What happened to the Apple Watch macOS Music app remote?

There was a time when I didn’t really get the Apple Watch. Nothing about it got me hyped, quite the opposite in fact; I thought it was a waste of time.

What changed the wearable for me was fitness tracking, I wanted something unobtrusive that could log my runs and play audio, and the Apple Watch fit that bill perfectly.

There are an array of features I could mention that aided this transition, from Shazam’ing songs to using my phone camera from afar, but the thing that really completed me was controlling my music library from my wrist.

My Macbook drives the multiple wireless speakers throughout my house, and a quick fiddle with my Apple Watch lets me do most things I wanted, like switching tracks or changing the volume. When I do so, I feel like a spy. A shit one, admittedly, who spends all day at home playing with technology and listening to music, but a spy all the same.

And yeah, you’ve probably guessed where this going: Apple recently removed this feature. I can no longer control the macOS Music app from my watch.

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