You can use command+option+escape to open the "force quit applications" dialog which will let you kill iTunes; you can then restart it. Much quicker than doing a full computer restart.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:16 AM Subject: Re: Two important questions. congrats on being their first Maccie! lol! RE: ITunes, you can also simply move the mouse pointer outside of the window and close / restart ITunes. YOu'll obviously need to use an actual mouse or the touchpad if you have one... Best of luck!... Smiles, Cara :) On Jan 4, 2008, at 6:42 AM, John Moore wrote: > Well, actually, three. First, I am in an assistive technology > instructor training program where I need the ability to keep two > documents open at once and be able to switch between them on the fly. > I'm lucky my student wasn't here today, because I couldn't figure out > how to do it. Does the Window Chooser menu show two documents that I > have open? Or, is there a shortcut key to switch between documents on > the fly? Second, I have been having a problem with ITunes. I'm > guessing it's because I overloaded the processor, but I need > clarification. Basically, what happens is that if I try to switch > between tracks on CD's a few times, the whole thing stops working. VO > just says, "Busy" and then "Application" followed by "ready." I always > restart the Mac and it works, but I'm tempted to get another player > that doesn't crash like that. If I do things from my external hard > drive, it works just fine. Finally, I am on a corporate wireless > network trying to send e-mail through Mail. Last night, I got an error > dialog telling me that it couldn't send e-mail through the SMTP server > on port 25. Is there something I need to fix, or do our admins have > that port blocked. Skype works just fine, and everything else is > great. BTW, if anyone's interested, I'm Lion's World Services for the > Blind's first Mac user. I'm in one of there programs. > Anyway, thanks for the help. > -- > John Moore > --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
