The quick look solution seems to work very well. Now I just need to read a bit more about finder to see if there are shortcut keys for pausing, fast forwarding, etc. Allison On Apr 29, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Scott Rumery wrote:
> Wow, I didn't even think of that, please let us know if this approach works > for not adding a file to your iTunes library. The Mac is such a wonderful > platform, and I am constantly learning everyday. > > Scott Rumery > On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > >> Hi. >> What about quicklook? Just press space to start the file playing in >> quicklook. This is just part of the finder and can be used on many other >> file types. >> >> >> >> On 2012-04-29, at 3:53 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Unfortunately, iTunes adds things as you play them, and there's no way to >>> make it not. >>> There's a way to not have it copy them to your media folder if you're >>> playing them from another source such as an external drive, however, but not >>> what you want to do. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Mervis >>> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 2:52 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Setting to not automatically add files to iTunes library. >>> >>> Hi everyone! >>> I recently got a beautiful new Macboook pro, and find myself using it more >>> than my pc because it's so portable. I'm wondering if there's a way to tell >>> iTunes not to add every file I play to my iTunes library. Sometimes I just >>> want to select a file in the finder, play it once, and exit without it being >>> added. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. >>> Allison >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
