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Prevent Apple Music from Auto-launching when Bluetooth Headphones are Connected

Every time I connect Bluetooth headphones to my Mac, Apple Music is opened. This is VERY annoying and ugly - I don't use Apple Music.


How do I stop this form occurring? The desired behaviour is when I put my headphone on, they connect with the macbook pro and nothing else occurs. No program should open by default, no sounds should play (unless already playing or as standard with the headphones), Apple music should not open not even in the background, and no other applications on the macbook pro should open.


Just to be very clear, I do not want Apple Music to open and want to know how to stop it from opening when I put my Bluetooth headphones on, or when I touch my Bluetooth headphones to use the touch controls. I do not want to use Apple music.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 15, 2022 2:31 PM

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Posted on Oct 23, 2022 7:17 PM

Hi thanks for the response.


I have tried all these steps.


Add a login item: There is no login in items, if I need to add one what do I add? I need more specific instructions here please.


Remove a login item: Only login item that I could remove is for my external monitors. Unfortunately, I will not work without the 2 external monitors so this is not going to be removed from my start up applications. This is not the fix I am looking for. Unless Apple can Natively Support 2 external monitors via 1 USB-c port connected to a dock?


I have also replicated the undesired behavior in safe mode. Please provide a fix that allows me to remove the functionality, or allow me to uninstall apple music. I do not use it and this behavior of your application is undesired.


I did manage to find this ticket https://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?p=93807 as the bread crumbs for the next person who has the same issue who is having issues with a MacBook Pro and Display Link Manager. Display Link are working on the problem, but I only have an issue with Apple Music and that is something that you should do. Here are 3 options:

  1. Allow me to Uninstall Apple music
  2. Allow me to Disable Apple music
  3. Provide me a menu option to disable Bluetooth connections with non apple headphone (they exist, you are not the only company who makes this technology) with Apple Music. I only want to listen to Apple Music if I have my Apple Headphone in (I don't own a pair, ergo I do not want the feature). I am not an Apple Music user, nor do I intend to be based on my experience so far.


Desired behavior written in Gherkin:


Given I am a Samsung Buds user

When I put in my Samsung Ear Buds in my ears

And my Samsung Ear Buds are connected to my MacBook Pro via Bluetooth

Then the Apple Music service does not start on my MacBook Pro

And the Apple Music application does not start at all, not even in the background, at all.


This is an Apple Music bug and not a Display Link bug.


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mchristison Author
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Oct 23, 2022 7:17 PM in response to Vero_F1

Hi thanks for the response.


I have tried all these steps.


Add a login item: There is no login in items, if I need to add one what do I add? I need more specific instructions here please.


Remove a login item: Only login item that I could remove is for my external monitors. Unfortunately, I will not work without the 2 external monitors so this is not going to be removed from my start up applications. This is not the fix I am looking for. Unless Apple can Natively Support 2 external monitors via 1 USB-c port connected to a dock?


I have also replicated the undesired behavior in safe mode. Please provide a fix that allows me to remove the functionality, or allow me to uninstall apple music. I do not use it and this behavior of your application is undesired.


I did manage to find this ticket https://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?p=93807 as the bread crumbs for the next person who has the same issue who is having issues with a MacBook Pro and Display Link Manager. Display Link are working on the problem, but I only have an issue with Apple Music and that is something that you should do. Here are 3 options:

  1. Allow me to Uninstall Apple music
  2. Allow me to Disable Apple music
  3. Provide me a menu option to disable Bluetooth connections with non apple headphone (they exist, you are not the only company who makes this technology) with Apple Music. I only want to listen to Apple Music if I have my Apple Headphone in (I don't own a pair, ergo I do not want the feature). I am not an Apple Music user, nor do I intend to be based on my experience so far.


Desired behavior written in Gherkin:


Given I am a Samsung Buds user

When I put in my Samsung Ear Buds in my ears

And my Samsung Ear Buds are connected to my MacBook Pro via Bluetooth

Then the Apple Music service does not start on my MacBook Pro

And the Apple Music application does not start at all, not even in the background, at all.


This is an Apple Music bug and not a Display Link bug.


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User profile for user: Vero_F1
Vero_F1
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Oct 17, 2022 8:11 AM in response to mchristison

Hi mchristison,


If Apple Music keeps popping up when you connect your headphones, you can see if the app is set to open automatically by following Open items automatically when you log in on Mac:


  1. "On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups .
  2. Select your user account, then click Login Items at the top of the window.
  3. Do any of the following:
  • Add a login item: Click the Add button  below the list of items, select a document, folder, app, server, or other item, then click Add.
  • Remove a login item: Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click the Remove button  below the list.

Hide a login item: If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select the Hide checkbox next to the item."



If it is not here, see if this happens in safe mode How to use safe mode on your Mac as it will prevent your Mac from loading certain software as it starts up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and fonts not installed by macOS. 


Take care.


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