Hi Deborah and Others, The ilounge site is, indeed, the best source of general tutorials on iTunes, and I've previously posted some links to their tutorials. The web site is much easier to navigate with the mobile version of the site, because there are many graphics and ads. Here is the link to the list of tutorial articles and their links, including the guide to copying content to your iPod that you gave below, and I'll cc this to the macvisionaries list:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/tutorials/ For those who want to start with "The Beginner's Guide to iTunes". Here's the link to the mobile version of the article: • The Beginner’s Guide to iTunes by Jesse David Hollington (November 23, 2009): http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/mobile/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-itunes/ That guide contains links to many of the other guides to using iTunes and your device. The mobile version of • Copy Content from your iPod to your Computer -- The Definitive Guide (May 14, 2008) is at: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/mobile/articles/copying-music-from-ipod-to-computer/ You don't have to sign up for an account to navigate the mobile site. I keep a link to the mobile version of iLounge on my home screen, along with the link to the section of the HTML version of the iPhone (or iPod Touch, or iPad) user's guide that deals with VoiceOver. Here's the URL for the Mobile iLounge site: http://www.ilounge.com/mobile/ To add this or any other URL (such as the one for the iPhone user's guide) to your home screen, in Safari, double tap the "Utilities" button (on the iPhone or iPod touch, this is the third of five buttons on the bottom of your screen in Safari, and is directly above the "Home" button; on an iPad, this is the fifth button from first element of the screen: either use the four finger tap in the top part of the screen gesture to move to the first element, then flick right from the heading, or touch the first button in the top left corner and flick right from there). You'll be given the option to "Add to Home Screen" as one of the buttons. Double tap to add an icon for the URL to your home screen. This option will not appear if your home screen is entirely full, but most new users will not have acquired the hundreds of applications that cause this condition to apply, and will probably have learned to use folders before managing to reach this level <smile>, Alternatively, you could bookmark the link to an item like the page of tutorials given at the start of this post. Simply double tap the "Add Bookmark" button from the utilities options instead of "Add to Home Screen" and you'll create a bookmark in Safari. For completeness, and to avoid additional post queries, since I mentioned creating links to the accessible HTML versions of the user guides of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, links to the current English language versions are: • iPhone User Guide: http://help.apple.com/iphone/4/voiceover/en/ * iPod Touch User Guide: http://help.apple.com/ipodtouch/4/voiceover/en/ • iPad User Guide: http://help.apple.com/ipad/4/voiceover/en/ I would navigate to the links for "Accessibility" and then "VoiceOver" before adding to my home screen, or target the section of particular interest (e.g. "VoiceOver Gestures", "Controlling VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard", "Using a Braille Display with VoiceOver") before adding to your home screen. This topic was covered in my recent post on accessing information on commands in iBooks (including how to navigate there), so more information can be found in the archives. There are also some posts with links to the some of the ilounge tutorial guides for video content in the list discussions following the Apple TV introduction last fall that can also be found in the archives. Sorry to partially threadjack this post with other content. Incidentally, apologies for those who dislike the long links. I include the actual full URLs to web pages rather than linking to a description or shortened version for a few reasons. First, some mailers on other platforms do not "see" the link information correctly. Secondly, forwarding posts which contain such HTML (to plain text mode) also strips this information. Thirdly, if I make a typo or an extra space, it's possible to repair the error and recover the web site -- and usually there's enough information to Google the correct address. Fourthly, in most instances this means that I have checked the web page and copied the address directly from the address bar. While I occasionally give shortened links, I dislike the notion of sending people to web destinations that they can't verify. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Apr 23, 2011, at 08:37, Deborah Armstrong wrote: > I was ranting a few days ago about iTunes, but I ran across some wonderful > tutorials on iLounge that explain, in exhaustive detail, how it works under > the hood. > > They clarify how to start fresh with a new library, the difference between > managed files vs referenced files, How to transfer your library to another > computer, operating system or portable hard drive. They detail how to move > content from your iPod back to your Mac or PC, and how syncing really works. > If you sign up for an account there are fewer ads, and they also have a > mobile version. The site is accessible, if a bit tedious to navigate. > > Go to > http://www.ilounge.com/ > > search for tutorials, and you'll see a list of approximately forty of them. > > For example click on this link for: > > Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide > > --Debee > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
