How to control iTunes with headphones

If you own headphones with a built-in remote, such as those that come with the iPhone (or these), you can control iTunes directly from the button when it’s plugged into your Apple laptop.

To launch iTunes, press the button once.

To play/pause, press the button once.

To skip to the next track, press the button twice.

To go back to the previous track, press the button three times.

Amazing, I know.

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3 Comments on “How to control iTunes with headphones”

Joe Obrin Says:

May 14, 2011 at 1:17 pm
How do you turn this stupid feature off? I don’t want iTunes to start by itself and start playing a song just because I have speakers plugged into the headphone jack.

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Andrew Says:

March 7, 2012 at 1:18 am
yeah, I know what you mean

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Andrew Says:

March 11, 2012 at 7:46 pm
There is some useful information on this page, thanks for sharing it.

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