Hi, I have 2017 13" TouchBar MacBook Pro im having an issue with the media controls on the touchbar where instead of iTunes being there when im playing a youtube video in chrome sometimes it shows chrome in the TouchBar media controls instead of iTunes. This never happened before only in the last couple of days.
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14
Good afternoon subhan109,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you would like to customize what controls you see in the Touch Bar on your Mac. The Touch Bar is going to display the application that you are currently using. If you are using the Chrome browser to view videos on YouTube, that is why you are seeing Chrome in the Touch Bar. You can try quitting Chrome and iTunes and restarting your computer to refresh it. You can also update your computer to macOS Mojave version 10.14.5 and see if there are updates to Chrome and other third-party apps as well. The resource below explains how to customize the Touch Bar. I've highlighted some key information here for you. Click on the link for complete details.
How to use the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro
"In any app that supports customization (such as Finder), Select View > Customize Touch Bar. Touch the Control Strip region of the Touch Bar to switch to Control Strip customization. Then use your cursor to drag items that you want from the display down into the Control Strip. Drag items left and right within the Control Strip to rearrange them, or drag them up and out of the Touch Bar to remove them. Tap Done in the Touch Bar or click Done on the screen when you finish.
You can also enter Control Strip customization mode by clicking "Customize Control Strip" in the Keyboard section of System Preferences."
Take care.
Hi subhan109,
For the example you have cited above, your best approach would be to close the current application (Chrome) section of the Touch Bar controls and expand the media controls on the right side by tapping the < button in the Touch Bar. The resource above has more information on using the Touch Bar.
Enjoy your day!
Hi, I've tried that, but I dont want any media controls at all aside from iTunes and any other apple applications. Because for example if you have a youtube tab open but you want to listen to your music from your itunes lubrary when u press the play button instead it plays the youtube video while being in a differnt tab. As you can imagine that is very annoying. I hope theres a way to disable it.
I can't it wont let me.
As you see in the video i attached only chrome appears
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hAbpD9l0ywt0LIFKee8kjJ1Oyjp4eCDv/view?usp=sharing
Youtube controls in TouchBar media controls instead of iTunes
