Thanks for the info. I hadn’t realised that SoundSpectrum had removed that feature. It had been a couple of years since I last updated the apps. The removal of those functions is a shame as far as I am concerned as I was so used to using the arrow keys and Space Bar. Do you know of any other forum threads where this issue was discussed? I’d like to add my support if anyone else has requested the return of these functions. If not then perhaps I should send a ticket/request to SoundSpectrum directly.
By the way, I have managed to recreate the symptoms I mentioned in my original post whereby the arrow keys and Space Bar worked as they used to. At first I thought I was going crazy when I couldn’t recreate the behaviour but I have just discovered what I did to make the Space Bar and arrow keys work as they used to…
First I opened iTunes and then opened a playlist but “did not†start any track playing. (If you start playing a track before the visualizer is started this will not work).
Then I opened G-Force in full screen mode (cmd T).
(I found same behaviour in WhiteCap, Aeon and SoftSkies too).
I then pressed the Space Bar and the first track in the playlist started playing (as it used to). The Back and Forward arrow keys worked too playing the next and previous tracks.
However.. in this mode the other short cut keys including T (Show Album Artwork) and H (Help Menu) do not work at all. Artwork showed at the beginning of the track but could not be brought up again on request.
However again… If at any stage the toolbar is activated manually (cmd+click) the behaviour reverts to the new key function set-up and the Space Bar and arrow keys stop working, but the H and T keys do then work again. All very odd.
I promise I’m not trying to break the apps or pick holes in them for the sake of it. I love them. The above behaviour was just discovered by accident after the recent updates. Me trying to work out why the arrows and Space Bar didn’t work, or only worked sometimes.
It’s not really a problem and I guess that if people don’t miss the functionality of those keys then there is no need to try and recreate the apps behaviour that I’ve detailed above.
I guess too though that if SounsSpectrum do take the trouble to fix said bug (if that’s what it is) then they might just as well bring back the functionality of those keys for good while they are at it.
I can’t think why they would have taken the functions away in the first place, unless new Apple rules have something to do with it.
Anyway, I’ll probably open a ticket with SoundSpectrum to request that they bring back said key functionality, but then send them a link to this page rather than type all this out again
Phew!….Thanks again.