BURNING A CD USING ITUNES Theresa Anderson Jon Bollinger Vandan Desai Udit Pandya Steven Sumedi

Introduction  iTunes playlist can be used to do many things:  Create custom mixes of songs.  Burn CDs.  Sync multiple iPods on one computer.  This presentation will first show you how to create a playlist, which is necessary to burn a CD.  The presentation will then guide you step-by-step through the CD burning process.

Step 1: Create an iTunes Playlist  Open up iTunes.  Click the “+” sign at the bottom-left corner of the screen to create a new playlist.  See Figure 1.

Step 2: Name the Playlist  After you’ve clicked the button, you’ll see an untitled playlist created in a drawer.  Type a name for the playlist into the field.  Hit enter or return to finalize the name.  If you accidentally call it “untitled”:  Single click the playlist.  Wait a second.  Then click the text of the name.  It will become editable again.

Step 3: Add Songs to the Playlist  Go back to your music library and drag the songs you want to include on the CD to the new playlist.  Do this until you have added all the songs you want.  See Figure 3.

Step 4: Arrange Order of the Songs  To arrange the order of the songs on your burned CD, click on the playlist name to view the list of songs.  When you see the list of songs, you can drag and drop them to put them in any order you want.

Step 5: Burn CD in iTunes  Once you’ve the playlist in the order you want, insert a blank CD into your computer.  When the CD is loaded into the computer, click the “Burn Disc” icon at the bottom right-hand corner of the iTunes window.

Step 6: Adjust the Burn Settings  Then, the “Burn Settings” dialog box will open allowing you to choose the type of disc you want to create, such as Audio CD or MP3 CD.  Select your desired disc format and then click “Burn”

Step 7: iTunes will Burn the CD  iTunes will check the playlist and prepare the songs and then initialize the disc.  As iTunes burns the CD, it will show a progress bar at the top of the window and give you an ETA for completion.

Step 8: Eject Disc and Use the CD  When the burn is complete, iTunes will make a noise alerting you.  The CD, with the name you gave in step 2, will show up in the tray on the left in iTunes.  You can now safely eject the disc by pressing the “eject” icon next to the name of the CD.

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