Overkill for Mac

What it does

Overkill is a simple, elegant Mac app, that runs in the background and makes sure iTunes never interrupts your work.

Update 2019-06-04 Looks like Apple has fixed this issue by deprecating iTunes

While I leverage AI for my work, all my blog posts are handcrafted. Want to be the first to hear about more privacy and mobile related essays? Exactly one year after the initial launch of Overkill as a shell script, after being #1 on ProductHunt , I’m extremely excited to announce that Overkill is now a native Mac app . Did iTunes ever launch without you opening it? Use Overkill to instantly kill the iTunes process once it opened itself, so your workflow isn’t interrupted. But Felix, you can use the check box to not launch iTunes when you connect your phone! As you can see in the video above, iTunes would launch while you’re typing something, stealing the window focus, and making this sound…from krausefx.com

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