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> The play/pause media key automatically starting the Music app $ sudo chmod -x /Applications/Music.app This was a common complaint I have heard from those co

> The play/pause media key automatically starting the Music app $ sudo chmod -x /Applications/Music.app This was a common complaint I have heard from those coming from Windows/Android and even Linux... It's unix. Also, the play/pause key works with other apps. Other default apps can be set. Many other valid points in this article and thread, but I don't know why people expect the default behavior of the play button to behave any differently when no media is playing. Music.app may have an upsell, but it's still a place to organize your own personal music library. No cloud or SaaS required.

krono 4y ago
Solutions aplenty yes, just not for, say, my mother. Not providing a normal way for users to select a an alternative default (like competitor Spotify), is disproportionally inconvenient relative to the benefits for Apple. Accidental music app launches by my pinky finger brushing the play/pause touchbar control strip button, well.. let's just say it happened more then once. Absolutely maddening.
dont__panic 4y ago
Play/pause always starts the Music app, regardless of your preferred music player. It's annoying for those of us who don't use the built-in Music app at all. Your command doesn't work. The music app actually lives at `/System/Applications/Music.app`. And since Monterey, I think, even sudo won't let you modify data in that folder because of macOS's built-in protections that cannot be disabled: chmod: Unable to change file mode on /System/Applications/Music.app: Read-only file system Even disabling SIP and booting into safe mode doesn't let you do this.
- Neff 4y ago
  If you haven't seen it yet, NoTunes[1] does a great job of fixing the hijacking of the play button or when bluetooth headphones are connected or disconnected. 1: https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes
  - deafpolygon 4y ago
    I think the complaint is that it shouldn't hijack the button in the first place.
throwup 4y ago
There are solutions, but on some level this is no different from telling Windows users to just tweak some registry keys. It all leads to the same place.
the_gipsy 4y ago
> It's unix. Unix has ads?
grishka 4y ago
Firstly, .app is a bundle, so sudo chmod -x /Applications/Music.app/Contents/MacOS/Music Secondly, on modern macOS you'll have to disable system integrity protection for this to have a chance of succeeding.

krono 4y ago

Solutions aplenty yes, just not for, say, my mother. Not providing a normal way for users to select a an alternative default (like competitor Spotify), is disproportionally inconvenient relative to the benefits for Apple. Accidental music app launches by my pinky finger brushing the play/pause touchbar control strip button, well.. let's just say it happened more then once. Absolutely maddening.

dont__panic 4y ago

Play/pause always starts the Music app, regardless of your preferred music player. It's annoying for those of us who don't use the built-in Music app at all. Your command doesn't work. The music app actually lives at `/System/Applications/Music.app`. And since Monterey, I think, even sudo won't let you modify data in that folder because of macOS's built-in protections that cannot be disabled: chmod: Unable to change file mode on /System/Applications/Music.app: Read-only file system Even disabling SIP and booting into safe mode doesn't let you do this.

Neff 4y ago
If you haven't seen it yet, NoTunes[1] does a great job of fixing the hijacking of the play button or when bluetooth headphones are connected or disconnected. 1: https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes
- deafpolygon 4y ago
  I think the complaint is that it shouldn't hijack the button in the first place.

throwup 4y ago

There are solutions, but on some level this is no different from telling Windows users to just tweak some registry keys. It all leads to the same place.

the_gipsy 4y ago

> It's unix. Unix has ads?

grishka 4y ago

Firstly, .app is a bundle, so sudo chmod -x /Applications/Music.app/Contents/MacOS/Music Secondly, on modern macOS you'll have to disable system integrity protection for this to have a chance of succeeding.