8 things you may not have known about iTunes.

1. Did you know: You can change both the bit rate and format of CD's that you import? Go to Edit> Preferences> Advanced> Importing. And you can play with the quality at which your CD's are imported.

2. Did you know: You can drag songs directly from the iTunes Store into your library and make a playlist of 30 second tracks? This may be stupid to some people, but if you're determining whether you're actually going to purchase an album from the store, this could be of good use.

3. Did you know: Everything in the source list of iTunes can be lifted from the main iTunes window and made into its own window. Just double click anything in the source (a playlist, the store, etc.) and you can have your own unified window with what you're working on at hand-without the source list.

4. Did you know: There is an unwritten rule at Apple that allows you to re-download all of your older purchased music if you've lost it. You won't find it on any document, but call Apple and tell them you lost all your music in a mac to mac transfer, they'll allow you to re-download every song you've ever purchased free of charge.

5. Did you know: You can reset your authorized machines more than once a year. Just contact Apple and they'll allow you to reset all machines.

6. Did you know: you can jump to songs and playlists without going to the search bar in the top right of the iTunes window. If you casually type in any letters of a song, artist or album while iTunes is the foremost app, iTunes will locate that song. It doesn't work as well as using the search box, but if you need to get to something really fast try it out.

7. Did you know: You can remove items from the source list that you never use, like Podcasts or the radio. Go to Edit> Preferences> General. The option to remove certain source list items is in the general tab.

8. Did you know: You can remove the 2 second gap in between CD's you burn by going to Edit> Preferences> Advanced> Burning. This will allow you to increase or decrease the gap in between CD's you burn.


I know this is no-brainer stuff to most people, but it may help others out.