[Mac Tips] How To Activate Hidden iTunes Pop-Up Notifications On Mac OS X

Keir Thomas has found a iTunes Dock setting for the Mac, hidden inside the new Lion OS.  Once enabled, the Dock will produce a notification pop-up up above the iTunes App icon displaying the artist and song title.  He also says the tweak came bundled with options allowing you to change the size (height and width) of the notification window.

Easily activate the iTunes Notifications by doing the following steps below.

Step 1: Quit iTunes.

Step 2: Open Terminal (Found in Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities).

Step 3: Copy and paste the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE;killall Dock

Step 4 (Optional): You can customize it even further by adding the iTunes icon inside the popup along with the song info. Just add the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool TRUE;killall Dock

Step 5: Open iTunes and give it a try!

Pretty cool huh?!  It’s also easily reversed by doing the following:

Step 1: Quit iTunes.

Step 2: Open Terminal.

Step 3: Copy and paste the following two lines:

defaults delete com.apple.dock itunes-notifications

defaults delete com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image;killall Dock

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Is this going to be a new feature added soon to Lion OS X? Lets hear your thoughts below.

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