iTunes Mini Player keyboard shortcut

Hi There

You can switch iTunes to the mini player by holding down the option key when clicking on the green zoom button.

J.C

It's now shift-command-M by default. You can change the keyboard shortcut if you'd like:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=784104

As mentioned, you can also option-click the green button.

But many of us really dislike the new "standardized behavior" zoom of the green button and want a preference setting at least to use the familiar, highly sensible, but non-standard old one-click green button function:

http://newtonpoetry.com/2009/09/15/itunes-9-mini-player-is-ruined/
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10238905

I don't mean to Hijack this thread, but I have a separate problem with the mini play shortcut.
When I use the new shift-command-m key I jump from the full screen to my familiar mini player, which is fine, but when I switch back to the full screen to adjust a playlist and then back to the mini-player, I find that the mini player has moved from the place on my desktop where I had it and re-centered itself on the screen. the great thing about the mini in previous versions is that I could switch back and forth without moving any windows, does anyone know how to fix this?

Harkbe,

You can post this question in the iTunes for Mac forum: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=789&start=0
That way it will get the attention it deserves.

J.C

Harkbe: this is a separate issue unrelated to the change in the key equivalent. I've seen it before iTunes 9 and so have others. It has something to do with the preference file and the windows position not sticking. Usually quitting iTunes and relaunching, then repositioning the windows the way you want them (both mini and not mini) then quitting iTunes again and relaunching, will resolve this. However I've seen it creep up again later.

As everyone is probably aware now, iTunes 9.01 restores the original function of the green button.

After a lot of moaning, it should be said: Thanks, Apple iTunes team!

Yes, I'm very happy about this, even though I had pressed Command+Shift-clicked on the green dot 'til I was blue in the face without realizing until I accidentally clicked it without the key modifiers that it was back to its "old" behavior.

Thanks for listening to us, Apple!