iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

iSync Meets iPod

Part of iSync’s charm is its ability to keep your iPod in perfect harmony with iCal and Address Book—and you don’t have to export, drag, or drop a thing.

To use the dynamic duo of iSync and iPod, you need version 1.2 or later of the iPod system software. (You can download the most current version at http://www.apple.com/ipod/download).

Once you’ve installed iSync, connect your iPod to the Mac with the FireWire cable and then start up iSync. In iSync, choose Devices→Add New Device. The iSync program looks around to see what compatible items are connected to the Mac.

When iSync has located your iPod, it invites you to drag the icon into the iSync window to add it to the team (Figure 10-2).

Figure 10-2. When you first open iSync (top), it doesn’t “see” the iPod. But once iSync has looked around and found your iPod (bottom), you can add it to the brushed-metal toolbar by dragging its icon—or by simply double-clicking it.

Now the iSync window expands so that you can set up the synchronization process (Figure 10-3). (You can also expand the iSync window by clicking any of the device icons.)

Figure 10-3. Click an icon to expand the iSync window. In this panel, tell the program exactly which contacts and calendars you’d like to synchronize.

In the expanded iSync window, turn on the ...