March 2006
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
11h 17m
English
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Window Menu (Macintosh Only)
The Window menu is where you go to open certain windows as well as expand or collapse the main iTunes window.
Minimize
This command sends the iTunes window swirling down into the Mac OS X Dock. As with any Mac OS X program, its windows return to the screen when you click its Dock icon. Keyboard shortcut: ⌘-M.
Tip
When iTunes is minimized, hidden, or in the background, you can still control it. Hold your cursor down on the iTunes program icon (which looks like a CD with musical notes on it) in the Dock to produce a pop-up menu filled with commands like Shuffle, Play, Next Song, and so on. You can even rate the song in progress using the My Rating submenu.
Zoom
The Zoom command is the menu bar equivalent of clicking the green circle at the top of the window—it shrinks the full iTunes window down into a tiny compact silver bar. To expand the window back to its full size, choose Zoom again from the menu.
iTunes
You can hide or reveal the program’s window—whether in full-screen view or the silver mini control bar—by selecting iTunes from the Window menu. Reselect iTunes from the menu to toggle the window on or off. Keyboard shortcut: ⌘-1.
Equalizer
Equalizer toggles the graphic equalizer window onscreen or off. Keyboard shortcut: ⌘-2.
Bring All to Front
If your iTunes window is buried behind your Web browser, email inbox, and spreadsheet project, you can pop it to the front by selecting "Bring All to Front.” (This command brings the equalizer and any open playlist ...
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