My New Mac, Lion Edition

Playing Audio CDs

If you want to play music stored on an audio CD, do the following:

1. Start the iTunes program. (Click the iTunes icon on the Dock or double-click the iTunes icon in the Applications folder.)

2. Insert the audio CD into your Macintosh’s CD/DVD drive. If you’re connected to the Internet, iTunes will identify the album name and individual audio files in the iTunes window, as shown in Figure 27-1. (If you are not connected to the Internet or if iTunes can’t find the track names, you’ll see generic track listings, such as Track 4 or Track 8.)

   

   Figure 27-1. The iTunes window can identify a CD audio tracks by name if you’re connected to the Internet. ...