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ChaPTer 11
Transferring Files to Your NOOK Tablet
Before you can enjoy your music, videos, eBooks, and work documents (okay,
maybe not enjoy…), you have to get them onto your NOOK Tablet, and that’s
what this section is all about. It’s a breeze to transfer files between your PC or
Mac and your NOOK.
Once you transfer files to your NOOK, you don’t need even to know what apps
on your NOOK handle each of these file types—the NOOK is smart enough to
know. So when you tap one of the files, the right app automatically jumps into
action and launches itself, opening the file. But if you’re curious about whether
a specific file will work on the NOOK Tablet, see Table 11-1. You don’t want to
waste your time transferring files that will merely sit on your NOOK, unloved and
unused. This table details what kinds of files work with it.11-1.
As a general rule, EPUB files open in the main NOOK reader; Microsoft Office
files open in Quickoffice (page 273); and picture, music, and video files open in
the NOOK’s built-in media player.
TIP
Even if you don’t have a SD card, you can transfer files to it; you take the same steps.
Transferring with a PC
First connect your NOOK to your PC with the micro USB cable that came with
the NOOK (page 23). Don’t use any other cable; Barnes & Noble warns that if
you use a different cable, you might damage your NOOK. Connect the micro
USB plug into your NOOK, and plug the normal-sized USB plug into your com-
puter’s USB port.
When you connect your NOOK to your PC, the NOOK puts itself into USB mode .
Your screen displays a notice telling you that it’s in that mode, and that you can
go ahead and transfer files. But when your NOOK is connected to your PC or
Mac, you can’t do anything with it—the screen doesn’t respond to taps. At that
point, it’s essentially a USB drive connected to your computer. Once you unplug
it from your computer, it returns to its true NOOK identity.
NOTE
When you unplug your NOOK from your PC or Mac, it takes a few seconds for the SD card to
be ready to use. You’ll get a notification that it’s being prepared. Also, when you unplug it, you may
hear a momentary musical chime—that’s just your NOOK telling you that all is right in the world, and
it’s preparing itself to do your bidding.