Quick Start
This Quick Start describes what you can learn in each chapter. You can go to the beginning of any chapter to view a list of that chapter’s specific topics. Click (or tap!) any chapter title to jump to the content.
Discover Apple’s new media apps:
- To get an overview of the change from iTunes to four separate apps, What’s New in Apple’s Media Apps.
Play music:
Learn how to find and play and music in the new Music app in Play Music.
Explore the features in Apple Music, including on-demand streaming, music discovery, curated playlists, and recommendations, plus a live radio station. See Stream Apple Music.
There are a number of ways you can view your music library: by album, artist, genre, songs, and more. See View Your Music and Other Content.
Learn how to use the cloud and the iTunes Store:
Apple’s Cloud Music Library lets you store music you own and music you’ve added to your library from Apple Music in the cloud. See Store Your Music Library in the Cloud.
You can use the iTunes Store to add music, videos, and more to your media library, and you can add content you own to the Music, TV, and Books apps. See Use the iTunes Store.
Tag media and organize your files:
Tagging media files, or adding metadata to them, is the most important thing you can do to take control of your Music and TV libraries. I’ll show you which tags you can change, how to change them for single and multiple items, and more. Read Tag Your Music Files.
Playlists let you organize your music so you can do more than play songs by album, or at random. See Organize Your Music and Create Playlists.
The various media apps store files in different locations, and you may need to change the locations for some of these files if you have a large library. You can also share your Music and TV content over your home network. See Manage and Share Media Files.
Learn the best ways to import music and audiobook CDs, how to burn CDs, and how to print from the Music app. See Rip, Burn, and Print.
Enjoy audiobooks, movies, TV shows, and podcasts:
You now store and play audiobooks in the Books app. See Listen to Audiobooks.
Movies and TV shows are now handled by the TV app. Read about managing a video library and viewing videos on your Mac. See Watch Movies and TV Shows in the TV App.
Podcasts also have their own app now, and, as with audiobooks, you may need special strategies to manage a large library if you want to save podcast episodes. See Listen to and Watch Podcasts.
Sync media to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod:
- You can, of course, still sync media to your portable devices, but you now manage this process in the Finder. See Sync Media to Your iOS Device or iPod.
Extend Music and TV with AppleScripts:
- You can do a lot with the Music and TV apps, but you may want to go even further. Take advantage of AppleScripts to extend these apps’ functionality. See Extend the Music and TV Apps with AppleScripts.