Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround You have the option of making mediocre playlists for your iPod that simply “do the job”. Or you can master the art of creating Smart Playlists that wow everyone including yourself. Smart Playlists are one feature of iTunes that is very underused. A Smart Playlist is automatically updated depending on what kind of criteria you set for them. iTunes lets you create ...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround Boom Box™ is a software application for your iPod that will give you incredible performance powers. Boom Box™ is a combination of five Mac software applications that have been combined into one. Some of the functionality of this software includes: Preserve all of your old tapes and LPs. Grab hold of Internet streams such as podcasts to listen to whenever an...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround You probably already take your iPod with you wherever you go. This means that you always have it on hand when you want to listen to your music or record a voice memo. But your iPod has another function: You can use it as a laser beam or a flashlight. Griffin iBeams is complete and ready for your dock connected iPod mini or iPod. You can use the flashlight device fo...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround The iPod is often coveted for its amount of disc space, its long battery life, and the seamless way that it integrates with your computer. What is often overlooked, however, is the iPods great capability as a voice recorder. You can store many hours of 16 bit .wav files of sound on your iPod with the simple addition of a microphone. And you don’t need an elaborate m...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround The first thing that you need to do is make sure that your import settings are at their optimum best for the spoken word and audio books. The following steps will ensure that your import settings are the best that they can be: Open up iTunes and click on the preferences dialog. Click on the advanced icon. Then click on the importing tab. Choose the on CD ins...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround Many people think that the iPod is only for music. If you do, you are missing out on a big feature since the iPod is ideal for listening to audio books. The iPod can provide you with a great audio book experience. However, if you listen to a lot of audio books it can get expensive downloading them from the iTunes Music Store. This is the time for you to find a source ...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround If you have an iPod Nano or iPod Photo you can use it to view Yahoo! Map directions. There is a new service that you can use called “iPod-iWay”. This online service has been created by Yahoo Masp and iPod for use with your MP3 player. But just what is iPod-iWay? This service will give you step by step directions when you are driving so that you know exactly where ...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround It’s easy to copy songs from your iPod to your computer. You will find that the iTunes library that is on your computer contains all of the sondgs that you have encoded either from your own collection of CDs or from the iTunes Music Store. When the default settings are activated, iTunes will automatically copy the songs that are in your library onto your iPod. If y...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround You can use your iPod as storage drive. Depending on the type of iPod that you have, it can be used as a flash drive or as a hard drive. This means that you have the ability to store and transfer files and data. This is known as disk mode. Here’s a little tip: use iTunes to transfer files of music from your computer to your iPod. You won’t be able to see the file...

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by TechGround You can use the iPod Camera Connector, or an iPod compatible photo card reader, to transfer photos from your digital camera to your iPod. You can quickly view your digital photos that are on your camera before storing them safely on your iPod. You can then delete these pictures from your digital camera so that you have room to take and store more digital pictures. At...