iTunes 11 shuffle script command not working

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.