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Action |
Shortcut |
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Playback shortcuts |
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Play
the currently selected song immediately |
Enter |
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Move
forward or backward within a song |
Control–Alt–Right
Arrow or Left Arrow |
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Listen
to the next or previous album in a list |
Shift–Right Arrow or Left Arrow |
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Go
to the next or previous song in a list |
Left
Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in
the upper-left corner of the iTunes window) |
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Library and playlist shortcuts |
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Select
or deselect all the songs in a list |
Control-click
the checkbox next to a song |
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Create
a playlist from a selection of songs |
Control-Shift-N |
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Create
a new Smart Playlist |
Control-Alt-N |
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Refresh
the Radio list (when Radio is selected) |
F5 |
|
Refresh
a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected) |
F5 |
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iTunes Store shortcuts |
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|
Go
to the next page in the iTunes Store |
Control–Right
bracket ( ] ) |
|
Go
to the previous page in the iTunes Store |
Control–Left bracket ( [ ) |
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Check
for new podcast episodes (when Podcasts is selected, below Library) |
F5 |
|
Initiate
a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in iTunes) |
Type in Search field and press
Shift-Return |
|
Open
the Store menu |
Alt-S |
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Check
for app updates (when Apps is selected, below Library) |
F5 |
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File and window shortcuts |
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|
Expand
or collapse all the triangles in the Radio’s Stream list |
Control-click a triangle |
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Shrink
the iTunes window to show only the playback controls |
Click
the zoom control in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window |
|
In
the Get Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list |
Alt-N or Alt-P |
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Select
the search field |
Control-F |
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See
more options when a visual effect is showing |
Press ?, then press the indicated
key to use an option (not all visual effects support this) |
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Choose
artwork for the selected video |
While
the video is playing, Control-click the movie, and choose Set Poster Frame |
|
Stream
audio file at a specific URL to iTunes |
Control-U |
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iPod shortcuts |
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Prevent
iPod from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer |
Control-Shift as you connect the
iPod to your computer (hold the keys down until the iPod appears in the
iTunes window) |
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iPhone shortcuts |
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|
Prevent
iPhone from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer |
Control-Shift as you connect the
iPhone to your computer (hold the keys down until the iPhone appears in the
iTunes window) |
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Spoken word shortcuts |
|
|
Go
to the next or last chapter (if available) |
Control–Shift–Right Arrow or Left
Arrow |
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File menu shortcuts |
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|
Create
a new playlist |
Control-N |
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Add
a file to your music library |
Control-O |
|
Close
the iTunes window |
Control-W |
|
Open
the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD |
Control-I |
|
Show
where a song file is located |
Control-R |
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Show
the currently playing song in the list |
Control-L |
|
Edit menu shortcuts |
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|
Open
iTunes Preferences |
Control-Comma |
|
Undo
your last typing change while still in edit mode |
Control-Z |
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Cut
the selected song’s information or artwork |
Control-X |
|
Copy
the selected song’s information or artwork |
Control-C |
|
Paste
the selected song’s information or artwork |
Control-V |
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Select
all the songs in the list |
Control-A |
|
Deselect
all the songs in the list |
Control-Shift-A |
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Control menu shortcuts |
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|
Start
or stop playing the selected song |
Space
Bar |
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When
a song is playing, play the next song in a list |
Right Arrow |
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When
a song is playing, play the previous song in a list |
Left
Arrow |
|
Increase
the volume |
Control–Up Arrow |
|
Decrease
the volume |
Control–Down
Arrow |
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Mute
the sound (song keeps playing) |
Control–Alt–Down Arrow |
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Eject
a CD |
Control-E |
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Window menu shortcuts |
|
|
Eject
a CD |
Control-E |
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View menu shortcuts |
|
|
Switch
to the MiniPlayer |
Control-Shift-M |
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Hide
or show the Browser (Artist and Album columns) |
Control-B |
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Turn
the visualizer on or off |
Control-T |
|
Switch
between viewing visual effects using the entire screen or in the iTunes
window (when visualizer is on) |
Command-F |
|
Enter
or exit full-screen view |
Control-Shift-F |
|
Open
the View Options window for the selected source |
Control-J |
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Help menu shortcuts |
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|
Open
iTunes Help |
Control-? |
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General shortcuts |
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Open
iTunes in “safe mode” (without external plug-ins) |
Control-Shift (while opening
iTunes) |
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Edit
the name of the currently selected item |
F2 |
|
Refresh
source list |
F5 |
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Interrupt
the current process (burning a CD, syncing, converting a file, and so on) |
Control-Break |
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With full keyboard navigation enabled |
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|
Select
the next control |
Tab |
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Click
the currently selected control |
Enter |
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Open
or close the selected item’s disclosure triangle |
Left
Arrow or Right Arrow, or + and - on the numeric keypad |
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