Disable Apple Music as default audio player/editor

[Neuro... No Neuro]

Yep, this works to keep Apple Music from opening. Great, actually!

But, I cannot actually assign other audio editors to open files except once per session. Once I let the computer fall asleep, and start working with audio files again, noTunes works - but I cannot open the file by double-clicking in another app that I assign to open them. It just doesn't open anything, except for that ghost of Apple Music that tries to pop up in the dock.

How to I get Apple Music to just 'go away', all the way?

[Tom Taylor]

Hi @kirkmarkarian 👋

Unfortunately there isn't a way to completely remove or disable all of Apple Music's functionality, at least without disabling System Integrity Protection (which I wouldn't recommend doing).

How are you setting your default audio preferences? In an app or via a files Get Info section?

A guide to the second option can be found here: https://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Default-Media-Player-on-a-Mac.

If you're not on the latest build of macOS, I'd also recommend updating as a fix for this may have already been implemented.

Cheers,
Tom 🙂

[Neuro... No Neuro]

Tom - I had forgotten about the “Get Info” method. I’d been using a different way to do this, and it just wasn’t sticking. Thanks for reminding me - been using OS X since its inception (and its predecessors, all the way back to ’88, PCs with DOS on LAN before that), and every once in a while, these little details slip. Grateful for the help! Glad to be able to use it, and the noTunes app is great :) Kirk

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On Oct 17, 2021, at 8:48 AM, Tom Taylor ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @kirkmarkarian <https://github.com/kirkmarkarian> 👋 Unfortunately there isn't a way to completely remove or disable all of Apple Music's functionality, at least without disabling System Integrity Protection (which I wouldn't recommend doing). How are you setting your default audio preferences? In an app or via a files Get Info section? A guide to the second option can be found here: https://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Default-Media-Player-on-a-Mac <https://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Default-Media-Player-on-a-Mac>. If you're not on the latest build of macOS, I'd also recommend updating as a fix for this may have already been implemented. Cheers, Tom 🙂 — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#17 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJHOP7V5DGRWHLTDTVCBYEDUHLV5NANCNFSM5GEC2PAA>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>.

[Tom Taylor]

No problem at all, happy to help!

I'm glad you're finding my small utility useful 🙂