How do I set a universal keyboard shortcut for iTunes?

Comments: 3 Responses to “How do I set a universal keyboard shortcut for iTunes?”

Gary Rosenzweig

13 years ago

So you are saying that you have a non-Apple keyboard, one that doesn't include the iTunes shortcuts?
That will be tough. You can't just make a shortcut for iTunes, because it would be an application-base shortcut, so it will only work while you are using iTunes as your front-most app.
You could probably build services using Automator, then apply keyboard shortcuts to those. But that would be a lot of work.
You might just have to live without these.
There may be a third-party keyboard shortcut utility that does this, but I don't know off-hand.

Braden

12 years ago

I need to use the standard function keys on my apple keyboard which takes away the ability to hit the play/pause button for iTunes (unless I hold down the fn key). Is there a way to do it while the keyboard is in standard fn keys (even if it's complicated)?

Gary Rosenzweig

12 years ago

So why not toggle it so they work as function keys by default, and you need to use the fn key to use the controls. Will that solve your problem?