2 Getting Audio Files into iPads rs · 5. An iPad (or iPhone) 6. An Apple ID • Email address: •...

GettingAudioFiles

intoiPads

ThesimplestwaytogetmusicintoyouriPadisto

purchaseitfromtheiTunesstoreviatheiPadMusicApp.

Youcanalsoputmusic

purchasedelsewhereonaniPad.

That’sourfocusthissession.

YouwillneedaMacorWindowsPC.

YouwillusetheiTunes applicationtocreate,organize

andplayalibrary

ofdigitalmusicfiles.

AllthesethingscanbeputintoaniTunesMusicLibrary:

• Digitalrecordingsyouhavemade.• TapesandLPsyouhaveconverted

todigitalaudioaudiofiles.• Digitalaudioyouhavedownloaded

fromfreerepositoriesorpurchasedonline.

• DigitalaudiofilesyouhavecreatedfromyourownAudioCDs.

Inthissession,wewilldetailhowtoaccomplishthelastoption.

USBConnector

LightningConnector

OnceyouhaveaniTunesMusicLibrary,youcanconnectyouiPadtothePCvia

aUSBtoLightningcableandarrangeforaselectionofthefilestobeloadedintoyouriPad.

WhenthetransfercompletesyouwillbeabletowalkawayfromyourPCandlistentoyourmusicontheiPad.

youwillneed:1. AMacorWindowsPC2. ACD/DVDDrive

UseyourPC’sinbuiltDriveifithasoneOtherwisegetanexternalUSBDrive

3. SomeAudioCDs4. AcopyofiTunesinstalledonyourPC5. AniPad(oriPhone)6. AnAppleID• Emailaddress:• Password:• PaymentDetails:

Tohinderillegalexchangeofmusicfiles,AppleinsistsontheuseofAppleIDs.

YoumustauthorizeyourPCyouriPadandyouriPhonetouseyourAppleID.

OnlyauthorizediPadsandiPhonescanaccessmusictracksfromyouriTunesMusicLibrary.

ToconvertAudioCDstoDigitalAudioFilesviaiTunes,

Wehaveallthatisrequired:• anauthorised MacPCandanauthorised iPad.• aniTunesMusicLibraryontheMac,aUSB

DVDdriveandsomeAudioCDs.First,wewillconvertthetracksonaAudioCDtoasetofdigitalaudiofilesviaiTunes.

ThenwewillconnecttheiPadtotheMacPCviaaUSBtoLightningcableandsyncthenewlyconvertedaudiotrackstotheiPad.

WhenanAudioCDisinserted,

iTunesstartsupautomatically1anddisplaysthelistoftracks.

______1YoumayhavetogotoSystemPreferences>CDsandDVDstosetthatuponaMac.

Sometimes,iTunesdiscoversseveral

differentversionsoftheCDTrackData.

Youwillthenbeaskedtochoosethe

requiredversion.

ClicktheImportCD

buttontostarttheconversionprocess.

Youwillbeaskedtosettherequiredfileformat:

AACAIFF

AppleLosslessMP3WAV

andsettherequiredAudioQuality:HighQualityiTunesPlus

SpokenPodcastCustom

UsethedefaultsettingsifthemusicwillbeplayedonAppleDevices.

Importproceedsquickly—usually

between3toover20times

real-timeplaybackrate.

TransferspeeddependsonyourPC’sprocessorspeedandalsovaries

fromCDtoCD.

Whenimportcompletes,ejecttheCD

viatheEjectButton.

TheconvertedfilesarestoredinyouiTunes

MusicLibrary.Youcanplaythem

fromtheLibrary’sSongsPage.

SelectSongs anddouble-clickthesongyouwanttoplay.

YoucanplaythenewlyaddedmusicfromtheLibrary’sRecentlyAdded

Page.

SelectRecentlyAddedandclicktheplaybutton

onthealbumicon.

YoucansetupaPlaylist

toaccessthenewlyaddedmusic.

ChooseNew>Playlist

fromtheFilemenu…

LabelthePlaylistto

indicatethemusicitwillpointto…

Hereisoneway.

SelecttheSongsPage.

HighlightthefilesanddragthemtothenewlycreatedPlaylist.

Therearevariouswaystoputmusicfilelinksinaplaylist

Hereisasecondway.

SelecttheRecentlyAddedPage.

Dragtherequiredalbumtothe

newlycreatedPlaylist.

Therearevariouswaystoputmusicfilelinksinaplaylist

Hereisathirdway.

ClicktheEditPlaylist

link...

Therearevariouswaystoputmusicfilelinksinaplaylist

Fromthe list,selectthe

requiredfiles,

anddragthemintothePlaylistcolumn.

ClicktheDonebutton.

Toplaythenewfiles

selectthePlaylistanddouble-click

thefileyouwishtoplay.

ToputthefilesonyouriPad

connectittothePCvia

aUSBtoLightningcable.

WheniPadappearsintheDeviceslist,select

itandthenselect

Music.AlistofallthemusictracksonyouriPadwillbedisplayed.

Toaddmoretracks,clickthe

iPadManagerbutton.

iPadManagerbutton

TheSummaryPage

providesanoverviewyouriPad.

TheAppsManagement

Page

allowsyoutomanagetheAppsinstalledonyouriPadandto

movedocumentstoandfromAppfilestoragespaces.

TheMusicManagement

PageallowsyoutoselectfilesinyourPC’sMusicLibrarythatyouwantcopiedtoyouriPad’sMusic

Library.Noticethemissing

tick.ThenewlyaddedPlaylistisnot

currentlystoredontheiPad.

TickthePlaylistyouwanttoloadontothe

iPad.

ClicktheApplybutton.

ClicktheSyncbutton.

WaitforSynctocomplete.

Synciscompletewhenthe

ActivityWheelstopsspinning

andtheStatusField

showsnoactivity.

ActivityWheel StatusField

ClicktheiPadEjectButton

todisconnecttheiPadandreturntothePC’sMusicLibrary.

Itisthensafetoremovethe

USBtoLightninglead.

iPadEjectButton

Themusicisnowonyour

iPad.

Toplayit,opentheMusicAppandnavigatetotherequiredplaylist.