Tweaking iTunes at MacDevCenter

Clever Giles Turnbull is at it again with Tweaking iTunes over at MacDevCenter. After some prologue about how iTunes is a sort of software ambassador for Apple (good point really), he's got a handy list of tidbits for iTunes users new and old. There's the list of keyboard shortcuts in the visualizer, and the usual assortment of Doug's AppleScripts. I had no idea you could hold Command Option when you plug in your iPod to prevent it from automatically updating, for whatever reason you'd want to do that.

This article is chock full of handy things to know when you want to impress your iTunes-impaired chums.

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Clever Giles Turnbull is at it again with Tweaking iTunes over at MacDevCenter. After some prologue about how iTunes is a sort of software...

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Nathan Skidmore

Not that big of a deal, but you don't need to command-click the bottom of the iTunes window to switch between aproximate time and exact running time of your Library. Just a click will do.

February 01 2006 at 4:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Guillermo

I think CoverFlow (http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/), mentioned on the article, deserves some mention. It's a pretty cool free app which would be pretty cool to have at a party or whenever you have people over.

February 01 2006 at 11:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Brian Allen

The command option trick is great for situations were you have two machines with different libraries, because you have been slow in keep them synchronized.

You plug in your iPod while on travel with your PowerBook and BAM! You emptied your iPod back to the 6 month old version of your iTunes library, because you forgot to update it prior to your trip.

You may have only been connecting to get it changed. Bummer! Now, you only have few Amy Grant songs to listen to.

February 01 2006 at 9:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Brutal

Danger Doom rules!

February 01 2006 at 8:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply