Manage iTunes 8

I have brought to you all some settings and functionalities you may access in iTunes 8 released by Apple. I hope you will be benefitted

1. Organize your playlists in folders by clicking File >New Playlist Folder, thereafter drag playlists into each one.

1. Create a playlist of an entire album by clicking Music in the Library menu at left, and thereafter View > Show Browser. Thereafter drag the album from the Album list to the space beneath everything else in the bluish pane at or just Shift-click the Add (+) button on the album name to do the same thing.
2. Create an instant playlist of a group of selected songs by Ctrl-clicking each song, and thereafter drag the whole batch to the same space on the left.
3. Right-click a song name to see a group of useful shortcuts, including the ability to display all the playlists in which a song currently appears, or cue it as the next song in Shuffle mode.

Navigate iTunes like a pro.

1. Lost your place in the Library view while listening to a song? Then jump to the currently playing track by a click to the curved arrow to the right of the progress bar at the top.

1. Right-click any column heading in order to change which ones are visible.
2. Work the iTunes controls from the keyboard by holding down the Ctrl key: Ctrl-Right Arrow skips to the next song, while Ctrl-Left Arrow skips back. Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down change the volume, while the space bar plays or pause the current track.

Delete duplicate songs. Now that Apple is finally pulling DRM off its iTunes Store tracks, 30-cent upgrades are available for prior purchases, and, thrown into the bargain, the upgrades double the bit rate—to much-better-sounding 256-kilobit-per-second AAC files. Although iTunes offers to delete the old 128-Kbps files in the process, I found that iTunes misses a lot of them—seemingly because the iTunes Store changed the name of albums along the way. So knock them all out in one fell swoop by selecting File > Show Duplicates, and thereafter deleting all the unwanted versions.

Beef up artist recommendations. iTunes 8's new Genius feature is pretty cool, but take it a step further and install the free iLike Sidebar. It attaches to the right of your iTunes window and generates new recommendations, free MP3 links, and even related videos as you play different tracks.

Create extra libraries. Apple wants you to keep all of your music in one library, but that doesn't mean you have to. Hold down the Shift key when starting up the app; you'll see a small dialog box asking whether you want to create a new library or look for an existing one. This little trick lets you archive music you don't feel like staring at all the time but don't want to delete forever, either—and it's also great for people with different musical tastes who share the same computer.

Improve the sound quality of imported CDs. Now that storage prices have fallen through the floor, and the standard iPod classic has a 120GB hard disk, consider bumping up the sound quality of imported CD tracks to at least 256 Kbps AAC, if not Apple Lossless..

Source[ PC MAG]

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