Geek Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/now-playing-itunes-dock.jpg" alt="Now Playing iTunes Dock notification " title="now-playing-itunes-dock" width="620" height="156" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24004" /></p> <p>Using a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/defaults-write/">defaults write command</a>, the iTunes Dock icon can be set to display a “Now Playing” song and artist pop-up that transitions in and out and music starts. It’s a nice addition, particularly if you’re playing songs from a shared network playlist and have iTunes hidden in the background. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.1em;">Enable the iTunes song & artist Dock icon popups</h2> <p>Open the Terminal in /Applications/Utilities/ and type the following: <code>defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE</code></p> <p>Now kill the Dock to relaunch it: <code>killall Dock</code></p> <p>Start playing a song in iTunes to see the notification appear, it’ll disappear automatically and then reappear briefly anytime a new song starts.</p> <p>If you decide you don’t like the notification, disabling the iTunes song popup is just as easy: <code>defaults delete com.apple.dock itunes-notifications</code></p> <p>You won’t need to relaunch iTunes, but you will need to kill the Dock again.</p> <p>This only works in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, if you try it in prior versions nothing happens. Nice find by <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/11/19/how-to-enable-native-now-playing-itunes-dock-notifications-on-your-mac/">TheNextWeb</a>.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6Ozm6YCMZN3GV24ZWgDvJYMPQ1g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6Ozm6YCMZN3GV24ZWgDvJYMPQ1g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6Ozm6YCMZN3GV24ZWgDvJYMPQ1g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6Ozm6YCMZN3GV24ZWgDvJYMPQ1g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=eRqRG8uuQxs:r168OczVyAM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/eRqRG8uuQxs" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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