Testing Procedures -
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iPod photo
Computer setup
Note:
Refer to the Tools needed section, above.
1. Install the required, or latest, iPod Updater onto the Macintosh computer.
Note:
The system usually stores the iPod Updater in an “iPod Software Updater”
folder in the Utilities folder (if desired, you may need to create this if iPod software
was not originally installed from a CD).
2. Install or update iTunes and iPhoto to the required versions.
3. Open
iTunes
and create two playlists. Name them something like the following
examples: (
Tip:
Adding a bullet or other symbol can sort the lists near the top)
• iPod Testing
• Channel Check
4. From the iTunes Library, drag a CD or more worth of imported songs into the “iPod
Testing” playlist.
5. In iTunes, choose File > Add to Library...., then locate the “ipod_ChannelCheck.mp3”
file, downloaded earlier, and Choose it, to load the file into the iTunes Library.
6. Locate “ipod_ChannelCheck” in the iTunes Library and drag it to the “Channel Check”
playlist.
7. Open
iPhoto
and create an album. Name it something like the following example:
• iPod photo Testing
8. Import the photos to be used for testing into iPhoto, and place them into the iPod
photo Testing album.
