Using Your Mac as a Media Hub for Former Windows Users

Edition:
Release: 2012-10-16
Publisher: 101 Publishing
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN/ASIN: B009RXCH6Q



Using Your Mac as a Media Hub for Former Windows Users: With information on iTunes, iCloud, watching TV on a Mac and more. (Tech 101 Kindle Book Series)

Computers are really more than computers these days – for many, they’re TV, DVD and stereo all in one. Free download Using Your Mac as a Media Hub for Former Windows Users books collection in PDF, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, and TXT formats. And for those making the jump from a Windows-based PC to a Macintosh, author Todd Stauffer provides instructions for ensuring that no file gets left behind as you turn your new Mac into a media hub. Stauffer examines the formats that the Windows operating system uses to create media files and details the options available for translating them to or playing them on a Mac. “Using Your Mac as a Media Hub for Former Windows Users” explores the differences between iTunes and Windows Media Center, explains how to get audio files into iTunes, and takes a look at the iCloud-enabled iTunes Match. Stauffer sketches the processes for playing video in iTunes, QuickTime Player and through a Web browser. Best deals ebooks download Using Your Mac as a Media Hub for Former Windows Users on amazon.Other topics include playing DVD and DVD video; watching TV on a Mac; and connecting to a high-definition TV. The author includes 31 illustrative screen shots and a rich supply of "Tips and Tricks" culled from his own personal experience.


Excerpt from the Book:
“iTunes isn’t really a repository for your entire video collection the way WMC is. iTunes doesn’t record live television or offer any time-shifting or DVR features. And it doesn’t offer any plug-in apps to do things like play Netflix or YouTube movies. Of course, you can do all of that stuff on your Mac...”


Highlights:

Windows Media Center vs. iTunes
iTunes Match — store your music in the cloud
Sharing media
Watching videos on your Mac or another device
And much more!


Includes:

1. Getting to know media file formats
2. Organizing and listening to music
3. Mac utilities for music and video
4. Playing media on Apple TV and other home entertainment options
5. Sharing your library over a home network
6. Specialized audio applications
7. DVDs and online videos


About the Author:

Todd Stauffer is the author or co-author of more than three dozen books on computing and the Internet; an award-winning magazine writer; and a former television and radio host.

Todd is the founding author of the “How to Do Everything” series by McGraw-Hill, which began with his book “How to Do Everything with Your iMac.” His most recent book is “How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog.” More than half a million copies of books by Stauffer have been sold, including editions in Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Czech and Russian.

Stauffer is also the co-founder and publisher of the Jackson Free Press, an award-winning newsweekly (and daily website) in Jackson, Mississippi. He lives in Jackson with journalist Donna Ladd and a few too many cats.

He can be reached online at his blog, Macblog.com. Download Using Your Mac as a Media Hub for Former Windows Users: With information on iTunes, iCloud, watching TV on a Mac and more. (Tech 101 Kindle Book Series) with free ebook downloads available via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared.

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