February 2026
Beginner
336 pages
11h 51m
English
Content preview from Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, 8th Edition
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Chapter 10
Enjoying Music, Video, and Books
Your MacBook comes equipped with apps for enjoying music, podcasts, video, and books. The Music app enables you to import digital music, copy songs from CDs, play them back, and create playlists. The TV app enables you to watch movies, TV shows, and videos. The Podcast app lets you enjoy podcasts. The Books app enables you to build an e-book library on your MacBook and read e-books anywhere.
Add Your Music to the Music App
Add Your Music to the Music App
The Music app enables you to build your music library quickly by adding your existing songs to it. You can import digital audio files in formats including MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, and WAV from your MacBook or buy songs online. If you have CDs, you can copy songs from them by using an optical drive connected to your MacBook.
When importing songs from CDs, you can choose among different settings to create files using different formats and higher or lower audio quality. The highest-quality files give the best sound but require the most space on your MacBook’s disk.
Launch the Music App
Click Music (, A) on the Dock to launch ...
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