iTunes keyboard shortcuts list

Start or stop playing the selected song

Space Bar

Play the currently selected song

Enter

Move forward or backward within a song

Control–Alt–Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Listen to the next or previous album in a list

Shift–Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Go to the next or previous song in a list

Left Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)

Show the currently playing song in the list

Control-L

When a song is playing, play the next song in a list

Right Arrow

When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list

Left Arrow

Increase the volume

Control–Up Arrow

Decrease the volume

Control–Down Arrow

Mute the sound (song keeps playing)

Control–Alt–Down Arrow

Go to the next or last chapter (if available)

Control–Shift–Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes

Control-U

Create a new playlist

Control-N

Create a playlist from a selection of songs

Control-Shift-N

Create a new Smart Playlist

Control-Alt-N

Refresh the Radio list (when Radio is selected)

F5

Refresh a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected)

F5

Add a file to your music library

Control-O

Show where a song file is located

Control-R

Select the search field

Control-F

Edit the name of the currently selected item

F2

Undo your last typing change while still in edit mode

Control-Z

Cut the selected song’s information or artwork

Control-X

Copy the selected song’s information or artwork

Control-C

Paste the selected song’s information or artwork

Control-V

Choose artwork for the selected video

While the video is playing, Control-click the movie, and choose Set Poster Frame

Select or deselect all the songs in a list

Control-click the checkbox next to a song

Select all the songs in the list

Control-A

Deselect all the songs in the list

Control-Shift-A

Switch to the MiniPlayer

Control-Shift-M

Enter or exit full-screen view

Control-Shift-F

Open the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD

Control-I

In the Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list

Alt-N or Alt-P

See more options when a visual effect is showing

Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this)

Close the iTunes window

Control-W

Show or hide the Column Browser

Control-B

Turn the visualizer on or off

Control-T

Switch between viewing visual effects using the entire screen or in the iTunes window (when visualizer is on)

Command-F

Open the View Options window for the selected source

Control-J

Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Radio’s Stream list

Control-click a triangle

Refresh source list

F5

Go to the next page in the iTunes Store

Control–Right Bracket ( ] )

Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store

Control–Left Bracket ( [ )

Check for new podcast episodes (when Podcasts is selected)

F5

Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in iTunes)

Type in Search field and press Shift-Return

Open the Store menu

Alt-S

Check for app updates (when Apps is selected)

F5

Prevent iPod, iPhone, or iPad from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer

Control-Shift as you connect the device to your computer (hold the keys down until the device appears in the iTunes window)

Open iTunes Preferences

Control-Comma

Eject a CD

Control-E

Open iTunes in “safe mode” (without external plug-ins)

Control-Shift (while opening iTunes)

Interrupt the current process (burning a CD, syncing, converting a file, and so on)

Control-Break

Select the next control

Tab

Click the currently selected control

Enter

Open or close the selected item’s disclosure triangle

Left Arrow or Right Arrow, or + and – on the numeric keypad