Comments on: Become a Mac Power User: iTunes

By: Giles (Webconomist)

Giles (Webconomist) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:59:02 +0000

Brilliant, I like the arrows one and the duplicates.

I just wish you could change the skins for iTunes, I found one program that can change all your “themes” but doesn’t work yet for Snow Leopard.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:10 +0000

the arrow key one:
LOVE IT
LOVE IT
LOVE IT

but the visualizer “?” key doesn’t seem to work

By: Radiocolan

Radiocolan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:20:32 +0000

I would like to know if there is an easy way to deletel many duplicates at one time, I have over 500…

Txs

By: Pedro J. Pérez

Pedro J. Pérez — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:03:03 +0000

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Unos equipos que en su día costaron 6.000€, ahora son sólo cajas de aluminio para APPLE.
NO COMPREN APPLE!!!

By: Tilo

Tilo — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:54:53 +0000

Another tip:
When you use the hint to change the behavior of the store links they will behave exactly the opposite as before, i.e. now you can Option-click them to go to the store. But their new default will be to look inside your own library.

Very sweet!

By: bughunter

bughunter — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:33:47 +0000

A couple more tips:

- Visualizer: If you’re still using Tiger, then you may want to download some visualizer options. My favorite is a trippy spectrum analyzer, Gaslight (http://www.steelskies.com/gaslight/).

- MiniMiniPlayer: I use the “Zoom” command (Ctrl-Option-Z) to toggle between full pane and a mini-controller, that will stay in the foreground if you set the proper preferences.

Also, there are a plethora of add-ons that will give you global menubar and hotkey control of iTunes, regardless of what app is in the foreground.

And my favorite power user feature is that many games (like WoW) offer hotkey hooks to basic iTunes functions (next, previous, volume up/down).

By: Galley

Galley — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:14:15 +0000

Alternately, you can use the Option key when clicking on the little arrows, to view your own library, and not the iTunes Store.
Pressing the Option key while selecting the File menu will allow you to “Shoe Exact Duplicates”.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:54:19 +0000

I’d like to also note that, by default, you can Option-click on an arrow to reveal it in the Library rather than in iTunes Store, without having to change the hidden settings.

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:29:43 +0000

Playlist folders are useful for something other than just cutting down on the clutter: The folder is a playlist itself, containing all items in each of its child playlists or subfolders. This makes them a great (the only?) way to overcome the worst shortcoming of smart playlists: The fact that you can’t combine “match any” rules with “match all” rules in the same playlist. Create as many “match any” based playlists as you need and bunch them in a folder. The folder acts as a “match all” smart list combining the smart lists inside. You can play (and sync) that folder directly or use it as a condition of another smart playlist.

By: Ashe

Ashe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:39:13 +0000

Very useful for i am constantly om itunes…. Thanx bunches