itunes 11 "go to current song" not working?

Thanks HaniKazmi!

I created another AppleScript based on yours; if you run this script instead of iTunes, the script will start iTunes and start displaying the current tracks.

on run global oldTrackID set oldTrackID to 0 tell application "iTunes" repeat if player state is playing then set trackID to the current track if not trackID = oldTrackID then --Is this a new song? set oldTrackID to trackID reveal trackID end if end if end repeat end tell end run

Or, as a download.

To make it complete, you can put the script in the Applications folder and copy iTunes' icon to the script ;-)

A script starting when iTunes starts would be better, but then you would have to have another script running all the time checking whether iTunes is started or not..

Thanks for posting this fix but it doesn't work for me. All it does is launch an Applescript called Test. I placed it in the iTunes scripts folder, though.

Anyway I find this bug very annoying. I don't care much for all the new features in version 11, but I can live with them as long as the basics work! Same with the new Remote app for iPhone, you can't rate the songs anymore!

So I sent feedback to Apple via the "Provide iTunes feedback" menu item :

"

The "go to current song" command doesn't work in iTunes 11, be it the menu item or the keyboard shortcut cmd-L.

Check the Apple discussions it filled with complaints about it.

Just so you know iTunes 11 is not available from the "What iTunes version are you running?" drop-down menu below.

Guys, get on top of things, what do you think Steve thinks of you now? 🙂

"

One more version.

• It'll use far less processing power (0.5%, compared to 70% before)
• It'll start up iTunes and bring it to the front when first run
• Added the icon

Code:

on run global oldTrackID set oldTrackID to 0 tell application "iTunes" activate repeat if player state is playing then set trackID to the current track if not trackID = oldTrackID then --Is this a new song? set oldTrackID to trackID reveal trackID end if end if delay 0.6 end repeat end tell end run

and download:

http://www.mediafire.com/?72h4itb2ad3bk7x

Hi,

could you be so kind and explain what exactly should do to run this application. I'm on win 8.

Thanks in advance

Ok that worked as far as highlighting the current song playing. Now is there any way to make the current song playing go to the top of the list in list view. Instead of just highlighting it where it is in the list?

Organize by Bit Rate does it for what I wanted. I only use itunes as a player & to find out bit rates. I don't organize in itunes. I organize in Finder.

HaniKazmi: seriously you have my vote to make one for us PC window users.

Can my vote count as 1,000 votes? Haha

OS X only so far, I'll post a windows version when I have time.

Here is some more info http://t.co/ndb0LO8I

Thanks, HaniKazmi! It's working like a charm!

Yes, very interested in the Windows 8 fix when you have the time. Thank you!

I'm guessing you read R.A. Salvatore?

OK I just found this which kinda helps although not quite the same as originally.

When in a playlist grid view and busy with random play and your first song is playing, click on the small album art at the top where the title is showing. This will show the album art larger on top of everything else - and this will update each time a new song plays. It is also like a mini player from where you can skip songs etc.

I would go CRAZY if iTunes kept hopping around every time a new song started playing !!

The whole point of the CMD-L is so that, if you want to, you can ask iTunes to take you the current song.

I've tried out every variation I can think of and CMD-L works.

If I start a song in a PLAYLIST and then go to ANY other Pane, CMD-L will take me back to the actual Playlist with current song highlighted.

If I start a song in SONGS, ALBUMS or ARTISTS, then, in whichever pane I move to, CMD-L will take me to the current song IN THAT PANE.

The only "exception" I can find is this:

If I'm in the SONGS pane with the COLUMN BROWSER enabled and I start a song, if I then select another Genre, Artist, (or whatever) in the Column Browser pane, CMD-L in the SONGS pane cannot "see" the current song and nothing happens. BUT, switch to any of the other panes and CMD-L finds the current song. Is this a fault ? Should CMD-L in this case deselect my choices in the Column Browser panes, and select the ALL defaults so as to be able to show the current song. Hmmmmm. Tricky, but I don't think so. Maybe an alert asking if it should ? That would be fair.

In summary. If you guys want your iTunes windows hopping around every time a new songs starts playing, well implement one of those scripts that do that. But I VERY CERTAINLY DON'T. CMD-L works as intended, and works perfectly.