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Keyboard shortcuts

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 table below as a reference. Many items in iTunes (for example, songs and column headings) also have contextual menus. To see a contextual menu, press the Control key and click the item. To perform an action, press the shortcut keys indicated below.

Action Shortcut

Playback shortcuts

Start or stop playing the selected song Space bar

Play the currently selected song from the Return beginning

Move forward or backward within a song Command-Option-Arrow

Listen to the next or previous album in a list Option-Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Go to the next or previous song in a list Left Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)

Library and playlist shortcuts

Select or deselect all the songs in a list Command-click the checkbox next to a song

Create a playlist from a selection of songs Shift-click the Add (+) button (or drag the songs to the white area of the source pane)

Create a new Smart Playlist Option-click the Add (+) button

Reshuffle the current playlist Option-click the Shuffle button

Delete the selected playlist from your source Command-Delete pane without confirming that you want to delete it

Delete the selected playlist and all the songs Option-Delete it contains from your library

Delete the selected song from your library Option-Delete and all playlists

Refresh the Radio or iTunes DJ list (when Command-R selected, below Library) Refresh a Genius Playlist (when selected, Command-R below Genius) iTunes Store shortcuts

Go to the next page in the iTunes Store Command-Right bracket ( ] )

Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store Command-Left bracket ( [ )

Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from Type a word or phrase in the Search field and anywhere in iTunes) press Option-Return

Check for app updates (when Apps is Command-R selected, below Library)

File and window shortcuts

Change the song information columns Control-click a column heading

Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Command-click a triangle Radio’s Stream list

Shrink the iTunes window to show only the Click the zoom control in the upper-left playback controls corner of the iTunes window

Zoom the window to an ideal size Option-click the zoom button in the upper- left corner of the iTunes window

See the iTunes window resize while you are Command-drag the resize box in the lower- resizing it right corner of the window

In the Get Info window, see the info for the Command-N or Command-P next or previous song in the list

Go to the previous or next pane in the Get Shift-Command-Left Bracket ( [ ) or Shift- Info or Preferences window Command-Right Bracket ( ] )

Select the search field Command-Option-F

See more options when a visual effect is Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an showing option (not all visual effects support this)

Choose artwork for the selected video While the video is playing, press the Control key, click the movie, and choose Set Poster Frame iPod shortcuts

Prevent iPod from automatically syncing when Press and hold Command-Option as you you connect it to your computer connect the iPod to your computer until the iPod appears in the iTunes window iPhone shortcuts

Prevent iPhone from automatically syncing Press and hold Command-Option as you when you connect it to your computer connect the iPhone to your computer until the iPhone appears in the iTunes window

Spoken word shortcuts

Go to the next or last chapter (if available) Shift-Command-Right Arrow or Shift- Command-Left Arrow iTunes menu shortcuts

Open iTunes Preferences Command-Comma

Hide the iTunes window Command-H

Hide all other applications Option-Command-H

Quit iTunes Command-Q

File menu shortcuts

Create a new playlist Command-N

Create a new playlist with the selected songs Shift-Command-N

Create a new Smart Playlist Option-Command-N

Add a file to your music library Command-O

Close the iTunes window Command-W

Open the song or CD Info window for the Command-I selected song or CD

Show where a song file is located Shift-Command-R

Show the currently playing song in the list Command-L

Edit menu shortcuts

Undo your last typing change while still in Command-Z edit mode

Cut the selected song’s information or Command-X artwork

Copy the selected song’s information or Command-C artwork

Paste the selected song’s information or Command-V artwork

Select all the songs in the list Command-A

Deselect all the songs in the list Shift-Command-A

Hide or show the Artist and Album columns Command-B Hide or show the song artwork Command-G

Open the View Options window for the Command-J selected source

Control menu shortcuts

Start or stop playing the selected song Space Bar

When a song is playing, play the next song in Right Arrow a list

When a song is playing, play the previous Left Arrow song in a list

Increase the volume Command-Up Arrow

Decrease the volume Command-Down Arrow

Mute the sound (song keeps playing) Option-Command-Down Arrow

Eject a CD Command-E

Visualizer menu shortcuts

Turn the visualizer on or off Command-T

Switch between visual effects using the entire Command-F screen or appearing in the iTunes window (when visualizer is on)

Advanced menu shortcuts

Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes Command-U

View menu shortcuts

Display video half size Command-0

Display video actual size Command-1

Display video double size Command-2

Display video to fit screen Command-3