SEARCHING FOR MEDIA Click on the Search field, and type in the name of the song, the artist, the movie, the TV show, the book or the podcast you’re interested in. For example, you can type Mozart into the field and press Enter. A page will appear showing all the result related to that search. That includes music, videos and smartphone applications. Let’s filter it down a bit. We just want music from Mozart, so under Filter by Media Type click on Music. Now you’ll see the individual songs and albums relating to the search. Click on an album or song name to get a full description and to listen to a preview. You could also just click on the Buy button to purchase it with the credit card details you’ve entered. LET’S DOWNLOAD SOMETHING! Now we’ll try actually downloading something to iTunes. We’ll grab something free. So click on Podcasts in the top banner on the iTunes main page to go to the podcasts page. Most podcasts are free. Pick a podcast that takes your fancy. It doesn’t matter which one. If the subject matter interests you, click on it. This will take you to that podcast’s page, with a list of episodes. If it’s a free podcast, each episode will have a Free button next to it. You can click on the name of an individual episode to bring up a pop-up description of that episode if you want. Click on the Free button to download the episode. (This is the same as clicking on the Buy button of a paid item of media). Now up the top of the window, you’ll see a downloading notification and progress bar. When it’s complete, it will disappear, and you’ll be able to play your media immediately. Note that podcasts also have a special button, just under the main title – a Subscribe button. If you want, you can click on this. If you do, iTunes will automatically download every episode of that podcast as it becomes available. INTERNET RADIO If you click on the Radio button you’ll see a special feature of iTunes: Internet radio. These are literally radio stations that are broadcast over the internet. You can on the categories and see the thousands of radio stations broadcasting over the internet. Double-click on the name of the radio station, and that station will start playing from your computer. Even many local stations are available. SUBJECT VIEWING OR LISTENING TO YOUR DOWNLOADS
SHAREWARE AND TRIALWARE These are terms you might come across when you’re downloading new software for your computer. They refer to commercial programs that you can download and run on a trial basis, and you can unlock the full program by paying for it. With shareware, it’s often the case that some crucial function or feature is missing, and you’ll only unlock it when you pay for the full license. With trial ware, the program is fully functional, but will cease to function after a certain period of use. There’s a third type of downloadable program as well: freeware. That’s software that is simply free to use and own. SUMMARY Well done, you’ve our Introduction to the Internet series! By now you should be a master of the web browser and fully capable of accessing much of what the internet has to offer. TIME 10 minutes RECAP In this session we covered how to use iTunes to download music, movies, television and books from the internet. We also looked at how you can get new games and other programs for your PC. But there’s much more to explore yet! We recommend going back and watching the iTunes tutorial videos by clicking on the Help menu at the top and then on Tutorial Videos. You can also explore much more of what the internet has to offer with respect to downloads. Below we’ve listed some alternative sites for software downloads, as well as other sites and services apart from iTunes where you can get hold of media. OUR FAVOURITE SOURCES FOR DOWNLOADING MEDIA best known for selling electronic books – as well as tablets and ebook readers to read them on – but it also sells movies, music and TV shows too. The internet’s biggest seller of music, movies and TV shows. This is Google’s rival to iTunes, selling both books and movies online (as well as applications for Android smartphones). There is much more free content here than on iTunes, and you don’t need to install any software on your computer; you can watch movies and read books in your web browser. But if you have an Android tablet or smartphone, you can also download books and movies to it.