Music Features

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  • About iTunes

    iTunes is the music application you use with iPod nano. When you connect iPod nano to your computer, iTunes opens automatically. This guide has information about how to use iTunes to download songs and other audio to your computer, organize them into lists of songs called playlists, downloadthem to iPod nano, and adjust iPod nano settings.


  • Importing Music Into Your Computer

    To listen to music on your iPod nano, you first need to get that music into iTunes on your computer.


  • Buying Songs and Downloading Podcasts Using the iTunes Music Store

    If you have an Internet connection, you can easily purchase and download songs, albums, and audiobooks online using the iTunes Music Store. You can also subscribe to and download podcasts, radio-style audio shows. To purchase music online using the iTunes Music Store, you set up an Apple account in iTunes, find the songs you want, and then buy them. If you already have an Apple account, or if you have an America Online (AOL) account (available in some countries only), you can use that account to sign in to the music store and buy songs.


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  • buy a song, album, or audiobook

    You can double-click a song or other item to listen to a portion of it and make sure it's the one you want. (If your network connection is slower than 128 kbps, choose iTunes > Preferences, and in the Store pane, select the "Load complete preview before playing" checkbox.)


  • Adding Songs Already on Your Computer to the iTunes Library

    If you have songs on your computer encoded in file formats that iTunes supports, you can easily add the songs to iTunes. To add songs on your computer to the iTunes library:


  • Downloading Music and Podcasts to iPod nano

    After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily download it to iPod nano. To set how music is downloaded from your computer to your iPod nano, you connect iPod nano to your computer, and then use the controls in iTunes to change iPod nano settings.


  • Downloading Podcasts to iPod nano

    The settings for downloading podcasts to an iPod nano are separate from the settings for transferring songs. Podcast transfer settings don't affect song transfer settings, and vice versa. You can download podcasts to your iPod nano manually, or you can set iTunes to automatically update all podcasts or selected podcasts. To set iTunes to update the podcasts on iPod nano automatically:


  • Playing Music

    After you download music and other audio to your iPod nano, you can listen to it. Use the Click Wheel and Center button to browse for a song, audiobook, or podcast. You only see menu items for Podcasts and Audiobooks if you've downloaded those items to iPod nano.


  • Setting iPod nano to Shuffle Songs

    You can set iPod nano to play songs, albums, or your entire library in random order. To set iPod nano to shuffle and begin playing all your songs: Choose Shuffle Songs from the iPod nano main menu.


  • Making On-The-Go Playlists on iPod nano

    You can make playlists on iPod nano, called On-The-Go Playlists, when iPod nano isn't connected to your computer.


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