How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications

These are instructions on how to enable native iTunes 'Now Playing' notifications.

Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.


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


Step Three
After your Dock has been restarted you will notice now playing notifications appear above the iTunes icon.



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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