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Then using the keyboard shortcuts, try stopping/playing the song you're playing. If it does work, close iTunes and re-launch Spotify. Then please check whether it works or doesn't. If you're curious about the solution, we're simply changing the app macOS assigns the keys to by playing a track using another application. Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities for help with your shift keys not working on your keyboard. I'm happy to provide some help for this issue. Check out the steps provided to help with this in the following article: If your Apple keyboard doesn't work - Apple Support. Name the shortcut EXACTLY as the Controls. Now press JUST the key on your macbook. Click + to remap Previous. Name it Previous and press the key to map that shortcut. PS: This won't work if iTunes is not the active app. So if you're using some other app and press the shortcut, it's not going to work and change the song. The media keys on a MacBook are pretty much the same as on a Windows device. They’re activated with the function key, and use the F7, F8, and F9 keys for Previous, Play/Pause and Next respectively. The next three buttons are used for Volume Up, Down and Mute. These media keys are used to control media playback across various apps on a Mac.

I don’t live in the US but I listen to music via Spotify’s web app when I’m writing or just browsing the net. I use the free ad-supported tier because I don’t need access to premium mobile features (podcasts FTW) and it’s better than blatant piracy.

Cool Tip: I use Hola Unblocker Chrome extension to mask my real location in Spotify’s web player. That’s also how I made the Spotify account.

The reason I don’t use Spotify’s stellar Mac app is because every week or so I get kicked off for “not being in a supported country”. I need to reinstall the app and wait for the game of cat and mouse to begin again. So eventually I just gave up and settled on the web player. I don’t get support for plugins but that’s OK.

One thing I sorely miss on the Mac app is access to Mac’s built in Play/Pause, Next, and Previous keys. When you’re listening to music on Spotify/Pandora/Rdio on the web, the tab is usually in the background. I hate going hunting for it every time I need to pause playback.

Which is why I’m glad to share with you a simple Mac menubar utility that lets you control more than a dozen web based music/media player sites using your Mac’s media keys. All you need to do is use a keyboard shortcut to set the current tab as active and just like that Mac’s media keys will take over the tab’s playback.

How To Install BeardedSpice

Download the zipped file from the website, use Mac’s built in Archive Utility to unzip it, and drag the unzipped app to the Applications folder. The first time you open the app, Mac will give a default warning. Just click Open.

Hello YouTube: BeardedSpice supports video sites like YouTube and Vimeo as well with no issues in performance. Scroll to the last section for the entire list of supported services.

Now you’ll see the BeardedSpice logo in the menubar. As the name suggests, the logo is a beard and a mustache.

How To Use And Configure BeardedSpice

Now that BeardedSpice is up and running, go to any of the supported web based media players. Click the menubar utility and you’ll see the media tab listed.

Click on a web page to activate it. A checkmark beside the selected site will show up.

Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts

Macbook Keys Not Working

To make the activation process for web based players as quick as possible, BeardedSpice supports keyboard shortcuts. The default shortcut to activate BeardedSpice is Cmd+F8. F8 is conveniently also the Play/Pause key.

But for some reason I found this shortcut to be buggy. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. Thankfully, you can change the keyboard shortcut.

Click the BeardedSpice menubar utility and go to Preferences. Here click on the space beside Set active tab and type in your preferred shortcut. I have mine set to Cmd+8 as it’s right below the Play/Pause button.

Enable/Disable Supported Services

From the same Preferences menu you can decide which web players you don’t want BeardedSpice to interact with.

Here’s the entire list of supported web players:

8Tracks
Amazon Music
BandCamp
BeatsMusic
Bop.fm
Google Music
GrooveShark
HypeMachine
Last.fm
Mixcloud
Music Unlimited
Pandora
Rdio
Shuffler.fm
Slacker
Songza
SoundCloud
Spotify (Web)
Synology
XboxMusic
YouTube
VK (“My Music” from vk.com)
Vimeo

Where Do You Plan On Using BeardedSpice?

Mac Keys Not Working With Spotify Playlists

What services do you plan on using BeardedSpice with? Do you wish that it supported more players like Netflix.com? Let us know in the comments below.

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