danbalsh Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Hey guys, Saw this over on Mac OS X Hints I found it VERY useful, thought some people here would too :) Yesterday's iTunes update brought a new feature -- a small arrow next to the song, artist, and album entries in the Library and playlists, as seen at left. When clicked, this arrow takes you to the iTunes Music Store (iTMS), and displays the relevant matching information.While this is potentially quite useful, it's also odd -- I know I wasn't expecting to jump to the iTMS when I clicked the arrow! Thankfully, there are already two workarounds, one temporary and one permanent: Temporary fix: Just hold down the Option key prior to clicking the arrow; you'll jump to the matching info in your Library instead of the iTMS. For instance, Option-click next to an artist's name, and you'll see all of that artist's entries in your library. Permanent fix: If, like me, you think the Option-click method should be the standard, quit iTunes, open a Terminal window, and type: defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks -bool YES When you re-launch iTunes, you'll find that clicking the arrow now takes you to your Library, and an Option-click takes you to the store. If, for some reason, you find that you'd like the old method back, just repeat the above command with NO at the end, instead of YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey55 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Thats a very cool tip, i didn't even try option clicking the arrows..:) umes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am_fek Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 That was actually what I thought the arrows were there for, until I tried clicking one. What the library really needs now are the back and forward buttons, like iTMS has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 thanks for the tip :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMan Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Anyone know of a equivalent Windows solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Curious, I turned them off once I found out what they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniPi Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Anyone know of a equivalent Windows solution? Edit -> Preferences -> Uncheck the box for show links to music store Edit: As for changing what it does, I got nothing. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 thanks for the tips!! :) now what about the windows iTunes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMan Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 I've been playing with iTunes (for Windows), if you press shift, you get the same result as.. Temporary fix: Just hold down the Option key prior to clicking the arrow; you'll jump to the matching info in your Library instead of the iTMS. For instance, Option-click next to an artist's name, and you'll see all of that artist's entries in your library. Which is something! As for a permanent fix, I've been crawling through the registry but I haven't found anything yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 1, 2004 It's in c:\Docuements And Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes.pref That's the file that holds all your preferences, but I have no idea which bit needs to be set for that setting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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