Once you've got that running, it needs to see the touch bar - which apparently announces itself as an entirely separate keyboard. Step one is to download and install Karabiner Elements. It's not quite that simple, but it's no too far off. So it stands to reason that I could capture the play/pause key press and completely take it over and send it to Spotify instead. It gives you complete control over the keyboard and sits in between and gives you the ability to completely change what the operating system actually sees. I've been using Karabiner Elements for a while now and it's a superb bit of software. That said, it absolutely does my head in that the control strip's 'play/pause' button will only control iTunes/Music.
It's cute, but I know that my laptop will be closed for 90% of the time and attach to an external monitor and keyboard.
I've recently upgraded my laptop (after the 6 years my previous MacBookPro latest) and I've now got one of these touchbar things.
