The other thing that you could do with songs on removable media is to just QuickLook them. That is, when focused on the song, in the Finder, just press the spacebar and it should just play that one selected song.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 19, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > thanks, greatly appreciate it. this happens even with songs not already in > iTunes, even if I play them from a cd or other removable media drive. > > On Apr 19, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As David mentioned, iTunes is not set up to play that way, but there is a >> workaround or two. >> >> 1. Enter the song title in the Search area and then press return. This >> will place only that one song into the Music table. Thus, when you hit the >> play button, there's only one song to play. >> >> or >> >> 2. This one is a little trickier but cleaner. >> >> * Put your songs into List view if not already there. >> * Interact with the table. >> * Press cmd-a to Select All. >> * Press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu and choose "Uncheck >> Selection". >> * Navigate to the song you wish to play and press return >> >> Only that one song is played. You can also move to any other song and press >> return and only that next song will play. >> >> To add to this second method. Let's say that you wish to play three songs >> only from that playlist or album. After you've unchecked all the songs, >> navigate through the list and check only the three you wish to play. Now, >> if you stop interacting with the table, navigate left to the Play button >> that is just beside the list of Playlists, and press it, then only those >> three songs will play. >> >> Remember that you've unchecked these though, as it may be frustrating at a >> later date when you wish to play the entire album or playlist. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> thanks but these things start playing as soon as any song quits. >>> >>> *** >>> "Cats know how we feel. They don't care, but they know." >>> >>> On Apr 18, 2014, at 8:34 PM, Gary <gary.robl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> When you're on the list of songs, press enter to start playing the song >>>> you're currently on. Press spacebar to stop playing a song. That's how I >>>> do it, but I also have my songs as a list. >>>> Gary >>>> On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, all. >>>>> >>>>> I have never been very adept at iTunes, sad to cofess. I have an album >>>>> plus a song that I purchased on the aforemented store. Whenever a song >>>>> finishes, one of these songs immediately begins to play. How do I cease >>>>> this? 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