INSTALL ⚙

Click the red download button above. A file named viewkeeper.zip will be downloaded to your "Downloads" folder.
This .zip file contains a disk image (.dmg) file. Double-click the .dmg file to mount and display a disk image window in the Finder.
Now, open a new Finder window and navigate to your [username]/Library/iTunes/Scripts/ folder.
(The user Library folder is hidden by default. Option-click the Finder's Go menu and select "Library" to make it visible.)
If there are no folders named "iTunes" or "Scripts" there, create them.
Select and drag the files from the disk image window into the "Scripts" folder. Scripts placed in this folder will appear in the iTunes Script menu.
Close the disk image window and eject it from the Finder sidebar. Refer to the included Read Me doc for additional installation options and usage info.
Complete Download FAQ + Vid
Add Shortcuts to your scripts
30 Most Recent Updates
Doug's Check For All Updates Applet

Stand-Alone Players

They just play music.

Follow

Recent Blog Posts

UPDATED: Playlist XML Librarian v1.3
March 22, 2026
The Bathroom Music Server
March 20, 2026
NEW: Block Party Weekend
March 20, 2026
Some Players
March 4, 2026
UPDATED: Playlist XML Viewer v2.0
March 1, 2026

Visitors like you spread good karma!
Please, help me with a donation.

Donations of any convenient size help pay the bills and defray my personal costs in keeping the site going. Making a contribution via PayPal is easy, safe, and secure. Future visitors salute you!

Listen to me and Kirk McElhearn on our podcast.

◀ Remove Artwork v2.0
Copy Smart Playlist to iPod v1.0 ►

Prevents iTunes from changing the selected source view when iPod is plugged in.

AppleScript for iTunes

iTunes View Keeper v

This stay-open applet watches iTunes and prevents it from switching the source view when you plug iPod in.

(Note: In order to launch this PowerPC-era script on an modern machine, it must first be opened and then saved using Script Editor which is located in your /Applications/Utilities/ folder. More information is here.)

Latest version:

v December 12, 2003

Further:

see the read me PDF
short url: https://dougscripts.com/111
category: iPod

download ⬇

Current v

Free to use, but a payment
in appreciation is requested.
Thanks for your support!

Info:

works with: iTunes
file format: Script
Gatekeeper Security: None
total downloads: 1,179
.zip download size: 235K

Perhaps Also of Interest...

More recommendations by task

Popular Now

downloaded <1m

Playlist XML Viewer v2.0

For Music View/play contents of exported playlist XML files

downloaded 8m 32s ago

Album Rating Reset v5.5

For Music Batch-change/clear the Album Rating for albums of selected tracks

downloaded 44m 27s ago

Playlist XML Librarian v1.3

For Music Manage a folder of exported Playlist XML files

downloaded 56m 55s ago

Enter Long Description Text for Selected v2.0

For iTunes Enter text for the selected tracks' Long Description tag

downloaded 1h 33m 50s ago

Search-Replace Tag Text v7.4

For Music/TV Perform search-and-replace on text in your choice of tags

downloaded 1h 34m 19s ago

Append to Selected Tag v6.4

For Music/TV Append user-entered text to beginning or ending of selected tag of each selected track

10 Most Recently Added

UPDATED March 22, 2026:
Playlist XML Librarian v1.3
[ For Music ] Manage a folder of exported Playlist XML files
UPDATED March 1, 2026:
A Space Between v3.5
[ For Music ] Applet plays tracks with a user-set duration of silence between each track
UPDATED March 1, 2026:
Playlist XML Viewer v2.0
[ For Music ] View/play contents of exported playlist XML files
UPDATED December 14, 2025:
Side Splitter v3.0
[ For Music ] Split an album of tracks into playlists by LP side and auto-play them
UPDATED December 11, 2025:
Track CPR v5.0
[ For Music ] Re-associate batch of dead tracks with files dropped from Finder
UPDATED December 9, 2025:
No Lyrics to Playlist v3.2
[ For Music ] Gather tracks that do not have lyrics text
UPDATED December 9, 2025:
Find Empty Media Folders v3.4
[ For Music/TV ] Finds any empty or obsolete folders in the Media folder
UPDATED December 8, 2025:
Albumizer v1.1
[ For Music ] Incrementally re-number tracks and add album tags to a selection
NEW December 5, 2025:
Tracks by Name Length to CSV v1.0
[ For Music ] Create a CSV file listing tracks sorted by title length
UPDATED December 5, 2025:
Albums Amiss v1.4
[ For Music ] Finds album tracks that are a few short or over an Album
the 10 most recent in detail...
the 30 most recent as list...
Doug's Check For All Updates Applet
30 Most Recent RSS Feed

Site contents © 2001 - 2026 (that's right: 2001) Doug Adams and weblished by Doug Adams. Contact support AT dougscripts DOT com. About.
All rights reserved. Privacy.
AppleScript, iTunes, iPod, iPad, and iPhone are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. This site has no direct affiliation with Apple, Inc.
The one who says "it cannot be done" should not be interrupting the one who is doing it.

dougscripts.com