🍿 Prevent iTunes from opening with noTunes
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Open nothing
noTunes is a macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching.
Simply launch the noTunes app and iTunes/Music will no longer be able to launch. For example, when bluetooth headphones reconnect.
Open a different app
Set replacement for iTunes / Apple Music
Replace YOUR_MUSIC_APP with the name of your music app in the following command.
defaults write digital.twisted.noTunes replacement /Applications/YOUR_MUSIC_APP.app
Then /Applications/YOUR_MUSIC_APP.app will launch when iTunes/Music attempts to launch.
This can be used to open a website too, for example, YouTube Music.
defaults write digital.twisted.noTunes replacement https://music.youtube.com/
The following command will disable the replacement.
defaults delete digital.twisted.noTunes replacement