I’ve recently reinstalled a great little app to help me control iTunes, without actually switching to iTunes and thereby distracting me for the next 30 minutes. It’s called Bytecontroller.
Bytecontroller lives in your menu bar and has a very simple, three button interface. You have back, play/pause, and next, which is fine for simple tasks. But there are other features under the hood.
The General preferences are just about as general as you can get. You have a launch at startup option and a space-saving show only when iTunes is open.
The Hot Keys panel allows you to setup hotkeys that allow you control iTunes without moving your hands from the keyboard, including increasing the volume.
The appearance panel allows you to change what the controls look like in the menu bar. It also seems to allow you to add your own “themes” but it’s unclear where you would get these from. It’s a great little app and you can get for free here.
November 22nd, 2007 at 2:29 pm
I use a similar app called YouControlTunes. Although, since I’ve gotten used to Quicksilver, I’ve found I can do just about anything in iTunes through QS.