Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in ClassicTunes, grouped by menu, plus the keys that work in album grids, photos, Get Info and the player.
ClassicTunes' menu commands show their shortcuts beside them in the menu bar. Here they all are in one place.
ClassicTunes menu
| Command | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Settings… (Preferences… on macOS 12) | ⌘, |
| Hide ClassicTunes | ⌘H |
| Quit ClassicTunes | ⌘Q |
About ClassicTunes and Check for Updates… are here too, without shortcuts.
File menu
| Command | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New Playlist | ⌘N |
| New Smart Playlist… | ⌥⌘N |
| Add Music or Videos to Library… | ⌘O |
| Import from Music App… | ⇧⌘I |
| Get Info | ⌘I |
| Add Podcast… | ⇧⌘P |
| Refresh Podcasts | ⌘R |
The File › Library submenu (switching libraries, New Library…, Add Existing Library…, Choose Library…, and importing and exporting playlists and podcast subscriptions) has no shortcuts.
iPod menu
| Command | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Sync | ⌘S |
| Preview Sync… | ⌥⌘S |
| Eject | ⌘E |
Sync, Preview Sync… and Eject act on the iPod whose page is open, or the first one connected. Find Songs iPods Can't Play…, Run iPod Diagnostics… and Set Up a Music Player… have no shortcuts.
Controls menu
| Command | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Play/Pause | Space (not shown in the menu) |
| Next | ⌘→ |
| Previous | ⌘← |
| Increase Volume | ⌘↑ |
| Decrease Volume | ⌘↓ |
| Stop | ⌘. |
Each volume step is a tenth of the full volume. Shuffle On/Off and Repeat (Off, All, One) have no shortcuts.
Space plays and pauses only when something is loaded in the player, and not while you're typing in a text field or a sheet is open. While you're typing, ⌘← and ⌘→ (with or without ⇧) move the cursor in the text, as they do in any text field, and ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ do the same, instead of changing songs or the volume.
Window menu
| Command | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Equalizer | ⌥⌘E |
| Enter Full Screen / Exit Full Screen | ⌃⌘F |
| Minimize | ⌘M |
| Close | ⌘W |
Moving around
| Where | Keys | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Any page with a back button | ⌘[ | Goes back (for example, from an album to Albums) |
| An album's page, a podcast's page | Esc | Goes back; on an album, closes an enlarged cover first |
| Get Info, editing one song | ⌘[ / ⌘] | Saves, and edits the previous or next song |
Album grids
In the Albums grid in Music:
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ⌘A | Selects every album |
| Esc | Deselects |
| Delete, ⌦ or ⌘Delete | Removes the selected albums from the library (asks first) |
| ⌘I | Opens Get Info for the selected albums' songs |
You can also ⌘-click and ⇧-click albums, or drag a box around them in empty space.
Playlists and history
| Where | Keys | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| A playlist (not a smart playlist) | Delete | Takes the selected songs out of the playlist (they stay in the library) |
| Listening History | Delete | Takes the selected plays out of the history |
Photos
| Where | Keys | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Years, months and albums in Photos › Photos App | ⌘A | Selects them all |
| Years, months and albums in Photos › Photos App | Esc | Deselects |
| A photo opened large | ← / → | Shows the previous or next photo |
Media keys, headphones and AirPods
The play/pause, next and previous keys on your keyboard, the buttons on headphones and AirPods, and Control Center all control ClassicTunes while it's the app playing. To have the Play key open ClassicTunes instead of the Music app when nothing is playing, see Settings › General › Play key in Settings.
From AppleScript and Shortcuts
Every playback control has a script command and a Shortcuts action, so you can give them keys of your own (for example, with a shortcut assigned a key in the Shortcuts app):
tell application "ClassicTunes" to playpauseIn Shortcuts, use Play/Pause, Next Track, Previous Track or Set Volume. See AppleScript and Shortcuts.