The browser control then works with YouTube, Vimeo, Google Music, Twitch, Udemy or iHeartRadio, among others. The program also recognizes various website players, which only worked in Safari in my test (according to the BeardedSpice homepage, however, it should also work in Chrome). The tool currently supports the software players from Spotify and VLC also VOX and the podcast player Downcast. Once the thing is up and running on your Mac, it reliably binds the media keys to the player you're using. Yesterday kommt BeardedSpice in the game. If the media keys are crazy on apps like Spotify or VLC, BeardedSpice is the solution. The situation is even worse when controlling browser-only players such as Google Play Music. In principle, it is also possible to operate players like Spotify with it, but in my experience this is not XNUMX% reliable. From the factory, the keys of MacBook and Co. This means that you can also use the play and pause function and track skipping in non-Apple media players.

This nests inconspicuously in the macOS menu bar and takes over the control of media apps. We are talking about a small but fine tool called BeardedSpice. BeardedSpice: Use media keys on Mac more efficiently

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