iTunes on America Online
If you’re an America Online member, you can use the iTunes Music Store without having to sign up for an Apple ID. Now, that doesn’t mean you can use the Store for free (are you kidding!?). It does mean, though, that you’ll have one less name and password to keep in your brain.
To use iTunes with AOL, you need to download the iTunes software, if you haven’t already (from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download). Click the “Account: Sign In” button on the iTunes window. But in the Sign In box (Figure 7-11), select the option to use your AOL screen name instead of an Apple Account. Type in your AOL screen name and password.
Figure 7-11. The AOL Music area of America Online is jam-packed with news, videos, and biographical information about your favorite bands and singers. Once you get done doing you research, click the link to the iTunes Music Store on the page to bring yourself right into Apple’s online emporium.
If you have an AOL Wallet (see the box below), the bills go there; otherwise, you need to supply fresh credit card information to the iTunes Music Store. But whether you opt for AOL Wallet or fill in a credit card number directly in the iTunes Music Store, you can start shopping once you have iTunes installed and your financials worked out.
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