thanks, greatly appreciate it. this happens even with songs not already in iTunes, even if I play them from a cd or other removable media drive.
On Apr 19, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > As David mentioned, iTunes is not set up to play that way, but there is a > workaround or two. > > 1. Enter the song title in the Search area and then press return. This will > place only that one song into the Music table. Thus, when you hit the play > button, there's only one song to play. > > or > > 2. This one is a little trickier but cleaner. > > * Put your songs into List view if not already there. > * Interact with the table. > * Press cmd-a to Select All. > * Press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu and choose "Uncheck > Selection". > * Navigate to the song you wish to play and press return > > Only that one song is played. You can also move to any other song and press > return and only that next song will play. > > To add to this second method. Let's say that you wish to play three songs > only from that playlist or album. After you've unchecked all the songs, > navigate through the list and check only the three you wish to play. Now, if > you stop interacting with the table, navigate left to the Play button that is > just beside the list of Playlists, and press it, then only those three songs > will play. > > Remember that you've unchecked these though, as it may be frustrating at a > later date when you wish to play the entire album or playlist. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: > >> thanks but these things start playing as soon as any song quits. >> >> *** >> "Cats know how we feel. They don't care, but they know." >> >> On Apr 18, 2014, at 8:34 PM, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> When you're on the list of songs, press enter to start playing the song >>> you're currently on. Press spacebar to stop playing a song. That's how I >>> do it, but I also have my songs as a list. >>> Gary >>> On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, all. >>>> >>>> I have never been very adept at iTunes, sad to cofess. I have an album >>>> plus a song that I purchased on the aforemented store. Whenever a song >>>> finishes, one of these songs immediately begins to play. How do I cease >>>> this? Thanks and have a great day. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
