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OSX: Preventing iTunes from launching when pressing multimedia key

If, like me, you have this annoying problem where iTunes insists on launching every time you press a multimedia key on your keyboard (for instance play/pause/next/previous song) the fastest and most effective way to work around it is to get rid of iTunes completely:

• Move iTunes to the trash (from the applications folder);
• Move FrontRow to the trash (from the applications folder);
• Empty the trash;
• If emptying the trash fails due to the iTunesHelper application being running do the following:
  • Open terminal/console:
  • Type “ps aux | grep iTunes”
  • You should see the process in the list. Get it’s process id (PID)
  • Type “kill -9 <pid>” to kill the process
  • Empty the trash
• Extra step, remove iTunesHelper from the list of login items (system preferences -> accounts -> login items).

Use SongBird instead

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