Pause/Play Key Not behaving in El Capitan

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Pause/Play Key Not behaving in El Capitan

I'm not entirely sure whether this happened as a result of the El Cap update, but the pause/play key on my Macbook Air stopped behaving correctly. It used to only affect either spotify or itunes, so while I was browsing chrome and found a video, I could pause my music with the key, and hit space to play the video. Now, the pause key only affects the video, even if I have my spotify window open. I've seen solutions that say chrome extensions could be hijacking the function, but I don't have any that do so, and I can't figure anything out.

Any suggestions?

MacBook Air 11", OS X 10.11

Posted on May 22, 2019 4:09 PM

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Eric Root

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May 23, 2019 9:30 AM in response to decsav456

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.

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