How to Get The Most Out of Your iPod!
Shortcut Category iPod Playback
Shortcut Category: Playback
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Play the selected song immediately Return
Listen to the next or previous album in a list Option-Right Arrow or Left Arrow (or Option-click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)
Rewind or fast-forward to the next song in a list Command-Left Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)
Shortcut Category: Music Store
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Go to the next page in the Music Store Command-Right bracket (])
Go to the previous page in the Music Store Command-Left bracket ([)
Shortcut Category: Help Menu
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Open iTunes and Music Store Help Command-?
Shortcut Category: iPod
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Prevent iPod from automatically updating when you connect it to your computer Command-Option as you connect the iPod to your computer (hold the keys down until the iPod appears in the iTunes Source list)
Shortcut Category: Library and Playlists
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Create a playlist from a selection of songs Shift-click the Add (+) button (You can also drag the songs to the white area of the Source list.)
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 list without confirming that you want to delete it Command-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 Option-Delete
Shortcut Category: File and Window
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Check or uncheck all the songs in a list Command-click the checkbox next to a song
Change the song information columns you see Control-click a column heading
Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Radio's Stream list Command-click a triangle
Shrink the iTunes window to show only the playback controls Click the zoom control in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window
Zoom the window to an ideal size Option-click the zoom control in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window
See the iTunes window resize while you are resizing it Command-drag the resize box in the lower-right corner of the window
In the Get Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list Command-N or Command-P
Shortcut Category: File and Window (continued)
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Go to the previous or next pane in the Get Info or Preferences window Command-Left bracket ([) or Command-Right bracket (])
See more options when a visual effect is showing Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this)
Shortcut Category: File Menu
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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
Shortcut Category: File Menu (continued)
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Add a file to the Library Command-O
Close the iTunes window Command-W
Import a song, playlist, or library file Shift-Command-O
Open the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD Command-I
Show where a song file is located Command-R
Show the currently playing song in the list Command-L
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