Fluor
A handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application. (by Pyroh)
macmediakeyforwarder
Media Key Forwarder for iTunes and Spotify (by milgra)
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Fluor
Posts with mentions or reviews of Fluor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-24.
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Flip Function keys based on active program
https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor works very well for me
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Change Function/Media keys based on app
I’ve found Fluor and will try that…
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Create keyboard shortcut for system settings option (function keys) in Ventura
This might make your life easier: https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor
- Is there a faster way of switching between standard function keys (F1, F2, ..) and media keys?
- Function keys per application (Fluor alternative) on M1 Macbooks
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Awesome feature for function keys... just disappeared
Not sure if it solves your problem, but I can recommend this open-source tool: https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor
- Using function keys and media functions on macOS
- Is it possible to temporarily enable "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" depending on the current active app?
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Looking for Flour alternatives
Could you suggest me a similar app to Flour by Pierre Tacchi (https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor), which change the F row button behavior based on the app. It works well on Big Sur and below but not on Monterey.
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Mac user 30 days on Windows 11. What have I learnt?
Also try this app to automatically switch when going into a certain app if you like the macOS functions.
macmediakeyforwarder
Posts with mentions or reviews of macmediakeyforwarder.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-19.
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Keyboard won't control Music app if Youtube in Safari is open
Found this article which suggests Mac Media Key Forwarder or BeardedSpice.
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Does anyone know if this key pauses sound coming from all open app? Because for me, it only mutes the focused app but ignores Spotify running in the background. Is this the intended behavior?
Try this. It works great to tie that key to Apple music. Says it works for Spotify too.
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Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From macOS To Raspberry Linux
I don't know the exact issues but might be related to the issues why I left Apple : I was developing a very successful little tool for MacOS ( https://github.com/milgra/macmediakeyforwarder ) which listened for keypresses. From 2016 to 2019 it became harder and harder to install it because apple added more and more restrictions to apps like this. By 2019, you had to enable the application explicitly to listen for events at least in three places deep down in the system preferences, click accept in various popups and if you stuck somewhere then nobody could tell why it wasn't working. So I had a very expensive laptop and the OS didn't let me use it freely. So I just switched to freebsd and linux, I don't have fancy productivity apps like photoshop and final cut but with open source tools and with my own desktop applications I created the best looking/most usable desktop experience MacOS will never have. ( https://swayos.github.io/ )
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Make play/pause button default to music player?
Hello! Try Mac Media Key Forwarder I use it for the exact same reason.
- How do I stop headphone bluetooth controls starting / stopping media in Chrome / Safari and force them to only work with Apple Music / Spotify?
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Discussion Thread
I like this app for fixing it. https://github.com/milgra/macmediakeyforwarder
- Is there an app to explicitly set, which app uses the play pause buttons on the keyboard?
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Lock keyboard media keys to Apple Music, is there an app for this?
Here you go, I'm on an M1 MacBook Air 2020 and this works perfectly for me. It's called "Mac Media Key Forwarder"
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Recommendation for macOS app that will increase the experience on macOS ?
Media Key Forwarder: lets you pause iTunes/Apple Music/Spotify when you hit the pause button. Apple, for unknown insane reasons, changed the pause button to pause front-loaded media instead of background music when I actually want to pause background music because I now want to watch something.
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How to keep media keys fixed to the Music app with macOS Monterey?
I dislike the way how the media keys work on macOS by default. I used to use this app (https://github.com/milgra/macmediakeyforwarder) with previous versions of macOS, but it's no longer supported and its recommended replacement 'Bearded Spice' doesn't work on my computer. Is there another way to make those media keys work just for the music app?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Fluor and macmediakeyforwarder you can also consider the following projects:
mac-mouse-fix - Mac Mouse Fix - Make Your $10 Mouse Better Than an Apple Trackpad!
MacGesture - Global mouse gestures for macOS
ejectify-macos - Ejectify automatically unmounts external volumes when your Mac starts sleeping, and mounts them again after it wakes up.
beardedspice - Mac Media Keys for the Masses
Mousecape - Cursor Manager for OSX
alfred-calculate-anything - Alfred Workflow to calculate anything with natural language
stretchly - The break time reminder app
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
AlDente-Charge-Limiter - macOS menubar tool to set Charge Limits and prolong battery lifespan
numi - Beautiful calculator app for macOS
Fluor vs mac-mouse-fix
macmediakeyforwarder vs MacGesture
Fluor vs ejectify-macos
macmediakeyforwarder vs beardedspice
Fluor vs Mousecape
macmediakeyforwarder vs alfred-calculate-anything
Fluor vs stretchly
macmediakeyforwarder vs Mousecape
Fluor vs alt-tab-macos
macmediakeyforwarder vs alt-tab-macos
Fluor vs AlDente-Charge-Limiter
macmediakeyforwarder vs numi