This project is a version of HighSierraMediaKeyEnabler written in Python for simplicity using PyObjC.
In short, it makes it so that Safari cannot steal the media keys: the media keys always control iTunes (Music on Catalina). (I usually have TweetDeck open in a Safari window, and if TweetDeck has tried to send a notification, Safari would grab the media keys to just replay the tweet sound; the only way to get them back to iTunes was to click the mouse---ugh!)
After installing, you will have a command mediakeyenabler
. Run it.
End it with Ctrl-C or sending the equivalent signal to the PID.
- I don't use spotify, so this only supports iTunes.
- I don't ever want it to start iTunes, so it only does anything if iTunes is already running.
- I've never wanted to fast forward or rewind, only restart the track or go to the next one (in fact I didn't know FF and rewind were possible) so this program doesn't do that.
- No GUI (at least not yet), it's just a command line program.
There are some known limitations in the original that this project inherites due to the basic design using a CGEventTap. Notably, certain operations cannot be done when the program is running:
If those are fixed in the original, they might get fixed here.