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Re: Apple Multimedia Keys Support
In my long, sad absence from the Cog forums, I ended up selling my MacBook Pro to get a shiny new iMac. I can assure you that the media keys work as expected 
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Awesome! No conflict with iTunes? Great!
Also, welcome back!
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Actually, if they're both running then they'll both respond to the keypress. Never even occurred to me to test it with both Cog and iTunes running simultaneously.
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I figured that, but I don't consider that to happen very often. I was just worried that iTunes would launch or something when one of them are pressed.
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thats awesome... i bought the little bluetooth version of that keyboard last night, brought it home and hit play expecting it to start playing some random crap from itunes. i was very surprised to find out that it can control Cog.
thank you so much for this!!
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Sorry for the bump.
The multimedia keys work absolutely fine. However I have iTunes open most of the time because of my iPhone. So both programs respond to keypresses. Is there a way to stop iTunes to listen to the multimedia keys?
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Alternatively, you could go into System Preferences and check the box that forces you to to use the Fn key (above Delete on my full wired k/b) then set up Cog to respond to the multimedia keys' corresponding F-key. Eg: F7 for Previous, F8 for Play/Pause, etc. That way it looks and feels like you're using the multimedia keys without the fear of accidentally activating iTunes.
I haven't tried this but it should work...
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A simple way to leave iTunes running but inhibit media keys behavior: select the Store or a device (e.g. iPhone) in the left column -- any selection that puts iTunes' playback buttons into a disabled state.
Re: Apple Multimedia Keys Support
Last edited by arghwhymustiregister (2010-08-27 12:45:24)
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I have itunes 9.2 installed and it doesn't work for me... 
iTunes starts either but doesn't play automatically, only after pressing the Play/Pause Keyboard-button again ist starts playing...
Re: Apple Multimedia Keys Support
Last edited by arghwhymustiregister (2010-10-12 13:25:21)