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How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications

How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications

Posted November 19, 2011 at 4:54pm by iClarified · 34797 views
These are instructions on how to enable native iTunes 'Now Playing' notifications.

Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.
How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' NotificationsHow to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications

Step Two
Input the following commands:

defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE
defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool TRUE
killall Dock

How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' NotificationsHow to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications

Step Three
After your Dock has been restarted you will notice now playing notifications appear above the iTunes icon.
How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' NotificationsHow to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications


Removal
To remove notifications, input the following commands into the Terminal window:

defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool FALSE
defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool FALSE
killall Dock



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