macOS Mojave 10.14

iTunes keyboard shortcuts on Mac

You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in iTunes. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the iTunes menus, or use the tables below as a reference.

Many items in the iTunes window (for example, songs and column headings) also have shortcut menus that let you do tasks quickly. To see a shortcut menu, press the Control key, then click the item.

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Play music, video, and more

Action	Shortcut
Start playing or pause the selected song	Space bar
Play the currently selected song from the beginning	Return
Move forward or backward within a song	Option-Command-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Stop playing the selected song	Command-Period
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
Show the currently playing song in the list	Command-L
Show the Up Next list	Option-Command-U
Listen to the next or previous album in a list	Option-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Go to the next or previous song in a list	Left Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)
Increase the volume	Command-Up Arrow
Decrease the volume	Command-Down Arrow
Open the equalizer	Option-Command-E
Mute (and unmute) the sound (song keeps playing)	Option-Command-Down Arrow
Go to the next or last chapter (if available)	Shift-Command-Right Arrow or Shift-Command-Left Arrow
Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes	Command-U

Create and manage playlists

Action	Shortcut
Create a new playlist	Command-N
Create a playlist from a selection of songs	Shift-Command-N
Create a new Smart Playlist	Option-Command-N
Start Genius Shuffle	Option-Space bar
Refresh a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected)	Command-R
Delete the selected playlist without confirming that you want to delete it	Command-Delete
Delete the selected playlist and all the songs it contains from your library	Option-Delete
Delete the selected song from your library and all playlists	Option-Delete

Manage your iTunes library and media files

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

Change what you see

Action	Shortcut
Open MiniPlayer	Option-Command-M
Enter or exit full-screen view	Control-Command-F
Switch between custom and maximum window sizes	Option-click the green button in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window
See the iTunes window resize while you are resizing it	Command-drag the resize control in the lower-right corner of the window
Change the song information columns	Control-click a column heading
Show the Column Browser	Command-B
Show the status bar	Command-/
Open the Info window for the selected song or CD	Command-I
In the Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list	Command-N or Command-P
Go to the previous or next pane in the [Item] Info or Preferences window	Shift-Command-Left Bracket ( [ ) or Shift-Command-Right Bracket ( ] )
Open the View Options window for the selected source	Command-J
Turn the visualizer on or off	Command-T
See more options when a visual effect is showing	Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this)
View music	Command-1
View movies	Command-2
View TV shows	Command-3
View podcasts	Command-4
View audiobooks	Command-5
Refresh the radio list (when Internet Radio is selected)	Command-R
Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Radio’s Stream list	Command-click a triangle
Open the iTunes window	Command-0 (zero)
Close the iTunes window	Command-W
Put the iTunes window in the Dock	Command-M
Hide the iTunes window	Command-H
Hide all other applications	Option-Command-H

Find items in the iTunes Store

Action	Shortcut
Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in iTunes)	Type a word or phrase in the search field and press Option-Return
Go to the next page in the iTunes Store	Command-Right Bracket ( ] )
Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store	Command-Left Bracket ( [ )
Reload the current page	Command-R

Other shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Prevent iPod, iPhone, or iPad from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer	Press and hold Option-Command as you connect the device to your computer until the device appears in the iTunes window
Open iTunes Preferences	Command-Comma
Quit iTunes	Command-Q
Eject a CD	Command-E
Open iTunes Help menu	Command-?
Open iTunes in “safe mode” (without external plug-ins)	Option-Command (while opening iTunes)

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iTunes User Guide