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Control a windowless iTunes from DragThing
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<blockquote data-quote="giulio" data-source="post: 368348" data-attributes="member: 28677"><p>While working, I use iTunes. But I find that the controller gets obscured by other windows. Or it just plain clutters my desktop. So I wanted to get rid of the controller but still use iTunes.</p><p></p><p>There are many utilities that will control iTunes. But I didn't want to load another program on my development machine. However I do run DragThing on my system, as I consider it as part of the OS. </p><p></p><p>If you have an iTunes icon in a DragThing dock, you can right click to show the menu and control iTunes right from there. But I didn't like the extra step. So I came up with another solution.</p><p></p><p>Using three AppleScripts, I made it so you can controll iTunes from within a dock without any menus. All you have to do is expand the draw and click play (or next/previous).</p><p></p><p>I left the iTunes conteler up to demonstrate the functions of the buttons in DragThing. Being that everything works, you can close the iTunes controller - which does not quit iTunes or interrupt the music in any way. You're left with a clean desktop, and quick access to iTunes from a DragThing dock. Sweet.</p><p></p><p>How-To, demo movie, and the AppleScripts:</p><p><a href="http://www.webveteran.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/4/11/Control-iTunes-from-a-DragThing-dock#more" target="_blank">http://www.webveteran.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/4/11/Control-iTunes-from-a-DragThing-dock#more</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="giulio, post: 368348, member: 28677"] While working, I use iTunes. But I find that the controller gets obscured by other windows. Or it just plain clutters my desktop. So I wanted to get rid of the controller but still use iTunes. There are many utilities that will control iTunes. But I didn't want to load another program on my development machine. However I do run DragThing on my system, as I consider it as part of the OS. If you have an iTunes icon in a DragThing dock, you can right click to show the menu and control iTunes right from there. But I didn't like the extra step. So I came up with another solution. Using three AppleScripts, I made it so you can controll iTunes from within a dock without any menus. All you have to do is expand the draw and click play (or next/previous). I left the iTunes conteler up to demonstrate the functions of the buttons in DragThing. Being that everything works, you can close the iTunes controller - which does not quit iTunes or interrupt the music in any way. You're left with a clean desktop, and quick access to iTunes from a DragThing dock. Sweet. How-To, demo movie, and the AppleScripts: [url]http://www.webveteran.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/4/11/Control-iTunes-from-a-DragThing-dock#more[/url] [/QUOTE]
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