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

Every time I connect Bluetooth headphones to my Mac, Apple Music opens automatically. This is VERY annoying as I don't use Apple Music and do not intend to start.


How do I stop this form occurring? I have looked through all the settings and menus and cannot find a way to disable this.


The desired behavior is when I put my headphone on, they connect with the computer 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 computer 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.



iMac 24″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 9, 2023 11:06 AM

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Aug 17, 2023 9:43 AM in response to maeveatwork

maeveatwork wrote:

Every time I connect Bluetooth headphones to my Mac, Apple Music opens automatically. This is VERY annoying as I don't use Apple Music and do not intend to start.

How do I stop this form occurring? I have looked through all the settings and menus and cannot find a way to disable this.

The desired behavior is when I put my headphone on, they connect with the computer 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 computer 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.


Same. This is SOOO ******* annoying. I see tons of posts about this dating back to early 2022 (been happening for me long before that). Still no update from Apple to fix.

Oct 12, 2023 1:03 PM in response to tdelmonte

tdelmonte wrote:

This is the most helpful suggestion.
NO app launches on it's own - other than Music.

Do not use Apple Music because of that. If this is a Marketing guidance thing it backfired.
If it is a technical issue it should be fixed.


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Also, same. deleted all of my Apple Music songs from my device and removed the Apple Music app. Problem solved. Though, if I forget and leave the Spotify app open then the autoplay issue will occur again. As long as Spotify is closed, all is well.

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