# noTunes by tombonez

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/notunes/

14 people recommended noTunes by tombonez in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

14 of the 14 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Stop the Apple Music app from launching”.

**Verdict:** Recommended to stop Apple Music from launching on macOS, since the built-in app cannot be deleted or disabled.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Used for years by many (3 comments in the sample): "There is another app called notunes that I have been using for ages." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450989)) "I'be been using a tool called NoTunes for years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451797)) "I had been using the app noTunes for this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450178))
- Blocks Apple Music from launching (2 comments in the sample): "Because it's a system application, you cannot delete it, there's no way to override the key, there's no way to disable it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448789)) "NoTunes is a macOS application that will prevent Apple Music from launching" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040232))
- Fixes an annoying Apple problem (1 comment in the sample): "Another fix for this bollocks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450940))

## Other Mac utilities people recommend

- [CodexBar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codexbar/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize
- [App Tamer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/app-tamer/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Peek](https://hackerapproved.com/p/peek/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "noTunes by tombonez", https://hackerapproved.com/p/notunes/ (14 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.