Powerpack iTunes trouble

[aocarson]

Hello,

 

I've been using Alfred v2 in the past weeks, and upgraded to the powerpack.  I have had a few odd things occur that I searched for and couldn't find mention of, so I'll list them here.

 

First, I use the Miniplayer for iTunes quite a bit.  However, often times after quitting iTunes to restart, the next time iTunes opens it cannot find its own library.  It offers a dialogue to select the library.  This had never happened before I started using Alfred.  If I start the Miniplayer first, it will search through songs, but when selected the song never plays; if I switch applications to iTunes, it is sitting there with the 'select library' dialogue showing

 

Second, I have a playlist called "Playlist X" and when i search for it in the miniplayer, it shows up twice.  On first boot, selecting the first will not do anything, but after selecting the second one and playing the songs, later selecting either will start the playlist; why are there two copies?  I have iTunes Match if that is a possibility.  I have searched iTunes, there is only one copy of the playlist, and I have reset and reloaded iTunes data from the preferences (as well as command-R).

 

I use Dwarf Therapist for the game Dwarf Fortress quite often; it requests administrator privs upon opening since it accesses memory.  If I launch DT by spotlight, the privilege dialogue is greyed out and I have to select it.  When I open DT through Alfred, the dialogue is selected already and I can just type in the password (huge win!), however, the program is mildly corrupt upon opening.  I have to delete the settings file, then open it again.  This sounds like a DT problem, but if I open it with a double click or with Spotlight, no corruption occurs (but it sort of starts in the background, and the privs dialogue is greyed).  Does Alfred open applications in some other mode, or...?

 

Wonderful application, thanks for the great work.  I hope these issues help you iron out v2.  I'm looking forward to more tutorials and videos, as I'm sure I'm missing out on lots of functionality.

 

AOC 

[Vero]

Hello,

 

I've been using Alfred v2 in the past weeks, and upgraded to the powerpack.  I have had a few odd things occur that I searched for and couldn't find mention of, so I'll list them here.

 

First, I use the Miniplayer for iTunes quite a bit.  However, often times after quitting iTunes to restart, the next time iTunes opens it cannot find its own library.  It offers a dialogue to select the library.  This had never happened before I started using Alfred.  If I start the Miniplayer first, it will search through songs, but when selected the song never plays; if I switch applications to iTunes, it is sitting there with the 'select library' dialogue showing

 

Have you changed the default hotkey to one using Alt? Since the latest iTunes 11, using Alt as part of your hotkey means that iTunes can pop up this notice. In the same way as iPhoto, holding Alt means "ask me which library I want to use". Change your hotkey to not use Alt (e.g. the default Cmd + Ctrl + Return) and you should no longer see that problem.

 

Second, I have a playlist called "Playlist X" and when i search for it in the miniplayer, it shows up twice.  On first boot, selecting the first will not do anything, but after selecting the second one and playing the songs, later selecting either will start the playlist; why are there two copies?  I have iTunes Match if that is a possibility.  I have searched iTunes, there is only one copy of the playlist, and I have reset and reloaded iTunes data from the preferences (as well as command-R).

 

Alfred simply lists the playlists provided by iTunes so there may be something up in the iTunes Library XML itself resulting in a playlist appearing to be there twice. Do double check that Alfred is pointing to the correct library compared to the iTunes preferences, then Cmd + R again to be up to date.

 

I use Dwarf Therapist for the game Dwarf Fortress quite often; it requests administrator privs upon opening since it accesses memory.  If I launch DT by spotlight, the privilege dialogue is greyed out and I have to select it.  When I open DT through Alfred, the dialogue is selected already and I can just type in the password (huge win!), however, the program is mildly corrupt upon opening.  I have to delete the settings file, then open it again.  This sounds like a DT problem, but if I open it with a double click or with Spotlight, no corruption occurs (but it sort of starts in the background, and the privs dialogue is greyed).  Does Alfred open applications in some other mode, or...?

 

Alfred just tells OS X to launch the apps so doesn't do anything unusual. I'm not familiar with DT/DF, but I'll move this to Discussion/Help in case anyone else can help shed some light on whether DT/DF could be behaving oddly.

 

Hope this helps

 

 

Wonderful application, thanks for the great work.  I hope these issues help you iron out v2.  I'm looking forward to more tutorials and videos, as I'm sure I'm missing out on lots of functionality.

 

AOC 

[aocarson]

Have you changed the default hotkey to one using Alt? Since the latest iTunes 11, using Alt as part of your hotkey means that iTunes can pop up this notice. In the same way as iPhoto, holding Alt means "ask me which library I want to use". Change your hotkey to not use Alt (e.g. the default Cmd + Ctrl + Return) and you should no longer see that problem.

 

This is exactly what was happening.  If iTunes isn't running and I start it with my Miniplayer shortcut (option-space) it asks for the library.  I'll change this.

 

Any plans to make Alfred read the iTunes music library files directly, without having to start iTunes?  On a laptop it would be great to be able to play some tunes directly without the constant background overhead that iTunes produces.

 

Thank you,

AOC

[Andrew]

This is exactly what was happening.  If iTunes isn't running and I start it with my Miniplayer shortcut (option-space) it asks for the library.  I'll change this.

 

Any plans to make Alfred read the iTunes music library files directly, without having to start iTunes?  On a laptop it would be great to be able to play some tunes directly without the constant background overhead that iTunes produces.

 

Thank you,

AOC

 

While I'd love this, Alfred wouldn't be able to play the DRM or iTunes Match music, so iTunes only for now