Advanced iTunes Use

It's easy to end up with duplicate files in a large iTunes library. What's less easy is finding those duplicate files. Luckily, iTunes has a feature that makes it easy to find these files and decide if you want to keep them or not.

While deciding to buy an Android phone rather than an iPhone might appear to be turning your back on the iPhone/iTunes ecosystem, iTunes offers a lot of appealing things that can tempt the Android user. The question is: between iTunes and Android, what works and what doesn't?

While the iTunes Store is full of terrific content from music to movies to apps, not all of it is appropriate for children or teens. But what’s a parent who wants to let their kids access some parts of iTunes, but not others, to do?

There are numerous options for creating iPhone ringtones. From the tool built into iTunes to third-party freeware and paid apps, there are lots of ways to turn your favorite songs into ringtones. But what to choose? If you've created iPhone ringtones, tell us what tool you used and why here.

While iTunes is how most people get music to their iPods, there are alternatives to iTunes that also work. If you use an iTunes alternative, let us know what it is, and why you use it, here.

Have you used iTunes and the iOS to create a wireless home audio system--and saved thousands over custom systems at the same time? If you have, share what you did and how to inspire others.

While most people use iTunes to manage their iPods and music libraries, iTunes isn't the only game in town. There is a whole suite of programs that work as iTunes alternatives.

You probably don't want to sync every song you have in iTunes to your iPod (or may not be able to, if your iTunes library takes up more space than your iPod has). There are a few ways to control what songs get synced to your iPod.

One of the biggest challenges of getting a new computer is transferring your iTunes music library. Backing up your iTunes library isn't exactly simple, either. And Apple doesn't help make things easier.

While parents are glad to give their kids powerful communication and entertainment devices like the iPhone and iPod, you may also have some concerns about what kind of content your kids can access on them. These articles will help you balance your child's use of technology while your desire to protect them.

The Parental Control tools built into iTunes allow parents to restrict what kinds of content their children can download or buy from the iTunes Store. However, parental controls apply to iTunes broadly, no matter who uses it, meaning that if the family shares the computer, the content parents can access is limited by their own settings. So, the...

While iTunes is the dominant music store/music player app on the Mac OS and Windows, what about Linux users? Just because they're using open-source, instead of commercial, systems, they shouldn't be left out of the iTunes fun, right? So, if you're a Linux user interested in getting iTunes, you're probably wondering where you can download iTunes...

Considering that most people have thousands, if not tens of thousands, of songs in their iTunes libraries, those libraries can easily take up 25, 50, or 100 GB. But libraries that big can take up more space on a hard drive than you may be able to spare. In that case, running iTunes from an external hard drive can solve your problem. Here's how...