Play MP3 and Audio Files in Finder of Mac OS X with This Icon Trick

Nov 30, 2010 - 5 Comments

Playing audio files in the Finder of Mac OS X using icons

Did you know that multimedia file icons can serve double purpose as media playback? Yes indeed, you can actually play any mp3 or audio file directly in the Mac OS X Finder by using this little known icon playback trick.

Using the Finder icon audio player trick is pretty simple, here’s what you’ll want to do on a Mac:

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Posted by: Paul Horowitz in Mac OS, Tips & Tricks

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  1. […] album when the screen saver is active, a pop-up play button will appear similar to what is found by hovering over music in the Finder, click it and that album or song will begin to […]

  2. Justin says:

    How can I disable this feature across all files regardless of icon size? I personally don’t like this when I’m trying to select files and it wants to play them in finder or switch pages on a PDF.

  3. Chris says:

    Thank you so much!!! For weeks I couldn’t use the function on my desktop and couldn’t find any explanation anywhere! Now I read this, remembered I made the icons slightly smaller and finally fixed it!

    Thanks Thanks Thanks!

  4. The playback behavior changed with Leopard or SnowLeopard. You used to be able to open a Finder window in column view and play an mp3 and it would keep playing even when it lost focus.
    But I found a way to make the Finder keep playing the mp3! If you Get Info on the mp3 or movie, the Get Info window will keep playing the file while you do other stuff in the Finder. Hurray!

  5. Marc says:

    Note: icons size needs to be at least 64 x 64 pixels – on my system at least.

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