Play Music from the iTunes Artwork Screen Saver in Mac OS X Lion

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<p>Did you know the iTunes Artwork screensaver in Mac OS X Lion is interactive? By hovering over an album when the screen saver is active, a pop-up play button will appear similar to what is found by <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/30/play-mp3-and-audio-files-in-the-finder/">hovering over music in the Finder</a>, click it and that album or song will begin to play. </p>

<p>Here’s how to get this working yourself:</p>

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<li>Enable the iTunes Artwork screensaver, found in  Apple menu > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver</li>

<li>Click on “Options” and slide ‘Rows’ to at least 5, the more rows the more albums appear</li>

<li>Open iTunes and fill in as much album art as possible, it’s <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/15/get-album-cover-artwork-for-itunes/">easy to get album art with iTunes</a> if you are missing some</li>

<li>Start the screen saver, hover over an album cover, and enjoy</li>

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<p>Because the screen saver is interactive, once you are playing songs you need to hit the Escape key or click the little icon in the lower right corner to exit.

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