iPod: The Missing Manual, 11th Edition

Chapter 6. Add More Apps to the Touch

You’ll learn to:

• Find and download new apps for your Touch

• Arrange and organize apps

• Keep your mini-programs up-to-date

• Delete unwanted apps

• Switch between apps

AS THE PAST THREE chapters have shown, the iPod Touch comes preloaded with colorful little programs that let you do a lot of stuff, like email, Web surfing, and personal-organization tasks. But you’re not limited to the Touch’s standard-issue software—thanks to the iTunes App Store, you can turn your Touch into a personalized pocket computer with its own games, productivity programs, ebooks, and more.

That’s what this chapter is about: finding new programs in the App Store that expand the powers of your Touch beyond what it comes with out of the box. Here, you’ll learn how to shop the App Store from iTunes on your computer and on the Touch itself.

Having a ton of apps turns your Touch into the electronic equivalent of a Swiss Army knife with a tool for every occasion, but having those apps strewn all over the home screen can make your iPod look like a miniature episode of Hoarders. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to organize your apps into logical order, or even stash them in a series of tidy folders for fast and easy access. Because, after all, what’s the point of buying that app if you can’t find it when you need it?

Buy iPod Touch Apps

THE APP STORE HOSTS more than 700,000 little programs you ...