Introduction

If you’ve never used iTunes or an iPod, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. Listening to music will never be the same again!

iTunes—Apple’s free, wildly popular, and revolutionary digital jukebox software—lets you listen to music from a variety of sources, burn CDs, purchase music and videos online, and share music with friends and coworkers over a network. All that on top of being the best software to use for synchronizing your media collection with a portable music player, such as an iPod!

The iPod is an amazing portable music player and the perfect complement to iTunes. This device is, admittedly, more expensive than other MP3 players, but when you compare it to any of those other devices, it blows them away. It’s small, light, ...

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