Apple M9434LL User Guide - Page 26

Audio File Formats Supported by iPod mini, To browse for and purchase music

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To browse for and purchase music: 1 Open iTunes and click Music Store in the Source list. 2 Click the Account button and follow the onscreen instructions to set up an account or enter your existing Apple Account or AOL account information. You can only have music from five different Music Store accounts on one iPod mini. For more information about the iTunes Music Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes and Music Store Help. Audio File Formats Supported by iPod mini • AAC (M4A, M4B, M4P) (up to 320 kbps) • Apple Lossless (a high-quality compressed format, available using iTunes 4.5 or later) • MP3 (up to 320 kbps) • MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR) • WAV • AA (Audible spoken word) • AIFF • ALAC (using iTunes 4.5 or later) A song encoded using Apple Lossless format has the same quality as the same song encoded using AIFF or WAV format, but takes up about half the amount of space on iPod mini. The same song encoded in AAC or MP3 format takes up even less space. When you import music from a CD using iTunes, it is converted to AAC format by default. Using iPod mini 26

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Using iPod mini
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To browse for and purchase music:
1
Open iTunes and click Music Store in the Source list.
2
Click the Account button and follow the onscreen instructions to set up an account or
enter your existing Apple Account or AOL account information.
You can only have music from five different Music Store accounts on one iPod mini.
For more information about the iTunes Music Store, open iTunes and choose Help >
iTunes and Music Store Help.
Audio File Formats Supported by iPod mini
AAC (M4A, M4B, M4P) (up to 320 kbps)
Apple Lossless (a high-quality compressed format, available using iTunes 4.5 or later)
MP3 (up to 320 kbps)
MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
WAV
AA (Audible spoken word)
AIFF
ALAC (using iTunes 4.5 or later)
A song encoded using Apple Lossless format has the same quality as the same song
encoded using AIFF or WAV format, but takes up about half the amount of space on
iPod mini. The same song encoded in AAC or MP3 format takes up even less space.
When you import music from a CD using iTunes, it is converted to AAC format by
default.