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Global hotkeys for controlling iTunes

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I'm looking for an app of some kind that lets me control iTunes playback (play, pause, skip a song) from outside of iTunes. I've tried SizzlingKeys, which works great, but it doesn't work at all in games, which is the reason I downloaded it in the first place.
 
Do the dedicated play/pause, ff, rew keys on the top of your keyboard not work? Or am I missing something.
 
SHADO said:
Do the dedicated play/pause, ff, rew keys on the top of your keyboard not work? Or am I missing something.
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Those keys on the keyboard do not always control iTunes. For example, when I open up iPhoto, the ffm rew keys stop controlling iTunes and instead become used to navigate through my iPhoto library. I personally find that annoying.

To rectify that, I use the application "Bowtie" and it allows you to program universal shortcuts for iTunes.
 
zacharydz said:
Those keys on the keyboard do not always control iTunes. For example, when I open up iPhoto, the ffm rew keys stop controlling iTunes and instead become used to navigate through my iPhoto library. I personally find that annoying.

To rectify that, I use the application "Bowtie" and it allows you to program universal shortcuts for iTunes.
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Good point I forgot about that. I hate the VLC aspect of that as well. I've heard good things about Bowtie tho.
 
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