Graphical User Interface with its point and click interface is user-friendly and probably one of the most significant breakthroughs in computer technology. But it can\u2019t do better than the speed of getting around using the keyboard. That\u2019s why many applications still preserve their keyboard shortcuts, and iTunes is not any different.<\/p>\n There are several basic iTunes shortcut key combinations that we would want to remember. They are:<\/p>\n If you want to dive deeper into shortcuts, you can install\u00a0Cheat Sheet<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. This little app will appear when you hold the Command button and show you all the available shortcut key combinations.<\/p>\n Improve Sound Quality in iTunes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n While the iTunes sound is only as good as your speaker\/headset\/earphone, it doesn\u2019t mean that we can\u2019t improve the quality internally. The most obvious method that we can do is to use iTunes built-in equalizer. Open it by going to\u00a0Window \u2013 Equalizer<\/strong>\u00a0menu or use\u00a0Command + Option + E<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Check the\u00a0On<\/strong>\u00a0box to activate it, and choose one of the pre-setting sounds. If we want to be more adventurous, we can set each frequency channel manually.<\/p>\n To improve the overall sound quality of your Mac, we can use an application called\u00a0Boom 2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0.The app will analyze your system and set the best sound setting for it, but there are other pre-set sound options. we can add sound effects, and additionally we can control the system volume.<\/p>\n Not all the songs you have in your iTunes library come from the iTunes store. Some of them you rip from your CD collections, some are the legacy of the ancient time before iTunes store. And there are also \u201cother\u201d<\/strong> sources.<\/p>\n To add those items to your iTunes library, we \u00a0can use\u00a0File \u2013 Add to Library<\/strong>\u00a0menu (Command + O<\/strong>). But the easiest way is to use\u00a0Automatically Add to iTunes<\/strong>\u00a0folder.<\/p>\n If we browse to the iTunes folder (HD_name > Users > Your_Name > Music > iTunes<\/strong>) you can find a folder name\u00a0Automatically Add to iTunes<\/strong>. Any compatible media file that we put in the folder will automatically be added to iTunes library.<\/p>\n we can add the folder to Finder left sidebar by dragging and dropping. Having the folder shortcut ready in the sidebar will help adding a boatload of media to the library. Just drag and drop them to the sidebar shortcut.<\/p>\n we can take the automation one step further by setting up Hazel rules to scan folders for media files and move them to the \u201cAutomatically Add\u2026\u201d folder, and all the process will work on its own.<\/p>\n For some of us, song lyrics\u00a0play\u00a0an integral part of the music experience. Unfortunately, manually adding lyrics to the songs is not the favorite way to spend your spare time. Especially if we have thousands of songs in your library.<\/p>\n Let explain the process: we search for the lyrics, copy the text, open iTunes, find the song, open the song info, choose the\u00a0Lyrics<\/strong>\u00a0tab, paste the text, and click OK to finish. That\u2019s for one song. Try to repeat those steps thousands of times. And it doesn\u2019t stop there. To view the lyric, we have to go through a similar process, minus the copy and paste.<\/p>\n The easier way is to use Singer\u00a0Song Reader<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. This little app will automatically search, add, and display lyrics to the currently played song in iTunes. If the song has already got lyrics, the app will only display it. All we have to do is open the app and let it run while we play your iTunes library. The app will handle the rest. Internet connection is required. we can also add lyrics in bulk for selected songs.<\/p>\n Another problem of adding songs from external sources is the fact that not every song\/album has cover album art. Again, adding them manually is possible but not recommended. The process is similar to adding song lyrics, but we pick the\u00a0Artwork<\/strong>\u00a0tab instead of Lyrics. The app that can help in this section is\u00a0Cover Scout<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. The app will scan your iTunes library for songs with missing cover album art, and it will search the internet for related album art images based on the song data, and we can choose the perfect ones to add to the songs or the app do it automatically.<\/p>\n For older OS X, there\u2019s the free alternative called\u00a0Album Artwork Assistant<\/strong>. In this experiment, it still works with the latest version of OS X. But the app hasn\u2019t been updated for a long time. Unfortunately, it can\u2019t find the developer site. But still can download the app from several software download sites. Just do a quick Google search and you will find the app.<\/p>\n Not many people give star ratings to the songs. Because in a quick glance, the rating serves no other purpose than showing how much we like a song. Some people might give ratings too few of the songs in their library. But if we have thousands of songs, nobody can find time to rate them all. The pain of the process defeats the gain on all front.<\/p>\n Actually, star rating system can be useful for creating and maintaining\u00a0Smart Playlist<\/strong>. It\u2019s a playlist that will automatically adjust its content based on rules that you set. For example, we want to create a playlist that contains only Jazz songs that we like, we will set the filter to Type: Jazz<\/strong> and Rating: five stars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n we can create Smart Playlist by going to\u00a0File \u2013 New \u2013 Smart Playlist<\/strong>\u00a0menu (Command + Option + N<\/strong>). Then start adding rules to customize your list. The example below shows a smart playlist that created to contain only new songs that added in the last two months and have been played less than three times. Whenever you want to check out new songs that you have and open this playlist.<\/p>\n we can use an small app called\u00a0AutoRate<\/strong>\u00a0which add star ratings automatically. When the app run, it will analyze your library, compare all the songs, and automatically give star ratings to songs based on the number of play each song has and the skip rate. So, the more often you play a song, the higher the star it will get.<\/p>\n This method is not perfect. it assumes that you will play the songs that you like more frequently than the songs that you don\u2019t like and will skip the ones. It doesn\u2019t count the possibilities that sometimes people just play any song and leave iTunes to continuous playing just for the sake of having music in the background, even when they sleep. But this method might be the closest to perfection considering you don\u2019t have to do anything but let the app runs in the background.<\/p>\n Similar to Album Art Assistant, the developer page for the app is not to be found, but still can find and download the app from various download sites by doing a quick search. The app is still working fine with the latest version of OS X El Capitan.<\/p>\n You had your friends coming over, and everybody was having a great conversation. Suddenly one friend said that the song played in the background was favorite and ask you to turn the volume up. Apple created a simple iOS app called\u00a0Remote<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that can do exactly set the volume louder remotely. It turns your iOS devices into a remote control for iTunes or Apple TV. The only requirement for the app to work is that all devices should be connected to the same WiFi network.<\/p>\n![\"7](\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-50.png\")
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