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Easy pausing with iTunes
Authored by: Greedo on Jun 25, '04 12:52:38PM

I take it that you have an older keyboard that doesn't have the "pause audio" button on it? Because that has to be the easiest way to mute your system.



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Pause key on which keyboards?
Authored by: iljitsch on Jun 25, '04 04:38:04PM

Ok, got myself a login...

No, neither my (European) Powerbook 15 nor my wireless keyboard have a pause key. They're not particularly old for obvious reasons. Which types of keyboards have these keys?

I wish Apple would provide a decent way to define these types of functions as part of the system, as the current keyboard shortcut mechanism only works with the current application, and only for menu functions that hide behind the non-existant right mouse button when the menu is activated.

I must say that SizzlingKeys4iTunes that someone mentioned looks promising, so I'm going to give that one a try. Too bad it insists on modifier keys and won't accept the otherwise useless enter key as a hot key, though.

And yes, I know about application switching, menus and the mute button. The latter has the disadvantage that it messes up iTunes idea of what you recently listened to (which can be bad for some smart playlists) and the former that it takes too much interaction, I want to stop the music with one hand while looking around for the phone and reaching for it with the other hand.



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Pause key on which keyboards?
Authored by: mrchaotica on Jun 25, '04 08:45:10PM
Although Sizzling Keys probably works well for iTunes, you seemed to want a more general solution. Butler is one such solution; it allows you to make hotkeys to do just about anything.

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