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Apple opened the virtual doors to its iTunes Store on April 28, 2003, and music — and, indeed, all digital media — has never been the same since.

Suddenly, an industry fearful of internet piracy discovered a legitimate way to profit from digital music sales. Listeners didn’t have to go to their local record store (remember those?) to get the latest Norah Jones or 50 Cent CD. A song was only 99 cents, a steal when compared to an $18 CD. With their iconic white earphones, iTunes-powered iPods become a must-have mobile accessory.

1 What exactly is iTunes?

You may accomplish the following with iTunes: Organize your music and videos and play them. You may listen to or download an unlimited amount of songs with Apple Music (with a paid subscription) Music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, free podcasts, and more may be found at the iTunes Store.

2 What is the significance of iTunes?

iTunes is a piece of software that allows you to manage, play, and add to your digital media library on your computer, as well as sync it to a portable device. It’s a jukebox player for Mac and Windows that operates similarly to Songbird and Windows Media Player.

3 Compatibility with iTunes

The iTunes shop is still centered on music. In the world of portable players, iTunes compatibility is a bit of a quagmire, which is one of the reasons why some people shun it totally. With a Creative Nomad MP3 player, for example, you may utilize the iTunes Mac program (see iTunes for Mac OS X: Compatible Players for a complete list). However, iTunes for Windows only recognizes the iPhone, iPad, and iPod series, therefore connecting a Creative Nomad to a Windows PC running iTunes won’t work.

There isn’t even a version of iTunes for Linux PCs. However, there are workarounds available; simply search for “iPod Linux hacks” on Google. Furthermore, Apple is no longer updating the list of compatible players, implying that iTunes will no longer support new non-Apple devices in the future.

4 Apple’s iTunes

iTunes is a strong piece of software that is extensively interwoven into the Mac interface and has been slightly incorporated into iOS as well.

Originally, iTunes was intended for the purchase and download of music; this is still the case, despite the fact that streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify have eroded their market share. It’s also expanded into movies and television shows, allowing you to buy episodes of a series, box sets, or single movies to download and view on all of your iTunes-connected devices, similar to how the music function works.

On iTunes on PC, you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish multiple tasks in iTunes. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the iTunes menus, or use the table below as a reference. Even you can download the below shortcuts in PDF & Excel format by clicking on the Below Download button.

iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts List

Play music, video, and more

Action	Shortcut
Start or stop playing the selected song	Space Bar
Play the currently selected song	Enter
Move forwards or backward within a song	Control-Alt-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Listen to the next or previous album in a list	Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Show the currently playing song in the list	Control-L
When a song is playing, play the next song in a list	Right Arrow
When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list	Left Arrow
Increase the volume	Control-Up Arrow
Decrease the volume	Control-Down Arrow
Mute (and unmute) the sound (song keeps playing)	Control-Alt-Down Arrow
Go to the next or last chapter (if available)	Control-Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes	Control-U

Create and manage playlists

Action	Shortcut
Create a new playlist	Control-N
Create a playlist from a selection of songs	Control-Shift-N
Create a new Smart Playlist	Control-Alt-N
Refresh the radio list (when Radio is selected)	F5
Refresh a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected)	F5

Manage your iTunes library and media files

Action	Shortcut
Add a file to your music library	Control-O
Show where a song file is located	Control-R
Select the search field	Control-F
Edit the name of the currently selected item	F2
Undo your last typing change while still in edit mode	Control-Z
Cut the selected song’s information or artwork	Control-X
Copy the selected song’s information or artwork	Control-C
Paste the selected song’s information or artwork	Control-V
Choose artwork for the selected video	While the video is playing, Control-click the movie, then choose Set Poster Frame
Select or deselect all the songs in a list	Control-click the tickbox next to a song
Select all the songs in the list	Control-A
Deselect all the songs on the list	Control-Shift-A

Change what you see

Action	Shortcut
Switch to Mini Player	Control-Shift-M
Enter or exit full-screen view	Control-Shift-F
Open the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD	Control-I
In the Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list	Control-N or Control-P
Close the iTunes window	Control-W
Show or hide the Column Browser	Control-B
Turn the visualizer on or off	Control-T
Switch between viewing visual effects using the entire screen or in the iTunes window (when the visualizer is on)	Control-Shift-F
Open the View Options window for the selected source	Control-J
Refresh source list	F5

Full keyboard navigation commands

Action	Shortcut
Select the next control	Tab
Click the currently selected control	Enter
Open or close the selected item’s arrow	Left Arrow or Right Arrow, or + and – on the numeric keypad

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