Minimized iTunes player

Paste this into AppleScript Editor:

tell application "iTunes"
    repeat with b in browser windows
        set the minimized of b to true
    end repeat
end tell

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tell application "iTunes"
    repeat with b in browser windows
        set the minimized of b to true
    end repeat
end tell

Save it in ~/Library/Scripts. And while you’re in AppleScript Editor, turn on Show Script menu in menu bar and Show Computer scripts. Now you have a command to show iTunes’s mini player at any time.

If you’ve got a good way to launch AppleScripts, you can install it there, too.

Update: Apple has changed this back in iTunes 9.0.1. See iTunes zoom behavior if you liked the iTunes 9.0 way.