Since upgrading to iTunes 11, my iTunes scripts are failing due to the fact that iTunes 11 does not recognize the "set shuffle" command in Apple Script. Any ideas or work arounds will be appreciated. Amazing how this was not caught.
Also stuck with this. I tried doing it from a keyboard shortcut in the OSX system preferences, but that requires iTunes to be the active program.
Just an idea, but you could try that if you want
This help?
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "iTunes"
tell menu 1 of menu item "Shuffle" of menu "Controls" of menu bar 1
set menuitems to name of menu items
if item 1 of menuitems is "Turn On Shuffle" then
clickmenu item 1
endif
end tell
end tell
end tell
I just ran your script and it worked for me:
Thanks for this! I used it and it works great. However, for me, it's not a "toggle", it just turns it on if it's off.
I added an "if" function to make it a proper toggle!
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "iTunes"
tell menu 1 of menu item "Shuffle" of menu "Controls" of menu bar 1
set menuitems to name of menu items
if item 1 of menuitems is "Turn On Shuffle" then
clickmenu item 1
end if
if item 1 of menuitems is "Turn Off Shuffle" then
clickmenu item 1
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
thanks for the help!!
Hi,
Thank you or your pos, it was is very helpfull. Do you know if it is possible to change from shuffle by song to shuffle by album using Applescript?
Thanks.
D.
Thanks!
This was very helpful!
Here are a couple more scripts for toggling shuffle in the latest iTunes. The first one toggles it via the dock:
tell application "System Events" to tell UI element "iTunes" of list 1 of process "Dock"
if not (exists) then return
perform action "AXShowMenu"
click menu item "Shuffle" of menu 1
end tell
You can watch the dock icon menu appear when that one executes.
This second one toggles it invisibly, via the menu:
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "iTunes"
tell menu 1 of menu item "Shuffle" of menu "Controls" of menu bar 1
if (value of attribute "AXMenuItemMarkChar" of item 1 of menu items as string) = "✓" then
click menu item 2
else
click menu item 1
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
I made this script by modifying what people have written so far, and customizing it to the more recent iTunes menu interface.
Thanks. I took what toomim and others did and created a comprehensive shuffle and repeat GUI scripting library for iTunes 12+
By default it presents a menu of choices, but it can easily be changed to do specific things.
Distribution later TBD, but here it is now.
iTunes 11 shuffle script command not working
