Comments on: How To: Keep iTunes video window “always on top”

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:59:14 +0000

I have a PC with the newest version of itunes 9.1.0.79 and the option is located in Edit>Preferences>Advanced Tab near the bottom gives you the option to keep itunes mini on top. Note itunes will not stay on top of all other windows unless in mini mode. Quick Key for Mini is Ctrl M. Hope that helps.

By: Jumal

Jumal — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:02:28 +0000

I was looking at itunes menu but there’s nothing that says play movie in separate windows till i figured out that it’s on the rightclick context menu.

http://www.machoe.com/2196/itunes-tip-make-itunes-video-float-on-top.html

By: Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:44:28 +0000

It does work – you just need to also select ‘play movies and tv shows in a separate window’ in the playback preferences. Still that is rather hidden away when Apple go on about how intuitive their products are…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:21:01 +0000

After a year, with my MacBook, I have always been able to keep the movie window on top of all other windows. Until today when I downloaded and installed iTunes 8. The check box is still in the preferences, but iTunes does not do this. Mac OS X 10.5 has been amazing since I installed it. Hopefully there will be fix for this again.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:51:18 +0000

@Ryan Thanks for the last post. That’s exactly what I was looking for.

It’s funny that we are both commenting this post on today, little over a year after the original post.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:34:13 +0000

At least on the Mac with the latest iTunes (and probably going back a few version) if you go to Preferences->Playback there’s a checkbox for “Keep Movie window on top of all other windows”

No need for a plugin

By: r4ndy

r4ndy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:38:45 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion, power menu is great!

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:04:26 +0000

@Aaron seeing as how I don’t own a Mac I wouldn’t know. I just went off what other sites suggested. Don’t worry, I’m sure Apple will sell you a piece of proprietary software for $50 to allow you to do this.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:45:38 +0000

Dude, it’s well known that afloat on a Mac DOES NOT WORK WITH iTUNES !!! Do a bit of research before you start posting helpful little hints on the web, eh?

By: dan diemer

dan diemer — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:09:46 +0000

opps, on a mac