Play/Pause button not functioning on Media Apps using MacBook Air

Hi, the play/pause function key does not work on media apps. I tried the Music app and the other music streaming apps.


All of the other function buttons (skip, previous, volume up/down) buttons are working. But not the play/pause key. Is there a solution to this?


I recently updated to the newest version but this problem was present in the previous version as well.


Thank you so much!


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MacBook Air, macOS 13.3

Posted on Apr 12, 2023 2:27 PM

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023 8:58 PM

I had this problem too before and it seems the WhatsApp application blocked the play/pause button since it plays a media or notification. I tried to deactivate the "Play sound for notification" on Settings --> Notifications --> WhatsApp and it works, the play/pause button functioned well.


The notification from WhatsApp still has sound since the "Sounds" setting on WhatsApp application still active.


Hope it can solve the problem.

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