Not sure, but I'll keep an eye on it's performance - Andy On 31 Dec 2013, at 12:25, "David Griffith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It probably relates to the key repeater sequencing when holding down the > option key and then pressing I for itunes in your shortcut. > The definitive answer would be if you loaded iTunes normally through the > Dock and did not get this error. > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Collins > Sent: 31 December 2013 12:08 > To: OS X & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: iTunes library > > Hi Colin - > > The thing is, Having just booted up, and tried the hot key combination for > iTunes, I wasn't prompted to choose a library, so it isn't happneing all the > time - > > Andy > On 31 Dec 2013, at 01:16, "Red.Falcon" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Andy! >> OK I thought that was your problem! >> Because of the Option key and opening iTunes brings up that option to > choose libraries I would remove that commander command! >> I moved iTunes in the Doc to be next to finder and launch iTunes from > there! >> HTH Colin >> >> On 30 Dec 2013, at 21:34, Andy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Esther for this explanation. I actually have a hot key combination > to open iTunes. I use the right option key, as in such short cuts as right > option key s for Safari, but for iTunes, I have a number on the numbers row > as the hot key, holding down the right option key at the same time - >>> >>> Andy >>> On 30 Dec 2013, at 21:22, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Andy, >>>> >>>> I'm guessing that you open iTunes from the dock, using VO-space. What's > happening is that you're not pressing the Control and Option keys at quite > the same time. On the Mac, using the Option key usually indicates you want > an alternate option. So when you start up your Mac, and hold down the > Option key, you'll be able to choose a different boot device from your > default hard drive (by pressing your arrow keys to move to a different > attached hard drive that is bootable, and pressing "Return"). Or in iTunes, > if you move to the search field (with Command-Option-f), type in a search > string, and then press Option-Return, the search is conducted in the iTunes > Store rather than your Library. >>>> >>>> If you launch iTunes from the dock by pressing the "Return" key, your > default library will open automatically. What's happening is that your > separate press of the "Option" key is being detected,so you're being asked > whether you want to open some other iTunes library than your default one. > This is just one of the instances where having the two keys, Control and > Option, acting as the VoiceOver keys, can confuse your Mac about whether you > want to separately press the Option key when launching iTunes. >>>> >>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Dec 30, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Andy Collins wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all - >>>>> >>>>> Quite regularly, when I open iTunes, a message comes up asking me to > "choose an iTunes library." 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