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On a Mac, when one presses the Press/Play media key (F8), and no application intercepts that key, it opens iTunes and starts playing. Is there any way to get it to open another app? In my case, I want it to open Spotify. Bonus if it's possible to get it to start playing on launch (Maybe AppleScript is the way to go for this?)

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@Lri my question is not a duplicate. I want to know how to make it open Spotify, not just how to keep it from opening iTunes. – Wuffers Nov 18 '11 at 11:16
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You might find this useful, too. How to prevent iTunes from launching on media key press

Spotify should respond to F8 by default. How do you get the awesome key icon?

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All you do is surround the key you want to make into an icon like that with the <kb> HTML tag. – Wuffers Nov 17 '11 at 11:15
And Spotify does respond to F8, but only when it's running. What I want to know is how to make this key launch Spotify if neither it not iTunes are running. – Wuffers Nov 17 '11 at 11:17
Ohh. Hm. Good question! – tekknolagi Nov 18 '11 at 8:45
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