*23 Jan 2015* <div class="posthaven-post-body"> 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 :) </div> [[tags/computers|computers]] [[tags/tips|tips]]