IPod & ITunes the Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

click here for more details, find new or used items	J.D. Biersdorfer New from £0.94 Used from £0.74 Pages: 360 (Paperback) ISBN: 0596006586 Pub: O'Reilly Pub date: 2004-02-13 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 336415

Reader Reviews:

Disappointing (14/14 people found this helpful)

I originally mistakenly had the earlier edition of the book which I promptly returned when I found this later edition. The book promises much but in reality there is very little that you cannot find in the manual (slim though it is) apart from the resetting procedure. I found the diagnostics section unusable - maybe the software is now a later version and no one tells you how to get out of disc mode. Had a quick look at Secrets of the iPod - seems to be a superior book in every respect.

Good, but not essential... (6/6 people found this helpful)

To sum up, this book does give helpful hints and tips, but isn'tessential. You could probably find out most of the info in forums or fromApple direct with a simple, quick e-mail. Good content, the thing is, doyou really wanna pay for this information?

Buy this... (13/14 people found this helpful)

...if you own an iPod, or are planning to buy one... this book is about everything you need to set up your own music collection using iTunes 4 (Mac) or MusicMatch Jukebox (Windows), and enjoy it anywhere using your iPod.

It is divided into various parts: Introduction (What is an iPod?), The Hardware (Meet the iPod, The iPod Sync Connection), The Software (Digital Audio Formats, iTunes for the Macintosh, Musicmatch Jukebox for Windows, The iTunes Music Store), Beyond the Music (iPod as Address Book, Calendar and Hard Drive, iPod Games and eBooks, iSync) and Extreme iPodding (Connecting to other audio systems, Hot Hacks, Cool Tools, Troubleshooting and more), followed by the appendixes which clearly describe the use of iTunes and MusicMatch.

This is just THE book on the iPod and related matters. Furthermore, the language used is pleasant and it can make you smile at times. The paper is of good quality and feels good to the fingers.

Make your iPod time a pleasant time with this book!

Does what it says on the tin! (14/17 people found this helpful)

Quite simply, if you have an iPod, you need this book! I consider myself computer-savvy, but got stumped trying to set things up by intuition alone. The supplied iPod handbook really only scratches the surface of what can be done.

Step forward 'The Missing Manual'. A couple of minutes browsing through specific chapters (esp. Ch 2 - Installation) and I was up and running! The book has separate chapters for the supplied Mac and PC software, so some chapters will be surplus to requirements depending how you drive your iPod, but the book as a whole is well written, and informative.

Although I'm now sorted, I still dip in to make sure there's nothing I've missed. There's good coverage of the freeware and shareware options, although some of the links on the accompanying web site (The Missing CD!) are now invalid. A quick web search revealed the updated required links.

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