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2016 Hand Curated Shortcut List for iTunes 12 [Complete]

With this full set of essential iTunes shortcut list, you'll be able to navigate iTunes 12 content easier and faster.

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Keyboard shortcuts are simply faster and more efficient. You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in iTunes. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the iTunes menus, or use the tables below as a reference. Also, the following curated shortcuts are specific to Mac but a lot of them can be used on Windows by replacing Cmd with Ctrl.

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Table of Contents:

Part 1: iTunes 12 Music and Videos Playback

Space: Start playing or pause the selected song Return: Play the currently selected song from the beginning Option–Command–Right / Left Arrow: Move forward or backward within a song Command-Period: Stop playing the selected song Right Arrow: When a song is playing, play the next song in a list Left Arrow: When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list Command-L: Show the currently playing song in the list Option-Command-U: Show the Up Next list Option–Right Arrow or Left Arrow: Listen to the next or previous album in a list Left Arrow or Right Arrow: Go to the next or previous song in a list Command–Up Arrow: Increase the volume Command–Down Arrow: Decrease the volume Option-Command-E: Open the equalizer Option–Command–Down Arrow: Mute the sound (song keeps playing) Shift–Command–Right/Left Arrow: Go to the next or last chapter Command-U: Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes

Part 2: iTunes 12 Playlists Management

Command-N: Create a new playlist Shift-Command-N: Create a playlist from a selection of songs Option-Command-N: Create a new Smart Playlist Option–Space bar: Start Genius Shuffle Command-R: Refresh a Genius Playlist Command-Delete: Delete the selected playlist without confirming that you want to delete it Option-Delete: Delete the selected playlist and all the songs it contains from your library Option-Delete: Delete the selected song from your library and all playlists

Part 3: iTunes Library Management

Command-O: Add a file to your music library Shift-Command-R: Show where a song file is located Command-F: Select the search field Command-Z: Undo your last typing change while editing an item's information Command-X: Cut the selected song’s information or artwork Command-C: Copy the selected song’s information or artwork Command-V: Paste the selected song’s information or artwork Command-A: Select all the songs in the list Shift-Command-A: Deselect all the songs in the list

Part 4: Changes on Interface

Option-Command-M: Open the MiniPlayer Control-Command-F: Enter or exit full-screen view Command-B: Show the Column Browser Command-/: Show the status bar Command-I: Open the Info window for the selected song or CD Command-N / P: In the Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list Command-J: Open the View Options window for the selected source Command-T: Turn the visualizer on or off Command-1: View music Command-2: View movies Command-3: View TV shows Command-4: View podcasts Command-5: View iTunes U content Command-6: View audiobooks Command-7: View apps Command-8: View tones Command-9: View Internet radio Command-R: Refresh the Radio list (when Internet Radio is selected) Command-0: Open the iTunes window Command-W: Close the iTunes window Command-M: Put the iTunes window in the Dock Command-H: Hide the iTunes window Option-Command-H: Hide all other applications

Part 5: iTunes Store Browsing

Shift-Command-H: Go to the iTunes Store homepage Command–Right Bracket ( ] ): Go to the next page in the iTunes Store Command–Left Bracket ( [ ): Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store Command-R: Reload the current page

Part 6: Other General iTunes 12 Shortcuts

Command-Comma: Open iTunes Preferences Command-Q: Quit iTunes Command-E: Eject a CD Command-?: Open iTunes Help menu Option-Command: Open iTunes in "safe mode" (without external plug-ins)

The Bottom of Line

Although less and less people reply on desktop media player, it's still a nostalgic way to sit at your desk working, open iTunes, listen only to your favorite playlist, without the bother of young but pointless 90s/00s music. Have any thought on the change of the way people enjoy music, or would like to append more shortcuts, leave your comments here.

Fiona Wang Member of @PrimoSync team, 6 years experience on software marketing and now a newbie to product design. Love to find and solve Apple related daily life problems.

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