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 enlarge | Author: Andy Ihnatko
Publisher: Wiley
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Pages: 312
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ISBN: 0470049502
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.5
EAN: 9780470049501
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Publication Date: October 23, 2006
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 Super helpful and fun to read! January 29, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
Imagine that you have, on your iPod, music from your old vinyl LPs, audio from cassette tapes, old videos you made or copied from TV, your own audio input, long (book-length if you like) documents, spreadsheets, presentations, your e-mail (in audio form if you prefer), radio programs, RSS news feeds in audio, TV programs, whatever. Yes, all possible, and, even for the techno-challenged, all easy with Ihnatko's visuals and clear step-by-step instructions. In addition to plentiful screen shots and a number of photos of hardware, there are lots of Tips (how-tos you may not know) and Tidbits (info bites), and occasional Trouble (watch-out alerts) sidebars.
Peripherals are essential for most iPodding beyond music; hard/software ranges from $20 to $200, and some, like eBook Creator software/service or apps the Mac contains by default, are free. One of the gifts of this book is frequent explanation of how to smooth the rough spots in your recordings (and the rationale thereof). How to search your eBooks/text docs or how to input text (you can input audio while riding the subway, though) onto your iPod remain futuristic dreams that have nothing to do with Ihnatko's expertise. After all, iPod with voice recorder, memory card slot, and interactive note input/search would no longer be the lean-and-mean iPod we all know and love.
If you want to go high-end, you learn about the $150 analog-to-digital video bridge (ADS Tech's Pyro A/V Link box), or the recommended-for-Mac eyeTV ($199). You can get a RadioShark for $70 ("TiVo for radio") or the "adorably cheap" iMic with Final Vinyl ("everything that GarageBand isn't") for $40, essential for audio recording since the computer's built-in audio is never adequate for more than chat and there is no line-in input. All how-to-use explanations are in the book.
I wanted this book because I need to get old audiocassettes onto my iPod without paying to have them converted to CDs first. Done, Walkman-to-iPod. After reading it, I'm intrigued by lots more iPod possibilities, like conversion of Web pages to audio--my RSS news feeds can go on my iPod via NewsAloud while I shower and have my morning muffin so I can listen to them during my commute, along with the morning's new e-mail (no external utilities and no conversions needed on the Mac).
Ihnatko is copyright-savvy, and distinguishes between copyright and vendor protection, respecting the first and offering work-arounds for the second. He seems to know copyright law inside out, and is clear on what the law and the Supreme Court's interpretation of it allow. He's also clear on what is legally free, and often on how to get it.
The Wiley Web site for this book gives a free download (566K) of Appendix C (not in the book), the "Super Skim," a chapter-by-chapter bulleted summary of the whole book. The full text of the very basic "Startup" Chapter One and the sketchy Index are also available for download.
Serving both Mac and PC users, the book does not belabor either, and the introduction says that the Mac shortcuts will come first, but Windows is always first throughout. It is easy to use it for the Mac with minimal Win distraction, perhaps because the layout is so well done. And, the 10-page Appendix A on using Automator on the Mac is a very welcome section.
Andy Ihnatko is a prolific, multi-interest writer, has long hair, lives in Boston, and is a Mac geek. You may know him from the "MacWorld" back-page column, or his books, forthcoming of which is "The Mac OS X Leopard Book." For now, I have plenty to do with maximizing my iPod to the nth degree, thanks to Andy's "iPod Fully Loaded"!
How much easier can using an Ipod be? January 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ipod Fully Loaded is a really great book. The writing style is knowledgable, familar, informative and funny all at the same time. The information on utilizing the full potential of an Ipod is giving in easy to absorb bites, with freeware options first and all the legality issues fully addressed at the beginning of the book and at the beginning of each chapter.
Inhatko is a superbly informed apple geek who does not take himself so seriously that he cannot laugh at himself while he is giving us nanobytes of info regarding this popular music, video, podcast, books on tape and Powerpoint, to name few, storage device. The book is excellent and what can be done with an Ipod is even better.
 book for i pod users January 15, 2007
1 out of 24 found this review helpful
this was a gift - will not comment on product
You need to read - iPod Fully Loaded! December 5, 2006
37 out of 37 found this review helpful
Title: iPod Fully Loaded
Author: Andy Ihnatko
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2007)
ISBN 978-0-470-04950-1
Reviewed by: Curt Blanchard, Tucson Macintosh Users Group
I've enjoyed Andy Ihnatko's shtick for years and this book is not wanting in that department. In fact, his inanities occasionally get in the way a little here. However, I laughed, I read and I learned - a lot.
This is not your basic How-to-use-an-iPod book, in fact if you're a new iPodder, you'd better get your basics down first. This book is for the iPodophiles who want to expand their horizons beyond mere music. Beyond music on an iPod that is made especially FOR music, you ask? Yes, indeed!
Here are just a few of the things you can do with your iPod. As Ihnatko says, "If you've got it, you can iPod it." He's good at explaining how - and some of it requires lots of patience. OK, it's easy to download music and rip it from CD's but how about from your old tapes and vinyl? How about putting movies from your own DVDs on your video iPod? How about streaming radio? How about TV shows so you can perform mobile time-shifts?
There is a large section of the book devoted to grabbing text of all kinds and adding them to the iPod's Notes file - your daily email, documents, database information and, yes, even spreadsheet information. Speaking of esoteric uses for the iPod, how about converting websites to audio or text files so you can download and listen to the news feeds while driving to work in the morning! How about capturing Internet video on the video iPod?
The book has a good section on backups and also on Automator. Ihnatko is a big fan and provides convincing reasons to open it up and get involved. Many Mac users don't really understand its power and utility.
Andy Ihnatko's witty crazyness kept me reading through entire chapters instead of skipping around they way I normally do with books like this. 275 pages and I read `em all - a First, I think. If you're an addicted iPodder, you'll look at your iPod in an entirely new light after reading this book! Recommended reading.
--Curt Blanchard - 12/5/05
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