iPhone iPod Crash Solutions

I’ve had my iPhone for a couple of days and I’ve been relatively happy with it, but like many first generation products, it’s going to have it’s bugs. Well, the first bug that I have to report is that the ipod feature has crashed on me a couple of times while I have been either listening to it or listening to it and using another feature on the iphone.

Fortunately I have a friend who’s a local genius for one of the Apple Stores and he told me that the main reason for that is because a lot of people tend to use mp3s not purchased from iTunes (hmm, i wonder where else then?). Since iPods and iPhones are made for itune songs, my friend suggests that I convert my entire library to AAC, which is the most iTunes friendly format. To do this:

1) Open iTunes

2) Go to File>Preferences (or Options if you’re on PC)

3) Go to the Advanced Tab

4) Select the Importing Tab

5) Under Import Setting, select AAC

6) Select a decent bitrate. I chose 192 if you’d like to know.

7) Now press OK and the preferences window will close.
8) Go to your iTunes Music Library and Select all your songs either with Control or Apple + A.

9) Right Click and select Convert Selection to AAC

10) Sync your iPhone and Everything should be running perfectly!