iPhone Controlling Song Playback

August 22nd, 2008 | | In Iphone Guide

When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears:

Now Playing screen

Pause a song:
Tap or click the mic button on the iPhone headset.
Resume playback:
Tap or click the mic button on the iPhone headset.
Raise or lower the volume:
Drag the volume slider or use the buttons on the side of iPhone.
Restart a song or a chapter in an audiobook or podcast:
Tap .
Skip to the next or previous song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast:
Tap twice to skip to the previous song. Tap to skip to the next song, or click the mic button on the iPhone headset twice quickly.
Rewind or fast-forward:
Touch and hold or . The longer you hold the control, the faster the song rewinds or fast-forwards.
Return to the iPod browse lists:
Tap . Or swipe to the right over the album cover.
Return to the Now Playing screen:
Tap Now Playing.
Display a song’s lyrics:
Tap the album cover when playing a song. (Lyrics appear only if you’ve added them to the song using the song’s Info window in iTunes.) Read the rest of this entry »

iPhone Playing Songs

August 22nd, 2008 | | In Iphone Guide
Browse your collection:
Tap Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums, Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, or Podcasts.
Play a song:
Tap the song.

Converting Videos for iPhone

August 22nd, 2008 | | In Iphone Guide

You can add videos other than those purchased from the iTunes Store to iPhone, such as videos you create in iMovie on a Mac or videos you download from the Internet and then add to iTunes.

If you try to add a video from iTunes to iPhone and a message says the video can’t play on iPhone, you can convert the video.

Convert a video to work with iPhone:
Select the video in your iTunes library and choose Advanced > “Convert Selection for iPod/iPhone.” Then add the converted video to iPhone.
Source: apple.com

You can transfer content on iPhone that was purchased using iTunes on one computer to an iTunes library on another authorized computer. The computer must be authorized to play content from your iTunes account. To authorize the computer, open iTunes on the computer and choose Store > Authorize Computer.

Transfer purchased content:
Connect iPhone to the other computer. iTunes asks if you want to transfer purchased content.

iPhone Manually Managing Content

August 22nd, 2008 | | In Iphone Guide
The manually managing feature lets you choose just the music, video, and podcasts you want to have on iPhone.

Set up iPhone for manually managing content:

  1. Connect iPhone to your computer.
  2. In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
  3. Click the Summary tab and select “Manually manage music and videos.”
  4. Click Apply.
Add items to iPhone:
Drag a song, video, podcast, or playlist in your iTunes library to iPhone (in the sidebar). Shift-click or Command-click to select multiple items to add at the same time.

iTunes syncs the content immediately. If you deselect “Manually manage music and videos,” the content you added manually is removed from iPhone the next time iTunes syncs content.

Remove items from iPhone:
With iPhone connected to your computer, select the iPhone icon in the iTunes sidebar. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the icon to show the contents. Select a content area, such as Music or Movies, then select the items you want to delete and press the Delete key on the keyboard. Read the rest of this entry »
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