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.
