A world of iTunes tips...

Posted December 19, 2003 8:29 PM.

So an upgraded version of iTunes appeared on my Software Update this evening. For the most part - if you're not from AOL and looking to buy music - there aren't very many changes that I can notice (except hopefully it won't now crash my G4 desktop every 12 hours or so). But one thing I did notice that I hadn't seen before was under the iTunes menu at the top of the screen - an option called 'Hot Tips'. When you click on it, it throws up this page - iTunes Hot Tips - which included these useful-to-know factoids:

• "To quickly create a playlist containing an album in your library, click Library and choose Edit > Show Browser (if you see only Hide Browser, then the Browser is already visible). Drag an album from the Album list in the top-right section of the library to the white area below the items in your Source list. A playlist named after the album is created."
• "To switch between the approximate and precise time for all the songs in the selected playlist or the library, click the time displayed at the bottom of the iTunes window."
• "You can Control-click songs, playlists, column headings, and many other items in iTunes to do certain tasks more easily. For example, to see all the playlists that include a particular song, press the Control key and click the song, then scroll down to Playlists."

Lots more. Some obvious. Some less-so. All very nice.