I didn't know u could do this!

[n8236]

I always thought u had to have iTunes open before you can press the "Play" button, but apparently not. So cool 😎

 

[GoCubsGo]

I'm clapping for you right now.

 

[S-Man]

Ummm, I don't think I got the memo..."Press Play"? The little 'play' button on the keyboard? Nothing happens when I press it.

 

[glavoie84]

New with Snow Leopard? With Leopard, my 13" MBP didn't open iTunes automatically when pressing on the Play/Pause button. Now it does!

 

[jointsmoking]

Apple Remote?

Ummm, I don't think I got the memo..."Press Play"? The little 'play' button on the keyboard? Nothing happens when I press it.

Some of us have found that after 10.6 when we press the PLAY button on Apple Remote it opens I-Tunes. It sucks for those of us that use(d) Apple Remote for like Eye-TV or VLC. I'm glad someone found something good about it.

 

[HLdan]

Some of us have found that after 10.6 when we press the PLAY button on Apple Remote it opens I-Tunes. It sucks for those of us that use(d) Apple Remote for like Eye-TV or VLC. I'm glad someone found something good about it.

Correct, and I certainly don't find that to be a feature, I think it's an annoyance and possibly a bug in SL that Apple overlooked. I have EyeTV and I use my iMac 24" as my main TV, I have to keep iTunes opened to the Store for the Apple remote not to interact with it. I hope this is just a bug and Apple fixes it.

 

[sanPietro98]

That's pretty cool. I didn't know you could do that. I can now save myself 1.34532 seconds from navigating to the Dock and clicking the icon!!!

Seriously.

 

[MrCheeto]

WOW! Thanks for this! This is great! Now I just double-press the play button and iTunes just plays a random song!!!

I was just saying to my self no more than 5 minutes ago, "man I wish iTunes could just play a random song so I didn't have to find one to start with"

THANKS!

 

[Corrode]

I doubt its a bug. My dell did that years ago. I guess Apple finally decided to add it to their keyboards. Good and bad I guess. Be better if there was an option to turn it on or off.

 

[iZac]

I always thought u had to have iTunes open before you can press the "Play" button, but apparently not. So cool 😎

I noticed this too the other day, I enjoy little surprises like this. Its particularly nice to be able to open iTunes blind when my *cough* xbox is running on the other input of the same monitor.

 

[Kronie]

It doesn't automatically play though, just opens itunes. So if you want to play music you need to press play twice.