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For example, when bluetooth headphones reconnect.\n\nYou can toggle the apps functionality via the menu bar icon with a simple left click.\n\n## Installation\n\n### Direct Download\n\n[noTunes-3.5.zip](https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes/releases/download/v3.5/noTunes-3.5.zip)\n\n### Homebrew\n\n```bash\nbrew install --cask notunes\n```\n\n## Usage\n\n### Set noTunes to launch at startup\n\n#### Ventura and later:\n\n1. Navigate to System Settings\n2. Select General\n3. Select Login Items\n4. Click the + under Open at Login and select noTunes\n\n#### Before Ventura:\n\nNavigate to System Preferences -\u003e Users \u0026 Groups. Under your user, select \"Login Items\", click the lock on the bottom left and enter your login password to make changes. Click the plus sign (+) in the main panel and search for noTunes. Select it and click \"Add\".\n\n### Toggle noTunes Functionality\n\nLeft click the menu bar icon to toggle between its active states.\n\n**Enabled (prevents iTunes/Music from opening)**\n\n![noTunes Enabled](/screenshots/menubar-enabled.png)\n\n**Disabled (allows iTunes/Music to open)**\n\n![noTunes Disabled](/screenshots/menubar-disabled.png)\n\n### Hide Menu Bar Icon\n\nRight click or control-click the menu bar icon and click `Hide Icon`.\n\n### Restore Menu Bar Icon\n\n[Quit noTunes](#quit-notunes), run the following command in Terminal and re-open the app:\n\n```bash\ndefaults delete digital.twisted.noTunes\n```\n\n### Quit noTunes\n\nTo quit the app either:\n\n**With menu bar icon visible**\n\nRight click or control-click the menu bar icon and click quit.\n\n**With menu bar icon hidden**\n\nQuit the app via Activity Monitor or run the following command in Terminal:\n\n```bash\nosascript -e 'quit app \"noTunes\"'\n```\n\n### Set replacement for iTunes / Apple Music\n\nReplace `YOUR_MUSIC_APP` with the name of your music app in the following command.\n\n```bash\ndefaults write digital.twisted.noTunes replacement /Applications/YOUR_MUSIC_APP.app\n```\n\nThen `/Applications/YOUR_MUSIC_APP.app` will launch when iTunes/Music attempts to launch.\n\nThis can be used to open a website too, for example, YouTube Music.\n\n```bash\ndefaults write digital.twisted.noTunes replacement https://music.youtube.com/\n```\n\nThe following command will disable the replacement.\n\n```bash\ndefaults delete digital.twisted.noTunes replacement\n```\n\n## Support\n\nIf you like my work, consider supporting me through [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/tombonez) 🩷\n\n## License\n\nThe code is available under the [MIT License](https://github.com/tombonez/notunes/blob/master/LICENSE).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftombonez%2Fnotunes","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftombonez%2Fnotunes","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftombonez%2Fnotunes/lists"}