
Now you should be looking at folders, one for each musician or artist you have in your iTunes collection: Open up a second Finder window ( File –> New Finder Window from the menu) and navigate thru this path: Music –> iTunes Media –> Music To find the music that’s in your iTunes library is a bit tricky, however, because it’s buried pretty deeply on your disk. Try ripping a few music CDs instead: the resultant music files should be in MP3 format and ready to go). They have a built-in copy protection and won’t play on the Fire. Unlike last time when we had to worry about converting the video files from AVI format to the MP4 format that the Kindle Fire prefers, this time we’re going to just drag and drop our MP3 files (tip: if you have AAC files from songs you’ve purchased through iTunes, you’re out of luck. I’ll demonstrate with a Mac, but the process is completely identical for Windows users too. Fortunatley, you’ve found this tutorial so you’re ready to go!Īs a first step, plug your Fire into your computer. There isn’t yet a nice media management app for the Kindle Fire yet, however, so you’re rather on your own in terms of getting the music onto the device in the first place.

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There’s not much space on them compared to a modern iPod, however, but if you have that favorite sonata or best-of album that’s great background music while you’re reading or otherwise interacting with your Kindle, it can fit the bill perfectly.įor the Kindle Fire, it’s easy and quite similar to the way you play music on an Apple iPad: once you start it going, you can switch to other apps (like the reader app) while still enjoying your tunes. Turns out that even the old Kindle units can store and play some of your favorite music if you’re so inclined.
