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Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

View the iTunes Store as a full window

To view the iTunes Store as a full window in iTunes 9, do iTunes > Preferences > Store > Use full window for iTunes Store.

Switch to the Mini Player view in iTunes 9

In iTunes 9, to switch to the Mini Player view, click the green expand window button in the top left corner of iTunes, or do View > Switch to Mini Player.

Delete songs from within playlists in iTunes

In iTunes, select a playlist and press Option-Delete, to delete the playlist AND all of the songs contained within it from your iTunes library.

Automatically add songs to a playlist created in iTunes

In iTunes, select some songs then Shift-click the "+" button in the lower left corner to create a new playlist with those songs automatically added.

Fast forward or rewind playback in iTunes

When playing something in iTunes, press Command-Option-right or left arrow to fast-forward or rewind five seconds.

Show or hide columns in the iTunes list view

When viewing your iTunes library in list view, Control-click on any column heading to select which columns will be displayed.

Quickly fast forward or rewind in iTunes

When playing items in iTunes on a Mac with a multi-touch trackpad, do a two-finger scroll up or down over the progress bar to fast forward or rewind.

Unsubscribe from a podcast in iTunes

To unsubscribe from a podcast in iTunes but not actually delete it from your iTunes library, Control-click it and select "Unsubscribe Podcast" from the pop-up.

Show the hard drive location of an item in iTunes

In iTunes, Control-click on an item in your library and do "Show in Finder" to go to the exact location on your hard drive where the item is located.

Set a song or album to never be played when shuffling in iTunes

In iTunes 9, to set a song or album to never be played when shuffling, select it, then do File> Get Info> Options> Skip When Shuffling> Yes.

Copy the link to an item in the iTunes Store

In iTunes 9, Control-click on any item in the iTunes Store and do "Copy Link" from the pop-up menu to copy the direct URL to that item in the store.

Quickly see what iTunes playlist a song is in

When browsing songs in your main iTunes Library, to see which playlist(s) a song is in, Control-click the song and select "Show in Playlist" from the pop-up.

Find exact duplicates of songs in iTunes

In iTunes, press the Option key while doing View>Show Duplicates, to find songs that are exact duplicates (all song info matching, not just song names).

Open an iTunes playlist in its own window

To open an iTunes playlist in its own floating window double-click its icon (or Control-click it and do "Open in New Window").

Change an item's media kind in iTunes

To change an item's media kind (audiobook, podcast, etc.) in iTunes 9, select it, do File>Get Info then do Options>Media Kind.

Add iTunes radio station streams to playlists

To save a stream from the list of radio stations in your iTunes Library>Radio simply drag it to your Playlists in the sidebar.

Quickly resize columns in iTunes

In iTunes list view, Control-click on a column heading and choose "Auto Size All Columns" to resize all of the columns to fit.