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30 Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your PowerBook
Playing a CD and Connecting Headphones
You can use iTunes, an easy-to-use music player, to listen to your iTunes music and
CDs while you work. Insert a music CD in your optical drive and iTunes appears
automatically on the screen. You can listen to your music on the PowerBook internal
speakers or connect headphones with a minijack to the headphone port of your
PowerBook for private listening right away.
To learn more about iTunes:
m Open iTunes and choose Help >” iTunes and Music Store Help.”
Connecting a Camera or Other FireWire or USB Device
If you have an iPod, iSight camera, digital camera, videocamera, scanner, or other
device that has a USB or FireWire connector, you can connect it to your PowerBook.
Follow the installation instructions that came with your device. For more information
about FireWire, see “Connecting With FireWire” on page 36. For more information
about USB, see “Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices” on page 34.
Transferring Files to Another Computer
If you want to transfer files or documents to or from your PowerBook, there are several
ways of doing it.
 You can easily transfer files using Migration Assistant and a FireWire cable (sold
separately). You can also connect to another Mac using a FireWire cable and start up
your PowerBook G4 in FireWire Target Disk Mode. Your PowerBook appears as a hard
disk on the other computer and you can drag files to it. For information about using
FireWire to transfer files, see “Connecting Your PowerBook to Another Computer
Using FireWire” on page 37.
 If you have an external hard disk drive, flash drive, Zip drive, or other data storage
device that connects through a USB or FireWire cable, you can use it to transfer files.
 If you have an email connection, you can email your files to another computer.
 If you register for a .Mac account from Apple (fees apply), you can use it to transfer
files. With a .Mac account, you get an iDisk, which provides Internet space for backing
up and storing files so that other computers can access the files you transfer there.
 If the other computer has a recordable optical drive, you can transfer files that you
have recorded on a CD or DVD disc.
Warning: Listening to audio at high volume over extended periods of time can
damage your hearing.