Lesson 16 Using iTunes to Sync Multimedia and More

In this lesson, you learn about iTunes and how it works on the iPad as well as personal computers; how to get content for the iPad, including music, movies, and much more; and how to use iTunes to sync your iPad with a personal computer.

Understanding iTunes

iTunes is the funnel for all of Apple’s content deals with music producers, Hollywood moguls, book publishers and others, plus access to free content and user-generated content, delivering, syncing, and managing all sorts of items across devices.

As one example of its importance, through iTunes, Apple has been able to enforce a strong, but reasonably user-friendly, digital rights management (DRM) policy for some content, such as movies ...

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