How To Use The Music App In Macos Catalina

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Upon installing macOS Catalina and Apple Music v1, I had to re-point iTunes to my external folder on my external drive. When it was installed/upgraded from iTunes, it changed the music folder to the default in my Home folder (under the new 'Files' pane in Music preferences. In Catalina, Apple Music replaces iTunes. Apple Some have waited years for this moment, the day when Apple killed off its iTunes media app for MacOS and split the exasperating tool into individual. The Music app interface is much easier to use than the cumbersome iTunes app. It has three basic panes: Toolbar: Located on the top of the Music app window, the toolbar contains the basic playback controls: volume control, current track info, and an Up Next menu and Lyrics menu. Set Up Music App. The Music app is easy to locate as it sports the familiar iTunes icon. The first time you open it, you'll see a Welcome to Apple Music message. To learn more, click the 'Take a Quick Tour' link. Otherwise, click the button to Start Listening. If you're not already signed in, click the Account menu and select Sign in.

I think this answer misunderstands the question. The problem is not a malfunction; the NORMAL function of Apple Music is problematic. It automatically responds to bluetooth signals and (THIS IS THE PROBLEMATIC PART) that feature CANNOT be completely disabled (3rd party apps can take over some functions but not all).


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If you use Apple Music, this would be a nice feature. If you use other apps (Amazon Music in my case), this feature means that Apple Music is constantly opening whenever I interact with my Bluetooth Headphones.


How To Use The Music App In Macos Catalina Mac

How To Use The Music App In Macos Catalina

Ideally, Apple would provide a toggle for this under Preferences. The current behavior feels somewhat abusive of the user; Apple using their OS to push their paid services (similar to Microsoft's attempts to monopolize the browser for Windows).


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I use bluetooth headphones (Plantronics Backbeat Pro 2) and find that its controls don't effectively work with Amazon Music (which may be Amazon's problem) and constantly trigger Apple Music.


How To Use The Music App In Macos Catalina Mac

As it stands now, we need a workaround. Is there any way to disable or shut down Music or a related process, service, etc. to prevent this?