![]() ![]() Also when I create a new playlist in iTunes and sync my iPhone, it creates an extra copy of the original playlist before changing the current one.If Google Play Music is installed, it steals the multimedia keys and prevents other apps from using it.īut this time around, the multimedia keys issue is caused by Chrome itself.Ĭhrome version 73 adds a new feature named Hardware Media Key Handling that allows you to control the active media session on websites like YouTube, etc. No integrated apple music (which I really believe should be a separate app or at least be able to completely disable it). I want my old music app back from the earlier days. Now, they are just incrementally getting further and further from this perfection. Great solution, but seriously why does APPLE keep removing features or substituting them for worse features? Damn I miss the good old days when Steve Jobs was around… he really made sure iTunes and syncing with devices worked in the most incredible way imaginable. There you go, the problem is temporarily solved until Apple does something about this. If you use iTunes, write “iTunes” instead. As for the media buttons, choose Run Apple Script feature and enter the following scripts per your player preference. Set all the function keys like the one in the screenshot.Open BetterTouchTool (allow the BetterTouchTool in Accessibility settings in the first run) and go to the Keyboard tab.Open the Shortcuts tab and disable “Show Desktop” and “Show Dashboard” functions.(We have this step because I couldn’t get BetterTouchTool to recognize media function keys. Open your keyboard settings and check the last option to use media function keys as standard function keys.Download and install BetterTouchTool from here. ![]() I kind of devised a workaround to fix the problem albeit using a paid software which gives a 45 day free trial period. But if you use Safari, it is very annoying to say the least. ![]() ![]() For Chrome users this is not a problem yet. So, when you press the media keys, you start controlling the Youtube or Facebook video instead of iTunes or Spotify tracks. It’s the new unified media controls feature which takes control over your regular stand-alone player and gives it to the last player that you use, in most cases an HTML5 player on Safari, like the players on Youtube or Facebook. Mac OS High Sierra brings an annoying new feature (I guess you can insert “It’s not a bug it’s a feature” joke here) for users who like using media keys to control their media player while browsing on Safari, be it iTunes, Spotify, or some other player. ![]()
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