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Easily add lyrics to iTunes songs via AppleScript
Authored by: garythemacguy on Jul 16, '08 01:02:54PM

I found it tedious to find the lyrics in Safari, switch back to iTunes, highlight the song I want to add the lyrics to, open the song's info panel, paste in the lyrics, and finally, close the window.

I prefer to use existing shortcuts where possible - and in this case it is possible...

0) [cmd]-tab brings iTunes to the foreground
1) [cmd]-L selects the currently playing track
2) [cmd]-I displays the Info window
3) [cmd]-6 brings the Lyrics pane to the front, if required
4) [cmd]-V I think anyone visiting this site will know what this step does! :-)
5) [Enter] requires the Enter key on the numeric keypad. The Enter key on the main part of the keyboard adds a carriage return to the text in pane 6

There - while that maybe looks complex, it requires little more than a flick of the wrists! :-)

This sequence depends on similar assumptions made in the original tip. Namely that the track in question is still playing and the text of the lyrics has already been copied to the clipboard.



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