prevent Music app from launching

[Fritz]

since I found my way back to a functioning iTunes under Monty,
I'd like Music to stop randomly launching.
It's not listed on log-in items.
But every now in then it launches.
Haven't figured out what causes this.

Anyone have a Terminal command to keep it down?

[hal]

no doubt, it wants you to log in to your icloud account so you can sign up for some kinda of paying service.

I can't imagine your effort to replace music with itunes is gonna work. Apple will fight you all the way.

[Fritz]

so far, other than this issue, NP

[davemchine]

The best solution would be to find out why it is launching and stop whatever it is BUT failing that you could setup a crontab line such as:

* * * * * killall Music

if you haven't used crontab it is very simple. Just enter "crontab -e" at the command line, press lowercase "I" to insert, paste in that line, then press esc on the keyboard followed by ":wq" and Bob's your uncle.

I do agree with Hal that your solution of running iTunes on a more modern OS could be problematic but if it works...it works. iTunes is certainly the more capable program and if I could go backwards I would do it.

[Fritz]

I'll keep looking

[Tiangou]

Got a phone connected to your Mac (charging or syncing) when it launches?

Any chance you're accidentally hitting the play/pause/forward/back function keys on your keyboard?

[Fritz]

no phone connect.

hitting the play/pause/forward/back function keys are working w/iTunes and not launching Music.

[MikeF]

Headphones?

[Fritz]

nope

[hal]

Fritz wrote:
so far, other than this issue, NP

I gotta think that whatever was done will be undone in an update.

but if you can get it going, I may do the same on one system...