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How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications
Posted November 19, 2011 at 4:54pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to enable native iTunes 'Now Playing' notifications.
Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63422/63422.png)
Step Two
Input the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE
defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool TRUE
killall Dock
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63425/63425.png)
Step Three
After your Dock has been restarted you will notice now playing notifications appear above the iTunes icon.
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63423/63423.png)
Removal
To remove notifications, input the following commands into the Terminal window:
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool FALSE
defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool FALSE
killall Dock
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63424/63424.png)
[via TNW, Mac OS X Hints]
Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63422/63422.png)
Step Two
Input the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE
defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool TRUE
killall Dock
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63425/63425.png)
Step Three
After your Dock has been restarted you will notice now playing notifications appear above the iTunes icon.
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63423/63423.png)
Removal
To remove notifications, input the following commands into the Terminal window:
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool FALSE
defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool FALSE
killall Dock
![How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications How to Enable Native iTunes 'Now Playing' Notifications](/images/tutorials/18169/63424/63424.png)
[via TNW, Mac OS X Hints]