Block Music launches from AirPods

[vadika]

Adds opt-in music-launches to silently block AirPods from opening Music through its launchd entry. Also blocks manual launches. No helper or profile required.

Undo restores previous settings, including old launch entries. Reapply after macOS updates replace Music's files.

Tested on macOS 27.0.1 (26A434): physical AirPod press, apply/undo, release and app builds, and self-tests. Built with SDK 26.5. The job-label format is undocumented; older macOS versions and reboot persistence remain untested.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added an opt-in setting to block Music from launching, including launches triggered by AirPods. The setting also closes Music and blocks manual launches.
  • If macOS replaces Music’s files, reapply the setting to continue blocking launches.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds an opt-in tweak to block Music launches, including launches triggered by AirPods. It identifies Music’s launchd entry, tracks service state, and restores recorded entries when the tweak is reverted.

Changes

Music launch blocker

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Identify Music and register the tweak Sources/removemacai/MusicLaunch.swift, Sources/removemacai/Tweaks.swift, README.md	Adds Music launch-label and journal helpers, registers the tweak and its command, and updates the Annoyances descriptions.
Track and restore launchd service state Sources/removemacai/Engine.swift	Adds injectable launchctl calls and service disable and restore helpers. Engine state checks use MusicLaunch, and service journal entries remain when an operation fails.
Wire Music tweak apply and restore Sources/removemacai/Engine.swift, Sources/removemacai/SelfTest.swift	Engine resolves Music’s label when applying the tweak and restores recorded labels, with a fallback to the current label. Self-tests cover label changes, service failures, retries, and previously disabled entries.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Engine
  participant MusicLaunch
  participant launchctl
  Engine->>MusicLaunch: Resolve Music launch label
  MusicLaunch-->>Engine: Return launch label
  Engine->>launchctl: Disable service and stop it if running
  Engine->>launchctl: Enable service and bootstrap it when required during restore

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A journal-write failure can leave Music blocked without a recorded undo action. Make the write failure visible and prevent an unrecorded change before merging.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @Sources/removemacai/Engine.swift:
- Line 246: Update Engine.save to report journal write failures, and make the
installation flow check that result before installing the helper; abort
installation unless the undo entry was successfully saved, preserving
Engine.revertAll’s ability to locate the helper.

Review comments at @Sources/removemacai/MusicLaunchBlocker.swift:
- Line 68: Before the `bootstrap` call using `Engine.uid` and `plist.path`,
check whether the service is disabled and enable it when the user explicitly
reapplies the tweak; preserve the existing stopped-job handling while ensuring
bootstrap can load a previously disabled service.

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• Sources/removemacai/main.swift

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[omlahore]

Thanks, this is a really clean one. I ran the self-test on 27.0 and it passes. The undo path covers more cases than I would've thought of, too.