Apple Music Mini Player Won't Show Current Song Title and Artist

Piggy backing off an old thread—it appears this happens due to the keyboard shortcut setting "Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls" which I find indispensable when quickly navigating system prompts with the keyboard alone (e.g. confirming a file deletion).


A few "fixes" were suggested that were a little tedious—the simplest is to use the offending keyboard navigation focus option.


Simply Cmd+Tab to Apple Music, then Tab twice—his moves the focus (red glow) away from the volume and output buttons, and the song title and artist will reappear.



iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 06:33 PM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2022 09:17 PM

Tab 3 times when Previous Song (reverse arrows) are an option—in mine above, it's disabled so only takes 2 tabs.

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Nov 9, 2022 12:54 PM in response to ilykdp

I had a less elegant way in that I used the Notification Center in System Preferences and set Music to allow notifications and to use an Alert. When a new song plays the persistent notification updates (dismissing the older song). Not quite the same of having the name pop up on the MiniPlayer when you hover over the controls, but gives me what I am looking for on my desktop.

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