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Determine if iTunes will stop or pause a track

30.11.1999 / Mac OS X Hints


In iTunes, it has always bothered me that when I am in another playlist than the one playing, pressing the space bar would sometimes pause the track and sometimes completely stop the track. Sometimes I just want to pause the track, but I am always afraid that if I don't return to the playlist that it's playing in, the track will stop (if you listen to classical music, having to restart or re-find your place in a 30 minute track can be a pain). Other times I actually want to stop the track so I can press the spacebar again to play in the playlist I am in. I could never figure out the pattern to this behavior, so I would always take the fail-safe method of moving to the playing playlist to pause. However, I discovered the other day that I don't have to. The Play/Pause button has the pause symbol (two vertical rectangles) if it is going to pause, and the stop symbol (a square) if it is going to stop. No more guessing![kirkmc adds: This is less of a hint tha...


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