Chapter 6
Reading, Listening, and Learning on Your Mac
In This Chapter
Reading iBooks
Attending iTunes U
Enjoying podcasts
We talk about iTunes and the iTunes Store in Book IV, Chapter 1. You may have noticed there’s much more in the iTunes Store than just music and movies. iTunes offers a warehouse of podcasts, books, and university courses, too. In this chapter, we walk you through the stacks of the iBooks Store and show you how to use your Mac as an electronic reading device (also known as an e-reader).
We also flip through the course catalog of iTunes U, the online Apple learning institution that gives you free access to the virtual ivy-covered walls of some of the world’s most prestigious universities. iTunes U also offers professional development courses, as well as K–12 materials and classes.
We close the chapter with podcasts, which are free audio and video broadcasts that used to be limited to iPods (hence, the name) but can be enjoyed on your Mac, too. The iTunes Store offers a seemingly endless assortment of podcast categories and topics.
Thumbing through iBooks
When you first open iBooks, you see the iBooks welcome screen that invites you to Get Started. Click the Get ...
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