Apple MA712LL User Guide - Page 101

Streaming or downloading podcasts, Checking download status, Stream a podcast

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Follow an artist Follow a friend Share your thoughts Share concert plans Specify Ping notifications Tap Follow on their profile page. When you follow someone, they don't automatically follow you. In your profile, you can choose to approve or decline requests to be followed as they arrive, or simply accept all new followers without review. As you browse albums and songs, tap Post to comment on a piece of music, or tap Like just to say you like it. Your friends will see your comments in their Ping Activity feed. Tap Concerts on your profile page to see upcoming concerts by the artists you follow, and to see which of your friends are going to a concert. Tap Tickets to buy your own ticket, or tap I'm Going to let others know you'll be there too. (Not available in all areas.) Go to Settings > Notifications > Ping. Ping can send a text alert, play a sound, or add an alert badge to the iTunes app icon on iPhone when someone starts following you or comments on your activities. Streaming or downloading podcasts You can listen to audio podcasts or watch video podcasts streamed over the Internet from the iTunes Store. You can also download audio and video podcasts. Stream a podcast: Tap Podcasts (tap More first, if Podcasts isn't visible) to browse podcasts in the iTunes Store. Video podcasts are marked with a video icon . Download a podcast Tap the Free button, then tap Download. Downloaded podcasts appear in the Podcasts playlist. Listen to or watch a podcast you've In Music, tap Podcasts (tap More first, if Podcasts isn't visible), then tap the downloaded podcast. Video podcasts also appear in your list of videos. Get more episodes of the podcast In the Podcasts list in Music, tap the podcast, then tap Get More Episodes. you've downloaded Delete a podcast In the Podcasts list in Music, swipe left or right over the podcast, then tap Delete. Checking download status You can check the Downloads screen to see the status of in-progress and scheduled downloads, including purchases you pre-order. See the status of items being downloaded: Tap Downloads (tap More first, if Downloads isn't visible). Pre-ordered items don't automatically download when they're released. Return to the Downloads screen to begin the download. Download a pre-ordered item Tap the item, then tap . If a download is interrupted, the download resumes when there's an Internet connection. Or, if you open iTunes on your computer, iTunes completes the download to your iTunes library (if your computer is connected to the Internet and signed in using the same Apple ID). Chapter 21 iTunes Store 101

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Follow an artist
Tap Follow on their profile page.
Follow a friend
When you follow someone, they don’t automatically follow you. In your
profile, you can choose to approve or decline requests to be followed as
they arrive, or simply accept all new followers without review.
Share your thoughts
As you browse albums and songs, tap Post to comment on a piece of music,
or tap Like just to say you like it. Your friends will see your comments in
their Ping Activity feed.
Share concert plans
Tap Concerts on your profile page to see upcoming concerts by the artists
you follow, and to see which of your friends are going to a concert. Tap
Tickets to buy your own ticket, or tap I’m Going to let others know you’ll be
there too. (Not available in all areas.)
Specify Ping notifications
Go to Settings > Notifications > Ping. Ping can send a text alert, play a
sound, or add an alert badge to the iTunes app icon on iPhone when
someone starts following you or comments on your activities.
Streaming or downloading podcasts
You can listen to audio podcasts or watch video podcasts streamed over the Internet from the
iTunes Store. You can also download audio and video podcasts.
Stream a podcast:
Tap Podcasts (tap More first, if Podcasts isn’t visible) to browse podcasts in the
iTunes Store.
Video podcasts are marked with a video icon
.
Download a podcast
Tap the Free button, then tap Download. Downloaded podcasts appear in
the Podcasts playlist.
Listen to or watch a podcast you’ve
downloaded
In Music, tap Podcasts (tap More first, if Podcasts isn’t visible), then tap the
podcast. Video podcasts also appear in your list of videos.
Get more episodes of the podcast
you’ve downloaded
In the Podcasts list in Music, tap the podcast, then tap Get More Episodes.
Delete a podcast
In the Podcasts list in Music, swipe left or right over the podcast, then
tap Delete.
Checking download status
You can check the Downloads screen to see the status of in-progress and scheduled downloads,
including purchases you pre-order.
See the status of items being downloaded:
Tap Downloads (tap More first, if Downloads
isn’t visible).
Pre-ordered items don’t automatically download when they’re released. Return to the Downloads
screen to begin the download.
Download a pre-ordered item
Tap the item, then tap
.
If a download is interrupted, the download resumes when there’s an Internet connection. Or, if
you open iTunes on your computer, iTunes completes the download to your iTunes library (if your
computer is connected to the Internet and signed in using the same Apple ID).
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