ePub files are imported in the same manner as other types of media content-drag and drop into iTunes-then are automatically grouped into the Books section. ITunes 9.1 also lets users import their own ePub-format books from other sources such as Project Gutenberg. In List and Cover Flow views, both types of content are mixed together into the same list, although the “Kind” column can be used to differentiate books from audio books. In Grid View, Books and Audiobooks can be grouped into separate sections as shown above or you can choose to group by Author or Category. Rather than adding a separate section, however, Apple has simply re-labelled the “Audiobooks” section to just “Books” and now combines both audiobooks and text-based eBooks in the same sorting area.Īs with the Audiobooks section before it, the Books section can be displayed in List, Grid or Cover Flow views. The most notable change in iTunes 9.1 is support for storage and synchronization of eBooks, specifically for the iPad. iTunes does make its own copy of your previous iTunes library database in your “Previous iTunes Libraries” subfolder, but any changes you’ve made to the database since the upgrade will be lost if you want to go back to the previous version for any reason. Keep in mind as well that due to this database upgrade you won’t be able to revert back to a prior version of iTunes without restoring a copy of the database from before the update.
Unlike the extra background processing that occurred with the major iTunes 9 release, once this update is complete iTunes should be ready to go and perform normally.
As with previous upgrades, a typical iTunes user can expect this to take no more than 5-10 minutes, but if you have a large iTunes library, you will want to allow some time for this to complete-our largest iTunes library took over an hour. Initial StartupĪfter upgrading, iTunes 9 will take a few minutes when you first start it to convert your existing iTunes library database to the new format used by iTunes 9.1. QuickTime has not been updated this time around. The new version weighs in at approximately 94MB.
UPDATE (April 3, 2010): iPad Sync Options.Convert Higher Bit Rate Songs to 128 kbps AAC.