Killer Tech Tips

Software, Websites, Hacks You can Use

Create Universal Keyboard Shortcuts for iTunes

with 4 comments

ADVERTISEMENTS



If you’re a power user and use iTunes at least occasionally, you might find the lack of universal keyboard shortcuts in iTunes a big annoyance. You just can’t control iTunes from other applications using keyboard shortcuts.

iTunesKeys comes to the rescue though, and lets you create custom universal keyboard shortcuts to control iTunes playback. The app also displays song info including artwork near the system tray every time a new song is played, just like Winamp does.

Once you start the application, an icon appears on the system tray. By right clicking and going to Options, you can assign custom global hotkeys for your iTunes. As promised, you can assign system wide hotkey shortcuts for almost anything from play/pause to rating songs, as you can see from the screenshot below:

iTunes Universal Keyboard Shortcuts

I tried it with the latest version of iTunes, and it worked like a charm. Make sure that you have Microsoft .NET 2.0 framework installed. iTunesKeys requires the .NET framework to run.

Related posts:

  1. Six iTunes Fixes (for Windows)
  2. Transfer iPod Music to Your PC
  3. Giveaway: Win 3 SkiniTunes Pro Activation Keys

Written by Shankar Ganesh

September 30th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

Posted in software tools

Tagged with , ,

«
»
If you like this article, give us a like on Facebook:

Download
  • http://www.fatfoogoo.com Game Economy

    That or you could just use the FoxyTunes firefox plugin that allows full iTunes contol from the bottom of your browser window.

  • http://www.skinitunes.com Dave

    You should also consider SkiniTunes. (www.skinitunes.com) I’ve been using it for months, hotkeys, album pop-up, skinnable similar to winamp. Check it out.

  • http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/04/08/get-skins-for-itunes/ iTunes Skins

    [...] there. The SkiniPlayer can fetch lyrics automatically as well. You can also assign global hotkeys (here’s how you can do that with another app) and get a bunch of other features if you shell out some bucks for the pro version. See the [...]

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know how to create Universal Keyboard Shortcuts for iTunes.But now ,I see ,Thank you!