Summary

By now, you know how to transfer music from your CD collection to your computer. You also know how to share your music throughout your home network, and you can even burn your own customized CDs for enjoyment on your home or car CD player. A number of features are available in iTunes that can add to the major functionality described in this chapter. For example, you can customize the listening experience to get the best possible sound for your setting. If your library gets too large to search manually, you can refine your searches in iTunes to find exactly the music you are looking for. You can find this and much more helpful information in the iTunes online help system, which you can access by selecting the Help drop-down menu.

Smart Playlists

Playlists give you the flexibility of arranging your music according to your own needs. A feature that bears mentioning here is the Smart Playlist. With it, you can have iTunes create playlists for you by providing key pieces of information about the types of songs you want to include. For example, a smart playlist could contain all songs from a particular artist, or songs that contain a certain word or phrase. You can create smart playlists by selecting File, New Smart Playlist.

For now, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy some of your music. You don't even need to get up to change discs once you get everything on your computer network. Start thinking of the ways in which you can be your very own domestic DJ.