[mac4theblind] How to Organize an iPod Touch
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 17:16:35 -0400
== How to Organize an iPod Touch ==
http://www.wikihow.com/Organize-an-iPod-Touch
(from How to of the Day)
An unorganized iPod Touch can look really sloppy and unprofessional. Organizing
your iPod Touch can make it much easier to find a specific song, app, or other
piece of data that you've stored on it, as well as making your use of the
device much more enjoyable.
Edit Steps
Connect your iPod to your computer. Open iTunes.
Organize your music playlist first. When you go through your iPod, you usually
look at your music before anything else. A cluttered playlist is unpleasant to
the eye and can be frustrating if you're in a hurry to get the music started,
such as before taking a walk or when getting on a crowded bus.
Make sure all songs are under the same artist. Place the featuring artist in
brackets in front of the song name, not with the artist. This groups the song
with other songs by that artist; otherwise, it would be considered a separate
artist.
For example, it should be "Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams)" by B.o.B, not
"Airplanes" by B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams.
Find the correct album and album artwork that goes along with it. Wikipedia is
a helpful website to use for finding the correct artwork.
Get the correct song information, such as year and genre. Again, Wikipedia can
help. If you buy music from iTunes, they will usually provide everything,
including the album artwork.
Organize your apps. This can be done both on iTunes, while your iPod is
connected, by going to the Apps screen under your device. You can drag the apps
to rearrange them. Alternately, you can do it directly on your device by
tapping and holding an app until they start shaking and have a circled X on the
top left-hand corner (Wiggle mode).
Drag an app over another to create a folder within those two apps. This can
only be done if your iPod is using iOS 4.2 or higher. The folder name depends
on the type of app inside (for example, two social networking apps will make
the folder name "Social Networking"), but the name can be manually changed to
something else. Each folder can hold up to twelve apps.
Group similar apps with folders. A common method is to place all games into
folders and then arrange them into alphabetical order. For example, since one
folder holds twelve apps, one could name the first folder "Games A-G" and put
games starting with A-G into it, and so forth.
Arrange your apps into alphabetical order.
Install any app updates as soon as you check the App Store. A small update can
fix a crashing issue and save you from further irritation.
Buy one of those 90-in-1 apps. These apps have several apps bundled into one.
Most contain unit converters, document viewers, battery monitor, among others.
After you install the app, you can delete any individual app of the same
purpose. They are usually $0.99 or $1.99, but it's a small price to pay to
keeping both your iPod and personal life organized.
Arrange your four most used apps onto the dock. This can be done by dragging
the apps already on it onto a home screen and replacing them with other apps.
Delete anything you don't need anymore. Remove anything you don't need, use or
like anymore, whether it's apps, songs, videos or photos, etc. This helps to
maintain good organization and will also free up disk space for things you do
want.
Delete e-mail you've read already. If you need to keep a specific e-mail,
create a folder and move that e-mail into it.
Delete notes you don't need anymore. The Notes app comes pre-installed with the
iPod and is great for taking short notes, but it can quickly become cluttered
if you have too many notes.
Make it a rule to immediately delete lists once the tasks are completed or
items purchased.
Save photos onto your computer and delete them off your iPod.
Finally, save your changes by syncing your iPod. You should also create a
backup in case something happens in the future and you need to restore the
entire iPod.
Edit Tips
Owners of devices with iOS 4.2 or higher are advised to make folders. However,
iOS 4.2.1 is the final release for iPhone 3G and 2nd generation iPod Touch.
While on iTunes, arrange your playlist by name, artist, or time and delete any
duplicate songs.
A single cover can be used if album artwork is unavailable.
Try to have at least two songs per album. It looks pretty ugly if an album only
has one song.
If you're concerned about privacy and/or security, set a passcode by going to
Settings > General > Passcode Lock. For maximum security, make a long passcode
instead of a 4-digit number and set it to lock it immediately.
You can reset the home screen layout to default settings by going to Settings >
General > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout. This gets rid of created folders
and arranges all apps alphabetically.
Creating playlists can keep you organized and increase battery life as well.
Make individual playlists for different tasks/events. For example, you could
create a "Workout" playlist with upbeat songs. Oppositely, a playlist called
"Relaxing songs" with slow, relaxing songs can be made.
To delete apps, go into Wiggle mode and tap the X at the corner. This will
remove the app from your iPod and delete any data associated with it, but it
will not be permanently deleted. In case you accidentally delete an app, you
can get it back by resyncing it to your iPod via iTunes.
These steps can also be used for organizing an iPhone.
Edit Related wikiHows
How to Organize Your iPod
How to Organize Apps for iPhone and iPod Touch in iTunes
How to Get Album Artwork for an iPod or iTunes
How to Delete Albums in the Ipod 4
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