Because I might just want to go to bed after this one song (but don't want to stop it midway – It's a classic).
Edit: Found a workaround in iTunes 11, a two-click solution but it works. See my answer.
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Sign up to join this communityBecause I might just want to go to bed after this one song (but don't want to stop it midway – It's a classic).
Edit: Found a workaround in iTunes 11, a two-click solution but it works. See my answer.
Click on the Up Next button and press clear. It will stop after the current song regardless where you start the song from.
"Clear" is at the end of the Up Next list, rather than the top, so you'll have to take the extra step of scrolling to the bottom.
There's no command as such, but you can stop iTunes from playing after completing the current song by using the column browser to switch to any album other than the one of the current song. When the current song is done, iTunes will stop playing.
No there is no command in iTunes but with Applescript you can add fuctionality. For iTunes and Applescript see Doug's Applescripts for iTunes and they have one to stop after the current track.
There is no built-in option to do this, but there are several third party apps that are made for your situation.
This one that does exactly what you asked (and more).
Basically, it lets you set a number of tracks to play, amount of time, or entire playlist to play before performing a set action (shut down, sleep, pause, etc.).
If you're looking for a free version, there are two options that are timers only (set them to the length of your song to play just one more).
This is an AppleScript that lets you very simply launch it and enter a number of second to continue playing for.
This is a dashboard widget that lets you drag a slider to set the time to continue playing for.
Put the song in a playlist and click the check box off. All the songs in the playlist will have to be clicked off as well.
Or easier still have the track as the only song in the play list.
If you use the search term in iTunes to search such that only that song is found, it will stop playing after it's finished (unless you've set it to loop). Or you can create a playlist with just that song and it will do the same thing.
I couldn't make this work with podcast episodes. So I do this:
Right click on the episode and select 'Show in Finder'. Then in Finder right click again and select 'Open in Quicktime Player'
I admit it is a clumsy workaround but it does the trick.
Just download the VOX player (it's free and great). There is an option in settings "autoplay", you can turn it off if You want to.