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11 Responses to "QotD: Control iTunes"

1. | Reply d0le
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 12:52pm #
   

   On the rare occasion that I use iTunes, I use iTunes to control iTunes.

2. | Reply Daniel
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 1:42pm #
   

   I used Synergy (paid for it, too) until I found Butler.

3. | Reply Rob
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 3:12pm #
   

   I used to use X-Tunes, but that stopped working as of Tiger. Now I use FastTunes. I have it mapped to cmd-~. An unobtrusive floating window comes up, with which you can interact using arrow, etc keys. Once you're done, after a configurable number of seconds, the floater fades away. Simple. There are some other options as well, but that's the basics.

4. | Reply mike3k
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 4:55pm #
   

   I use QuickSilver's iTunes plugin with keystroke trigger actions for pause/play, next, and previous track.

5. | Reply mns
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 5:04pm #
   

   When upstairs, I just use iTunes to control iTunes, or sometimes a Konfabulator widget or Dashboard widget. If I'm downstairs, I use Romeo for track control from my T-616.

6. | Reply Aaron Boswell
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 5:07pm #
   

   I also use Quicksilver triggers. the shift+control+option+arrow keys are good for previous, next, and play/pause.

   I also used to use ByteController. It works like Synergy, but is free and doesn't use as many resources because it doesn't try and get a picture for everything.

7. | Reply Olivier
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 5:46pm #
   

   I use X-Tunes.

8. | Reply Dustin MacDonald
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 8:44pm #
   

   I use ByteController, which is free and lets me control iTunes from the menubar.

9. | Reply The Plaid Cow
   Posted 27 Jun 2005 at 11:00pm #
   

   I use Applescripts triggered by iKey.

10. | Reply nate
    Posted 28 Jun 2005 at 12:23am #
    

    I used to swear by Synergy, but I've recently moved to a combination of GrowlTunes and SizzlingKeys, and I am finding them much less resource intensive and much less prone to strange bugs than Synergy.

11. | Reply Patrick
    Posted 09 Jul 2005 at 10:52am #
    

    Yep, synergy user here.

    Registered, and I'm a download mirror.