Here's a handy tip for MacBook Pro users* who listen to music with iTunes. While it's fun to listen to music while you work, the iTunes window takes up a lot of screen real estate. The quick answer is to minimize the window.Here's the tip. With the cursor over the window, you can perform a two-finger scroll to adjust iTunes' volume. Scrolling to the right increases the volume; scrolling left turns it down.
Thanks, Anthony!
*We haven't tested this on a MacBook Air. If you try it out, let us know what happens.
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3-10-2008 @ 11:12AM
billy said...
Works on MacBook and Air!
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3-10-2008 @ 11:13AM
B said...
works with my iBook G4 as well
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3-10-2008 @ 3:51PM
Darren said...
Works on 1G iMac with scroll-wheel mouse.
3-10-2008 @ 7:23PM
Maxintech said...
In iMac Alu, Leopard 10.5.2 works with up/down of the mouse wheel over al minimized area of itunes with or without focus on itunes. with iTunes in normal windows only works over the slider of volume with or without focus.
BTW... Ctrl+Cmd+Z Zoom the iTunes window. I would like that all the applications had this shorcut.
3-10-2008 @ 11:14AM
jeff b said...
not only right and left scrolling, but up and down as well. also, it works with scrolling in non minimized when you mouse over the volume area.
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3-10-2008 @ 11:17AM
neko said...
just discovered this the other day too.
confirmed on a plain MacBook.
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3-10-2008 @ 11:23AM
Caleb Hermann said...
Definitely works on the macbook air. Its pretty sweet but you can just use the volume buttons on the keyboard which are even more handy.
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3-10-2008 @ 12:27PM
WiLLGT09 said...
yep, seems more tedious to switch applications and mouse over the volume slider, when the keyboard buttons are right there.
3-10-2008 @ 11:43AM
ColonelSmith said...
I've been using this for a while on my MacBook. It's nothing new.
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3-10-2008 @ 4:02PM
Snorre Milde said...
Colonel Sanders,
read the title; this is Mac 101. Self-proclaimed veterans need not apply.
3-10-2008 @ 11:43AM
mr. dave said...
This appears to work in iTunes on any Mac. I have my browser window in focus now and the bottom of my collapsed iTunes window just visible under the browser window. If I move my cursor to the volume slider and use the scroll wheel on my trackball it moves the volume up and down.
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3-10-2008 @ 12:16PM
Murphy Mac said...
I had no idea. That's really convenient. Nice.
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3-10-2008 @ 12:18PM
John Liew said...
It also works when your itunes is in full screen. When your cursor is on either one of the 2 speakers icon between the volume slider, you can use double finger scroll to adjust the volume.
Regards,
John
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3-10-2008 @ 12:23PM
Ryan Trevisol said...
Works on my iMac with a mighty mouse, too. ;)
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3-10-2008 @ 12:26PM
Jeff said...
Even works on my trusty old 12" Powerbook!!
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3-10-2008 @ 12:34PM
Chris said...
Even though it might be obvious, I just figured it out on accident last night - the scroll wheel on your mouse has the same effect.
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3-10-2008 @ 12:53PM
AlphaTeam said...
Thanks!
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3-10-2008 @ 12:54PM
AlphaTeam said...
I forgot to mention it, but now all we need is the virtual scroll wheel and an emulation of the iPod software.
3-10-2008 @ 1:26PM
Adrian said...
Works on windows too!
*just recently switched :)
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3-10-2008 @ 1:43PM
farfisa said...
Works on the touch-strips on a Wacom tablet too when set to "Scroll"... so, pretty much with any scrolling action, I guess.
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