From Browsing to Buying
| Once you've created an account and signed in, you're ready to shop at the iTunes Music Store. You might start by browsing the store's virtual aisles, clicking on the little album thumbnail images or the text links around them. (The links are underlined when you point to them.) You might jump to a genre by using the Choose Genre pop-up menu. You might use the Browse button to quickly navigate genres, artists, and albums. Or you might use the Power Search option to home in on exactly what you're looking for. The end result of any searching or browsing session is a list of songs. Here's where you can play 30-second song previews, locate additional songs from an artist or album, and most important, buy songs and albums. You can also burn your purchases to audio CDs and transfer them to an iPod. Working with a Song List You've searched or browsed your way to a list of songs. What happens next is up to you.  To Shop Faster, Browse If you're the type who heads for a mall directory instead of wandering around, try the music store's browse mode, where you can quickly home in on genres, sub-genres, artists, and albums. Browsing is efficient, and because it discards graphics in favor of all-text displays, it's fast, even over slow Internet connections. 
Tip You can navigate the browse boxes with the keyboard. Use the arrow keys to move up and down, or type the first few letters of a word to jump to it. To jump between boxes, press Tab or Shift-Tab. Power Searching With the music store's Power Search feature, you can specify multiple search criteria at oncefor example, to search for only those versions of Giant Steps performed by John Coltrane.
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