Shortcut for "Move to Trash"

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Shortcut for "Move to Trash"

Hi there

When deleting a file in iTunes you there is a prompt whether you want to cancel, keep the file or move it to trash. Is there any shortcut for 'Move to Trash'? Or even one to directly delete the file without being disabled this prompt?

Thanks in advance and best regards!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Apr 6, 2011 7:15 PM

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goldneye006

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Sep 29, 2011 8:42 PM in response to Dominicolo

command+delete will send a file straight to the trash while in finder and if your in itunes you can just press delete but then it will promt you afterwards if you want to keep file or move file to the trash as well as delte from library

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Jolly Giant

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Apr 6, 2011 10:45 PM in response to Dominicolo

no. it's a safety measure.

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Dominicolo Author

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Apr 6, 2011 10:48 PM in response to Jolly Giant

Are you sure? Before the last update (or so) of iTunes you could use ctrl + M.
I use iTunes 10.2.1, by the way.

Message was edited by: Dominicolo

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Jolly Giant

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Apr 6, 2011 11:04 PM in response to Dominicolo

check out [this|http://www.apple.com/itunes/how-to/shortcuts.html] support article.

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Dominicolo Author

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Apr 6, 2011 11:05 PM in response to Jolly Giant

No, ctrl + M, not cmd + M.

Kind regards

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Jolly Giant

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Apr 6, 2011 11:13 PM in response to Dominicolo

Dominicolo wrote:
No, ctrl + M, not cmd + M.

yes, i edited my reply 😉

anyways, i don't know if it ever worked (can't imagine it, to be honest) but it sure doesn't now.

i'm just wondering how many users would complain about Apple for their losing purchased content by allowing such a keyboard shortcut.

the (default) double prompt you get when you delete files from your library is there for a purpose ...

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Dominicolo Author

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Apr 6, 2011 11:19 PM in response to Jolly Giant

Well, chances aren't that great that you hit delete on a selected song and right after that a shortcut -- all by accident.
And as said, in the last iTunes version it worked and it also had worked before, although with another one (cmd + delete).

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