Music - Play or Pause icon

Apple Apps

Music - Play or Pause

Toggle Apple Music playback.

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What Music - Play or Pause does

Runs Music's published playpause AppleScript command. The selected text is ignored.

View every Music app action available in ActionClip.

CategoryApple Apps
Action typeBuilt-in
Default resultOpen another app or website
InternetDepends on the destination app

Action and outcome

Music - Play or Pause example
ActionOutcome
Music - Play or PauseSelected text: Any selected textMusic toggles between playing and paused.

Use Music - Play or Pause

Follow these steps to toggle Apple Music playback with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose Music - Play or Pause from ActionClip.
  3. The destination opens with your selection ready to use.

Requirements and privacy

  • Before you start: macOS may ask you to allow ActionClip to control Music.
  • Your selected text: ActionClip passes the selected text only to this Apple app on your Mac. The Apple app controls any later iCloud sync or network use.

Action script

The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

Built-in definition
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