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It seems I need to leave this running for it to work? So it's not just a configuration changes.
When you first launch it, you'll notice a pop-up saying that this will automatically run when you login. There's no dock icon or menu bar icon. So no configuration changes needed.
Thank you, this is a huge pet peeve of mine. I mis-click my airpod and suddenly this app I've never used and don't want launches
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noTunes is one of the first things I install on a new mac.
I'm very clumsy and I've never hit the play button by accident. What are you guys doing that makes it so easy to accidentally click the play button? Are you using the mac with the touch bar or something?
If Spotify isn't running for whatever reason, or sometimes even if it is, Apple Music decides that what I actually want is for it to steal focus for 5 seconds while it loads, switch to a full screen window and pester me to subscribe.
So in my case, the button click is intentional but the response isn't.
It's very sad to see Apple using these lowbrow Microsoft tactics. Press ganging your users into launching your other shit product is brand cannibalism.
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When you first launch it, you'll notice a pop-up saying that this will automatically run when you login. There's no dock icon or menu bar icon. So no configuration changes needed.
Interesting, there's always been a menu bar icon for it for me. You can hide it, though.
From TFA, via StackExchange: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist will quit the process responsible for the madness (rcd, the "remote control daemon"). You'll have to remember to re-load this thing if you want the default behavior. Or if you encounter other unexpected situations, to restore the default insanity. It might be easier to run this app instead; then you have an icon in your…
I ran the above and then quit Apple Music and tried a few different things and so far it hasn't come back up.
It'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?