Thanks for rthe tips, Tim. I guess that when I was first trying to
figure iTunes out, it was just frustrating from a new-user
perspective. Now that I have more interest, I want to use it more.
I was reading an item on bookmarking files, and to do that you need
aac files. Do you know if this bookmarking of files will only work
with iiPods and the like, or can I use it with iTunes, too? Was just
thinking that if I was able to put books audio ones, on CDs, then
play the CDs, maybe it would remember where I was when I put the CD
back in and such. Do you or anyone have any idea of what I am
talking about and if this is feasible?
Jane
On Jan 7, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
Getting rid of the files while in the iTunes Music folder does in
fact eliminate them but does not remove them from the actual
Library listing. Not that that matters too much to visually
impaired users as you won't see the little question mark thing left
behind when iTunes can't find the song. I gueess you could remove
the actual Library file after that as iTunes will simply rebuild it
if necessary. Not the most asthetically pleasing method but it
works in a manner of speaking.
Now on the note of iTunes itself. In my opinion, many of you are
giving iTunes a fairly bad rap without knowing much about its
usefulness. There have been many useful tips posted in the past on
this list with respect to work arounds and key combinations that
make iTunes quite usable for VO users. As Jacob mentioned, once in
the Preferences (cmd+comma) you can use cmd+[ or cmd+] (the keys to
the right of the letter p) to traverse around the various
Preference panes. When selecting items it is best to use the cmd
+shift+space as iTunes is not COCOA and thus does not recognize
regular VO selecting. There are a lot of things that can be
manipulated when in the Preferences. You can also read song names
and such when in the Get Info for a playing song by pressing cmd+l
to set focus to the song then cmd+i to Get Info. If you use the
Preferences to have iTunes import music as an AAC as opposed to
mp3, you get much better quality sound. Now, I'm not saying that
iTunes is the best thing since sliced bread but, in my opinion,
it's not the piece of junk that I hear many speak of here on this
list.
There you go, that's my rant for the week.
Have a great day.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
