Transfer Music From the Computer to an iPod Nano

Today's ipod Nanos pack a huge musical punch--two,000 audio on an eight GB design and four,000 new music on a sixteen GB product--in a really tiny package deal (three.six inches extended, one.five inches extensive and 0.24 inches deep). Just before you can take pleasure in that music, nonetheless, You are going to have to transfer it from your personal computer making use of the iTunes computer software, which will perform not only on Apple personal computers, but on Computer systems as properly.

Points You are going to Want

ipod dock connector to USB cable (provided with ipod Nano) iTunes nine or more recent

Insert the dock connector on the ipod cable into the dock connector port on the bottom of your ipod Nano.

Insert the USB end of the ipod cable into a USB two.0 port on your laptop or computer.

Open iTunes on your laptop or computer if it does not open instantly when you connect your ipod Nano to your laptop or computer. You may know that your ipod is linked appropriately when you see the ipod icon show up in the "System" part of iTunes, on the left-hand aspect of the iTunes interface.

Pick the "Music" tab beneath the "Library" tab on the left facet of the iTunes display. Clicking on the "Music" tab will display screen all of the music in your iTunes library in the principal iTunes window on the proper-hand facet of iTunes interface.

Use the scroll bar on the far appropriate facet of the iTunes interface to scroll by means of the music in your iTunes library.

Click the song that you Will need to transfer to your ipod Nano so that the song is highlighted. You can transfer far more than 1 song at a time by keeping down the "Command" important on a Mac or the "Ctrl" essential on a Personal computer and clicking on far more new music.

Drag the picked song(s) to the ipod icon in the Unit list.

Release the mouse when the ipod icon lights up and the music will transfer to your ipod Nano.