Hi Esther,
Yeah, at the moment I have it setup similar to how you described. Every
sound format I could think of is set to open with VLC, and if i want to use
iTunes for the library or whatever I just go launch it from the dock. Seems
to be the best way round this silly auto-add-to-library thing I've found so
far, but I thought I'd ask if it could be disabled because if nothing else,
it'd mean having one less app on the mac.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: Itunes and how it organizes files
Hi Scott,
It does bring to mind another question though. Does anyone know if
there's
a way of stopping iTunes adding everything I open to the library by
default?
As things stand now, I use VLC for my default player if its just a random
thing I probably won't want to keep. It all goes back to my hangup about
tidy libraries lol.
If your "temporary" files are easily separable in a folder, etc. why don't
you
just change the default app that opens those mp3 file to be VLC instead
of iTunes? Use the contextual menu (VO-keys+Shift+M) on your
selection(s),
VO-keys down arrow and choose "Always Open With", then VO-keys right
arrow to the submenu and choose VLC.
The Mac differs from Windows in that each file can have a different
default
app that it opens in. I'd guess that if you added the file to iTunes, the
default app would automatically change from VLC to iTunes, but I'd do an
experiment.
Cheers,
Esther
