Fine iTune-er App

I've got over 5 hours of movie soundtrack music loaded into iTunes, and half the time, I don't even know what track I'm listening to... but sometimes, I wanna know. In order to find out, I have to stop what I'm doing, click on the iTunes icon in the dock, read what it says, and then close it back down. This is hardly convenient.

Thankfully, there's iController. After installing and launching it, the track title and artist scroll in a small section of the top window bar. You have the option to have this info briefly appear in the middle of your screen, but it is easily disabled via preferences (just ctrl+click on the scrolling message for access). There is no clutter, no extra windows need to be open, it's not distracting and it doesn't intrude on any valuable screen real estate. A quick glance is all it requires.


If you're looking for an application that does all this and more, give QuickTunes a try. It has some nice options -- just none that I would use.