How to Load Music on an iPod Mini
- 1). Connect the dock connector end of the supplied cable to the dock connector on the bottom of your iPod mini.
- 2). Plug the USB end of the cable into an available high-speed USB port on your computer.
- 3). Open iTunes on your computer--if your computer and iPod Mini are working correctly, an iPod Mini icon will appear in the "Device" section of the iTunes interface, which is located on the left-hand side of iTunes, below the iTunes library.
- 4). Click on "Music" below the "Library" tab to display all of the songs in your iTunes library.
- 5). Use the scroll bar on the far right side of the iTunes interface to browse the songs in your iTunes library.
- 6). Click on the song you want to load onto your iPod Mini so that it is highlighted.
- 7). Drag the highlighted song to the iPod Mini icon in the Device section.
- 8). Release the mouse button when you see the iPod Mini icon become highlighted. Releasing the mouse will load the songs on your iPod Mini.
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