Control how iTunes 8 handles playback in Grid view: "There is a new feature in iTunes 8 grid view that allows you to determine whether music in a given playlist or library will continue to play after the selected artist (or album, genre, composer, or selection) is finished. In grid view, you can play an Album (assuming Grid view is set to Albums) by clicking the Play Album button that appears when you mouse over an album cover.
Now, by default, when the chosen album is finished playing, iTunes will stop. But what if you want iTunes to continue playing the other albums in your playlist/library? Then instead of clicking Play Album, hold down the Option key first. When you do, the Play Album button changes to read just Play. Option-click on Play, and once your album is finished, iTunes will go to the next album in your playlist/library.
This is also handy if you want to shuffle between albums in Grid view. If you have shuffle enabled and click Play Album, iTunes will just shuffle and play songs from that album. If you O...
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