Apple MC381LL/A manual To buy a song, album, or audiobook, To download or subscribe to a podcast

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You can browse or search the iTunes Store to find the album, song, or artist you’re looking for. Open iTunes and click iTunes Store in the list on the left.

ÂTo browse the iTunes Store, choose a category (for example, Music) on the left side of the iTunes Store home page. You can choose a genre, look at new releases, click one of the featured songs, look at Top Songs and more, or click Browse under Quick Links in the main iTunes Store window.

ÂTo browse for podcasts, click the Podcasts link on the left side of the iTunes Store home page.

ÂTo search the iTunes Store, type the name of an album, song, artist, or composer in the search field. Press Return or choose an item from the list that appears.

ÂTo narrow your search results, choose an item from the pop-up menu in the upper left (the default is All Results). For example, to narrow your search to songs and albums, choose Music from the pop-up menu.

ÂTo search for a combination of items, click Power Search in the Search Results page.

ÂTo return to the home page of the iTunes Store, click the Home button in the status line at the top of the page.

To buy a song, album, or audiobook:

1Select iTunes Store, and then find the item you want to buy.

You can double-click a song or other item to listen to a portion of it and make sure it’s what you want. (If your network connection is slower than 128 kbps, choose iTunes Preferences, and in the Store pane, select “Load complete preview before playing.”)

2Click Buy Song, Buy Album, or Buy Book.

The item is downloaded to your computer and charged to the credit card listed in your Apple or AOL account.

To download or subscribe to a podcast:

1Select iTunes Store.

2Click the Podcasts link on the left side of the home page in the iTunes Store.

3Browse for the podcast you want to download.

ÂTo download a single podcast episode, click the Get Episode button next to the episode.

ÂTo subscribe to a podcast, click the Subscribe button next to the podcast graphic. iTunes downloads the most recent episode. As new episodes become available, they’re automatically downloaded to iTunes when you connect to the Internet.

Adding Songs Already on Your Computer to Your iTunes Library

If you have songs on your computer encoded in file formats that iTunes supports, you can easily add the songs to iTunes.

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