Applescript to shutdown iTunes for fast user switching?
I am curious to see if anybody knows or has written an Applescript that will shut down iTunes when you switch users in Panther. I don't want to alter anything to allow iTunes to play with both users, I just want something that will shut it down when switching users, in case I or my wife forget to prior to switching users...Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Originally posted by ijerry
I am curious to see if anybody knows or has written an Applescript that will shut down iTunes when you switch users in Panther. I don't want to alter anything to allow iTunes to play with both users, I just want something that will shut it down when switching users, in case I or my wife forget to prior to switching users...Any help is greatly appreciated.
Good idea. Too bad FUS makes you quit iTunes in order to use it with another user. It could cause all sorts of problems.
natch...
I don't do QT programming, so I don't know the answer to that. It could be a feature for iTunes 5, though. In fact, it'll be interesting to see just how many applications will have to be updated to work sensibly with FUS. That's a fundamental paradigm shift in the way Mac applications expect to be used.
Originally posted by yomofo
if you don't use the same music library folder as your wife it will work. iTunes only doesn't open if you have the same music library folder as someone else on the computer. Interesting problem...
That's not true. I just tried it for a newly created user and it said that iTunes is in use by another user, ask that user to quit, blah blah. It's a real problem and one that will perplex new users because other applications don't act that way.
Originally posted by ijerry
Thanks for that info...It makes a lot of sense, and I hope that Apple addresses the issue with a subsequent update, because it is really a pain for my wife and I...Perhaps if we weren't so forgetful, and didn't both live off of iTunes, it would be okay. In the meantime, I am going to keep trying to find a way to write an Applescript to shut it down...
I'd post over on macnn.com's boards and see if Sal (the resident applescript guru) can come up with something.