Quick add currently-playing track to an iTunes playlist
Jul 13, '09 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: midget2000x
Oftentimes when I'm listening to music in my library, randomly or in the "recently added" list, I'll think to myself "wow -- that's a great love song, I need to add that to my 'lovesongs' playlist..." But I am too lazy (or busy) to switch to iTunes and drag it over. So I created an AppleScript that's triggered by a keyboard shortcut to add the currently-playing iTunes track to a playlist I specify.
Features:
- Prompts you for the playlist name
- Will create the playlist if it doesn't exist
- Will not add the track if it's already on the designated playlist
- Designed to be executed with a hotkey "trigger" event (keyboard shortcut) with Quicksilver or some other shortcut program. See how-to on adding keyboard hotkeys with Quicksilver
- Unobtrusively shows the result with a growl message
When invoked with the hotkey, the script will prompt you for the playlist name in a pop-up dialog; type the playlist's name then click OK and you're done. Here's the script:
[
robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]