music radio
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- Create an Apple Music profile
- Share music with friends
- See what friends are listening to
- Customize Apple Music
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- Intro to the iTunes Store
- Set up and view an account
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- Buy or download items
- Rent movies
- Download podcasts
- Purchase music and video as gifts
- Use a gift card
- Create a wish list
- Pre-order items
- Download previous purchases
- Use Family Sharing
- Restrict access to explicit content
- Authorize a computer
- Problems using the iTunes Store
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- Import songs from CDs
- Choose import settings
- If you don’t see song information
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- Intro to using iTunes with iCloud
- Automatic downloads
- iCloud Music Library
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- Import items already on your computer
- Import from other computers using Home Sharing
- Transfer purchases from a mobile device
- Import songs from the internet
- Export music or video from other apps
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- Play music, video, and more
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- Play songs
- Play songs from iCloud
- Listen to internet radio
- Play CDs
- Use iTunes MiniPlayer
- Adjust the volume
- Adjust the sound quality
- Problems playing music or audio
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- See movies, TV shows, and other video
- See visual effects
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- Intro to playlists
- Create, edit, and delete standard playlists
- Create, delete, and use Smart Playlists
- Use iTunes Genius
- See which playlists an item is in
- Organize playlists in folders
- Save a copy of your playlists
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- Intro to burning CDs and DVDs
- Create your own CDs and DVDs
- Problems burning a disc
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- From a shared library
- From email and more
- Choose speakers
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- Stream content to Apple TV
- Play movies on Apple TV
- Get more help for Apple TV
- Use HomePod with iTunes
- Set up the iTunes Remote app
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- Intro to syncing
- Sync iTunes content with your devices
- Wi-Fi syncing
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- Sync photos
- Sync app info
- Transfer files
- Problems syncing a video
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- Manage iPod shuffle
- Use iPod as an external hard disk
- Update device software
- Restore to factory settings
- Back up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Turn on your device’s accessibility features
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- Get more help for iPhone
- Get more help for iPad
- Get more help for iPod
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- Customize the iTunes window
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- Change song and CD information
- Add artwork
- Enter and view lyrics
- Rate songs and other items
- Find items and duplicates
- Find a song with the column browser
- Delete items
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- Change where files are stored
- Use multiple iTunes libraries
- Convert music file formats
- Move your iTunes library to another computer
- Install plug-ins
- Update iTunes
- Change the language
- Bypass the Windows firewall
- Connect to the internet
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Change iTunes preferences
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- Symbols used in iTunes
- Accessibility solutions
- More information on the web
- Copyright
You can use Home Sharing to import items from up to five iTunes libraries on other computers. To use Home Sharing, you must have an AppleID.
Any time you download an item from Apple Music or the iTunes Store to a computer in your Home Sharing network, you can have the item automatically downloaded to the other computers in the network as well.
Turn on Home Sharing
Follow these steps on each computer you want to include in your Home Sharing network.
In the iTunes app
on your PC, choose File> Home Sharing> Turn On Home Sharing.Type your Apple ID and password, then click Turn On Home Sharing.
If you don’t have an AppleID, click Create New Apple ID and follow the onscreen instructions.
Import items from other libraries using Home Sharing
On the computer you want to import from, turn on Home Sharing and open the iTunes app
.On the computer you want to import to, make sure Home Sharing is on, open the iTunes app
, then choose a shared library from the pop-up menu at the top left.Click the Show pop-up menu at the bottom of the iTunes window, then choose “Items not in my library.”
Select the items you want to import, then click Import.
Automatically import new iTunes Store purchases from another computer
In the iTunes app
on your PC, choose a shared library from the pop-up menu at the top left.Click Settings at the bottom of the window.
Select the types of content you want to automatically import, then click OK.
Turn off Home Sharing
In the iTunes app
on your PC, choose File> Home Sharing> Turn Off Home Sharing.Repeat on each computer.
If a shared computer doesn’t appear when Home Sharing is on, turn Home Sharing off, then turn it on again.
To learn how to add other content to iTunes, see How to add items.
See alsoApple Support article: Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devicesSet up the iTunes Remote app for iTunes on PCSet up and view an iTunes Store account on PCUsage rights for iTunes Store purchases
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