I wondered if there was some kind of phantom media control issues with High Sierra or if anyone else has seen something similar. All of my Google-fu only pulls up people having trouble with media controls trying to do everything. Override iTunes “media” keys (play, pause, etc) for Spotify? MacOS High Sierra media installer.
Hi Everyone This question may have been asked and answered, but I'm having issues with my media keys. I'm running High Sierra 10.13 on a 2015 Macbook Pro. When I run Spotify, the Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind (F7, F8, F9) do nothing. I tried running iTunes to see if there was some default. Το macOS High Sierra φέρει πληθώρα αλλαγών, όμως, δεν είναι όλες άμεσα αντιληπτές. Μία από αυτές είναι ο τρόπος που τα media keys (στο επάνω μέρος του πληκτρολογίου: προηγούμενο τραγούδι, παύση / α. One of the most FRUSTRATING things about upgrading to Apple macOS High Sierra is the media keys not working for programs such as Spotify, iTunes, VLC, etc. Here we have a little workaround/fix that will fix the media keys not working in High Sierra. This fix is tested and working on iMac’s, MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros so it should work on any Mac.
( Formerly known as High Sierra Media Key Enabler )
Forwards media keys to iTunes or Spotify directly.
You can prioritize which app you would like to control or you can go with the default behaviour which controls the running app. The app runs in the menu bar.
Installation
Issues you should know about
The app listens on the event tap for key events. This causes problems in some rare cases, like
- when changing search engine in Safari's preferences window
- when trying to allow third-party kernel extensions
In these cases simply pause Mac Media Key Forwarder from it's menu.
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Apple just released High Sierra and it brought good things and annoying things : they changed the behaviour of the media controller keys, they no longer control itunes, they control the video playback in safari. This pissed off a lot of people including me, so I just created a menu bar app to proxy media key events to iTunes/Spotify while Apple fixes this. It doesn't support touchbar yet, only physical buttons.
If you're a Mac user who frequently listens to music you may have noticed that High Sierra changed the behavior of the media keys to control the last-viewed piece of media instead of iTunes/Spotify.
Mac High Sierra Media Keys Spotify Playlists
Milan Toth has created a little utility called High Sierra Media Key Enabler that restores the previous behavior, ensuring that the play/pause button always controls your music player of choice. Add it as a login item to make it start automatically, and consider using Bartender or Vanilla if you'd prefer to hide its icon from your menu bar.
Mac High Sierra Media Keys Spotify Account
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