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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by prewett on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:28PM (#29230712)
If you're running a non-iTunes music app (including web pages, on newer versions of macOS), the play/pause button goes to whichever one last grabbed the audio. So if you start VLC (or whatever) first thing (or add it to the auto-start items), then the play/pause button will always go there.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by afandian on Monday November 15, 2021 @02:02PM (#29231201)
It always worked as a pause/play for already playing media, my complaint was about its use as a launcher. Made muscle memory tricky as its behaviour depended on what was running at the time.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by 1123581321 on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:32PM (#29235510)
There's a great little utility called BetterTouchTool that will customize the default play button app. It can do a bunch of other little things, too. https://folivora.ai
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