Hi Matthew, I never used this tip, because I have a "Reset Bookmarks" AppleScript that does the same thing. But it's neat to do this with keyboard shortcuts that are built into iTunes. I used to have to find AppleScripts at Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes web page (not so easy to navigate for a first-time VoiceOver user) for a lot of these functions, but Apple has been picking up the best suggestions and been building them into iTunes. Many items in the list of "Missing Menu Items" -- features that should have been built into iTunes but weren't there, according to the AppleScripts for iTunes site, have since been added to the contextual menus for iTunes.
These hints that people find are often clues to features that later get officially announced. Cheers Esther On Dec 01, 2007, at 06:21PM, Matthew Elliff wrote: >hey cool! i didn't know you could do that. i thought maybe you could >do something like it, but i wasn't sure. >On Dec 1, 2007, at 9:49 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm posting another keyboard shortcut tip on how to reset any file >> that >> iTunes is playing back to the beginning. This is also from the same >> Mac OS X hints page link given in the archive post: >> >> <begin quote> >> Lastly, if you're playing, the following key combo will stop iTunes. >> If you're not playing and you press it, it will reset the position >> slider to 0:00: >> >> Command-Option-Period key on numeric keypad (on a PowerBook, add >> in the Fn key, too). >> <end quote> >> >> This works on my G4 laptop as Command-Option-FN+Period for any >> track. If it's an Audiobook, Podcast, Movie, or any file that >> normally "bookmarks" >> so that the last played position is remembered, then issuing >> >> Command-Option-FN+Period >> >> while the file is playing in iTunes will stop play on my laptop, >> just like pressing >> space bar does. However, it doesn't change the place where the file >> has >> stopped; if I press space bar play will resume where it left offf. >> >> If I issue press >> >> Command-Option-FN+Period again, or issue this command when I've >> selected >> an audiobook, podcast, etc. that is not playing, then this command >> resets the >> file to the beginning. >> >> When used on a music file (or any file that does not show "Remember >> playback >> position" checked when you examine the "Options" tab under Get >> Info), the >> Command-Option+FN+Period will both stop play and reset the resume >> point >> for the song to the beginning. >> >> I can't test whether you need to use the Period on the numeric keypad >> instead of the period on the keyboard if you use a desktop Mac. >> >> You won't need to press the FN key, though. >> >> This is described at: >> >> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060529055059150&mode=print >> >> Incidentally, I've found that Apple has been implementing more and >> more >> accessible functions into iTunes. Many of the features that have >> been added >> over the last several months are ones that first appeared as >> AppleScripts. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> On Dec 01, 2007, at 05:04PM, Esther wrote: >>> Hi Matthew and Others, >>> >>> OK, I found the reference to the tip on opening and closing all >>> podcast >>> folders at once in the archives at: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> msg14137.html >>> >>> under the title of "A tip on opening and closing podcast folders" >>> >>> My post said: >>> <begin quote> >>> Thought this tip from macosxhints.com might be useful. >>> You can open and close all folders under your podcast >>> lists at once with "Command-]" (that's Command+right bracket >>> -- the key next to the backslash key) to open, and with >>> "command-[" (that's Command+left bracket) to close. >>> You must be in the Songs Outline window for podcasts >>> to issue the command. >>> >>> Source is: >>> >>> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060529055059150 >>> >>> <end quote> >>> >>> The source article at macosxhints was actually about using >>> Command-Option+Right Bracket to resyc all podcast feeds >>> at once. And it also has the side effect of opening the >>> podcast folders. At the time, that command only worked when >>> you had selected a podcast folder that was closed. >>> >>> Anyone who is interested can either read more about this >>> at the Mac OS X hints link or experiment. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >> <snip> >> > > > >
