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AppleScript Solution to Mount Remote iTunes Library
Authored by: felddy on Jul 20, '04 05:43:18PM

Here is a simple solution that works very well for me. Create an AppleScript like:

tell application "iTunes"
	activate
end tell

Save it as an application on the same mount that contains your music files. To be spiffy, rename it something like "Launch iTunes", and replace the generic icon with the one from iTunes. Now drag the AppleScript from the remote mount to your Dock.

From now on just use this docked script to launch iTunes. If the file system is not mounted, the Dock will mount it, launch the AppleScript and iTunes. If it is mounted you will hardly notice the delay.

Cheers,
Felddy



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AppleScript Solution to Mount Remote iTunes Library
Authored by: Cameroon on Jul 20, '04 08:18:47PM

You know... I think that's a pretty great hint, along the lines of "It's so obvious, it's brilliant!"

Though, I do agree that Apple should make iTunes smarter. It's entirely half-assed that they provide a way to change the default Library location but then fail silently AND change settings when that location isn't available.

iTunes' behavior is as irritating as it would be for Safari to reset your "Home Page" if the page you had set wasn't available when you started up Safari.



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