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
