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On new MacBooks with TouchBar, when you open a media app an extra button for media control appears along with 4 fixed shortcuts. But sometimes it does not appear. It is due to system killing "nowPlayingTouchUI" service which is responsible to control the extra button.

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What is the problem

On new MacBooks with TouchBar, when you open a media app an extra button for media control appears along with 4 fixed shortcuts. But sometimes it does not appear. It is due to system killing "nowPlayingTouchUI" service which is responsible to control the extra button.

touch bar shot 2018-06-02 at 11 15 45 am

touch bar shot 2018-06-02 at 11 15 50 am

How to Use:-

  1. Clone/Download the repository.

  2. In most of the cases you only need to double click on 'Start NowPlayingTouchUI' to start 'nowPlayingTouchUI' service but if the service is already running and you are having problem, run 'Restart NowPlayingTouchUI' and then 'Start NowPlayingTouchUI'.

Automator Code

Start NowPlayingTouchUI
tell application "NowPlayingTouchUI"
	activate
end tell
Restart NowPlayingTouchUI
tell application "NowPlayingTouchUI"
	quit
end tell

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On new MacBooks with TouchBar, when you open a media app an extra button for media control appears along with 4 fixed shortcuts. But sometimes it does not appear. It is due to system killing "nowPlayingTouchUI" service which is responsible to control the extra button.

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