Keyboard Control Strip (AKA Touch Bar) not giving preferred options while running Apple Music.

beegeebriles wrote:

I figured it out by poking around a bit more. A bit counterintuitive, but I found out that in the "Shortcuts" tab, there is an option for the function keys, and Music was listed there for some reason. I removed it and it is fixed! 2 years of frustration resolved!

"counterintuitive" I guess—

I never had an issue. I use the Touch bar a lot. I never use or used the F1-Fn keys..even .prior to the Touch Bar.

beegeebriles wrote:

Despite having customized the Control Strip to my preferences, when the Apple Music App is open and up front, the options change to just F1 through F12. Then, the only way to change the volume is by sliding the volume bar in the app. If the app is in Full screen mini-player mode, there is then no way to adjust the volume or mute unless I minimize it.

MacOS Monterey 12.6.5, MacBook Pro (13-in, M1, 2020)

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Inside Apple software, Apple refers to that gizmo as the Dynamic Function Row, and the always-running task that talks to it is dfrd, Dynamic Function Row Daemon.

Most regular people call it the TouchBar.