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Plan
Premium
Country
US
Device
MacBook Pro 16'
Operating System
macOS Catalina 10.15.5
My Question or Issue
The global Media Keys are not responding to Spotify, even if Spotify is running and playing.
One thing I did when I first got the MacBook was to disable iTunes from responding to Media Keys.
Any ideas on how to fix this issue or if anyone else is facing the same problem?
I actually figured out the problem. I previously ran a command that would prevent iTunes from responding to Media Keys. I thought it would only affect iTunes, but obviously it affected Spotify as well.
I did same before, this command fixed it for me
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist
Hi there folks,
Thank you for posting here in the Community. We just came across this thread.
@tecpriest - we're super glad to see that everything works as it should for you. It's also very nice of you to share your solution with the rest of the Community 🙂
Have a great continued day!
Turns out I did the same thing as @AboulEinei above in the process of trying to prevent Apple Music from opening up independently (sigh... different issue that has yet to be solved).
I ran this command that @tecpriest posted in Terminal and my media button issues was fixed immediately. Thank you so much, @tecpriest!!!! You rock!!
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