Open a new Finder window and navigate to your Applications folder.

Set the Predefined Action to ‘Open Application / File / Apple Script’ and choose the app you use (either iTunes or Spotify).

Click the ‘Advanced Configuration’ option and paste in the Apple Script for either iTunes or Spotify (see the script code below).

Click ‘Add a widget’ and then ‘Run Apple Script and Show Return Value’.

Download the Better Touch Tool app and go to the TouchBar section inside the app.

It will work on iTunes and Spotify, so regardless of your music subscription, you can get it working.

Thankfully, LucaTNT, has done a bit of work to get it appearing. How to get Apple Music or Spotify now playing on your MacBook Touch Bar But it didn’t! So here’s how to display your Apple Music or Spotify now playing on your MacBook’s Touch Bar. That’s a no brainer, but when I got my 2016 MacBook Pro with the shiny new TouchBar, I was looking forward to seeing the name of the song playing display on the strip. Photography editing can be super boring but instantly made better by listening to music.

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