How do you use an IPOD? I brought my son an IPOD for Christmas and we do not know how to download music?

Question

Can someone please tell me how I can download music onto my sons IPOD?

Answer 1

First if you don't have iTunes, you will need to download it to your computer to import the songs into the iPod. You can download it here.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Then you will have to import your current music collection to iTunes. On the file pull down menu, the fifth option down says "Add to Library" click on the songs that you want to import to iTunes and click "Choose". If you don't have any music, on the left side of the iTunes window there should be a option that says "Itunes store" click on it and there you can download music and videos. Or if you have Cd's put a CD into your computer and it should be on iTunes labeled with the CD's name. Click "Yes" when it asks you if you want to import the CD into your library. When it is done importing the music, you are ready to put the music into your son's iPod. There is a cord that comes with the iPod that plugs into the iPod and the other end plugs into your computer. Depending on the generation iPod you have, the cord will plug into a different place. If the iPod is an iPod Video, or iPod Nano it will plug into the USB port on your computer. Other iPods will plug into the Firewire port. Plug in the iPod to your computer and an icon of an iPod should show up under devices on the left side of the iTunes window. Then, click on the iPod icon and there should be a button that says "Import library to iPod" or something of that nature. Click on the button. Depending on how much music you have in your library, it may take anywhere from less than a second to half an hour. Your son's iPod now has music on it. DO NOT TAKE THE IPOD PLUG OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER!! Next to the iPod icon there should be an eject button and press it. Now it is safe to take the plug out of the computer.
If you have any other questions the website
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/family/
can help.

Answer 2

YOu could do the legal and most expensive way, which is to get music off of itunes. I think if you want to be legal (which means you have to pay), the best way to go is to use yahoo music. It's only a few bucks per month for unlimitted music. You could always use Limewire (download from limewire.com) for free though, but it's ilegall.to download successfully from limewire and into you ipod, first of all, download all the songs you want from limewire. then go to your library and click explore. then a window will pop out. drag the files from that window into your windows media player library. then sync it into your ipod through the sync cable.
good luck

Answer 3

Install Itunes on your computer and plug your iPod into the computer via the USB cable.

Itunes will keep the OS on the iPod up to date and help you manage what is on it.

You can use Itunes to purchase music, import your own CD's and MP3's etc.

You can create custom playlists that you can also tell you iPod to automatically sync with or have the iPod sync to as much as it can store.

Answer 4

download itunes onto ur comp
download limewire onto ur comp (unless you have cds u want all ur music from)
plug in ur ipod to ur comp and a screen should pop up askin you to register your ipod
download songs off limwire once there downloaded add ur desired songs to ur limwire playlist highlight all (or do them individually) and click and hold/drag them into ur itunes folder the one with the symbol of ur ipod (mines the pink one cuz i have the pink one)
once all ur songs are on itunes click on the symbol w ur ipod and then a bunch of boxes with folder names will be in the center click on the folder name that u put in all ur songs
it will then tell you do not disconect becasue it is downloading
if n e more trouble go to apple.com/support (i belive)

Answer 5

First install all of the software.
then there are many ways to download music. if you have a credit card you can use iTunes and purchase the music legally. Or you can use limewire (www.limewire.com). Limewire is free, iTunes is not. but with iTunes you dont have to worry about viruses.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Hello,
I easily got for free iTunes here http://bit.ly/1rXorxV
It's a good free solution.
I hope it helps

Answer 8

limewire just go to limewire.com and download it when you do you can search songs adn download them then you click the file (the song) and you drag it over to itunes library then when you plug in the ipod the songs will atomiclly go or you can buy songs for 1 each at itunes.com

Answer 9

first u have to download itunes software from the website www.apple.com.after that add songs to itune library and after that click on to a device option given in itunes and then click sync to store songs to ipod.that's it.

Answer 10

Hi,
You can download iTunes here http://bit.ly/1rXoABA
It's surely the leader program of its type
I hope it helps