for me it's when I open an audio file and it automatically launches it AND adds it to my music library, the adding to library is what I hate, then I have to delete it and specifically choose "Keep file"
Yeah, this sucks
Stop the Apple Music app from launching
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Re: Stop the Apple Music app from launching
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
But why wouldn't pressing the Play button, when no media session is available, not open the music player?
Because it's not the music player I choose to use. I would be ok with it, if I could change the default to e.g. VLC or Spotify.
or turn it off entirely because guess what? Most people are accidently hitting this play/pause button or they hit it thinking youtube is going to respond and instead they get Apple's seriously shite music player. classic apple no respect for me and my choices.
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#54It's very sad to see Apple using these lowbrow Microsoft tactics. Press ganging your users into launching your other shit product is brand cannibalism.
But why wouldn't pressing the Play button, when no media session is available, not open the music player?
But why wouldn't the OS developer, when many people don't use Apple Music, not offer users the ability to pick what the key does?
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#56for me it's when I open an audio file and it automatically launches it AND adds it to my music library, the adding to library is what I hate, then I have to delete it and specifically choose "Keep file"
Ah a long time ago when the Music app was still called iTunes I have configured all music files to be opened with quicktime player. It’s been so long that I forgot the default was the Music app. To me it’s absolutely clear that playing a file doesn’t mean I want it in my library.
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#57Reading this title made “The Miracle of Joey Ramone” by U2 play in my head.
Oh man, throwback to when they forced the U2 albums on to everyone’s device for ReasonsTM
Re: Stop the Apple Music app from launching
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
But why wouldn't pressing the Play button, when no media session is available, not open the music player?
If there’s no media session available, “play” isn’t an action that makes any sense, so it shouldn’t do anything IMO.
Yeah, right? Seems obvious to me. If I press "Backspace" and there is nothing to go back to, or to remove, I expect the key to do nothing. Same for Escape, or Volume Up, or whatever. If it can't do what's expected, it does nothing.
Feels like at one point all the people who spent decades building OSes and desktop environment left Apple and Microsoft, and the people left are brand new developers who only been using computers for the last 10 years or something. Or something something executives/management, whatever fits your worldview better.
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> this app I've never used and don't want launches I'm by no way an Apple fan, but why not uninstall the app if you don't need it?
It cannot be uninstalled
^ How can you make such an obviously wrong statement?
Drag Music app to Trash, and that it! Like you do with any other app.
Re: Stop the Apple Music app from launching
#60for me it's when I open an audio file and it automatically launches it AND adds it to my music library, the adding to library is what I hate, then I have to delete it and specifically choose "Keep file"
This was annoying to me too but it is pretty easy to fix. Just right click on the .mp3 or whatever file, Get Info and change the default application to your preferred app and then click on "Change all..."
You have to do it once per file type but it's once and done.