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Making Mac media keys open app other than iTunes

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On a Mac, when one presses the Press/Play media key (F8), and no application intercepts that key, it opens iTunes and starts playing. Is there any way to get it to open another app? In my case, I want it to open Spotify. Bonus if it's possible to get it to start playing on launch (Maybe AppleScript…

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Fix for: Making Mac media keys open app other than iTunes

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I know this question is old, but other answers don't really solve the problem. All you have to do is to install Karabiner (previously known as KeyRemap4MacBook). Then you just have to add the wanted behavior. Open menu. Switch to tab Click on Open t…

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