iTunes 11.1.2 (32) Mavericks function keys not working

Hi there GolHahDov,

You may want to double check the settings for the function keys. Take a look at the article below for more information.

Mac OS X: How to change the behavior of function keys

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3399

-Griff W.

Hi there,
I have the same problem, since I installed Mavericks F7, F8 and F9 are not doing anything (with iTunes). I checked the function key settings and it should be okay, the box 'Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys' is unticked. All the other function keys, like brightness, mute and volume setting work perfectly, it's only the iTunes control keys that don't function. What's even stranger is that when I tick the aforementioned box and try to use the iTunes control keys by holding down fn, they still don't work. Please help, it is really annoying having to switch back to iTunes all the time to control the music. (I'm using iTunes 11.1.3 (8).)

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I am having the same issue. I've looked into all the function settings and reset everything to their default settings. I have had no luck. I have had Spotify on my machine for at least 6 months now and when that is open, it takes control of the F7, F8, F9 keys and their respective commands. After I quit the application, iTunes regains control. I recently downloaded Google Play music and ever since I have lost use of those keys in iTunes, even when Google Music is not running. I uninstalled Google music from my computer and checked the settings once more to be sure everything is factory default. If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them because I'm totally stumped/a little frustrated.

Seems the update 10.9.4 has introduced this problem as the buttons were working before hand and I've not installed anything else.

this issue is also happening to me... not sure when it originally stopped working

I have the same problem. I've been looking for a fix for this ever since I updated to 10.9.4.

Hello everyone! I had the same problem and could't find any accessible solving of this problem. But then I read that Google Play Music can have some bad influence on PLAY/STOP control buttons. So according to that, I deleted Google Play Music( like plugin ) from the Google Chrome and all began to work well.
P.S. I tried to delete Google Play Music in other way, but I could't find it anywhere also in directories which was motioned here, so I found it by Google Chrome browser in the set of it's extensions.

I just found this out myself. It's not the Google Play Music Manager, because that's just an executable that uploads your music files. The Google Play extension for Chrome uploads music from the computer, but it also has a built-in mini-player that can be used to control the music that's playing on an open tab of Google Music. The extention does the same thing under Windows, too. It sets a key-listener for those three function keys (RW, Play, FF) and disables the key-listener that iTunes uses on those keys so that they can be used exclusively to control the music for Google Play. Also the extension doesn't have to be deleted for the keys to work for iTunes. You can disable the extension if you plan on using it again but want to use iTunes for the moment, or just quit chrome (not click on the red close window button, I mean Command+Q or Chrome>Quit Chrome on the taskbar). Then the buttons work with iTunes or Windows Media Player if you're running Windows.

Yeah, of-course. I only test Google Play Music service and also found out that troublemaking feature with key-listener in that player.
Great explanation above, good work, it will be useful for other users witch suck trouble. 😉

Uninstalling Google Play app didn't work like yourself but uninstalling the Google Chrome extension did!!

Thank you for posting this.

thank you all for the messages that helped find the problem!

regarding the solution: it is not necessary to delete / uninstall the Google Play Music extension. Just enable when you need / disable when you are using iTunes. It works even without restarting Chrome!

Thank you so much for this. I was tearing my hair out then found this post and all is working fine now. Just disabled the Google Play plugin since I am currently having a lot of problems with Google Play.

Thanks again

YES YES YES.

Thanks.

Finalllyyyyyyy!! thanks so much. This was getting awkward in meetings when im banging on the keyboard and my music was blasting.