How can I create a hotkey to play/pause Pandora on OS X?

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Published on 2011-02-22T18:45:40Z Indexed on 2011/02/22 23:28 UTC
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I'm on OS X and want to have a hotkey (e.g. Cmd-Opt-P) to play/pause Pandora. I've used Butler to set one up for iTunes, but can't find a comparable solution for Pandora. I'm open to any solution (including apps, AppleScripts, etc.) that would allow me to bind a hotkey to play/pause, and I'm willing to use a paid solution as well. What can I do?

Solutions I've looked into and/or tried:

Pandora Boy: but the keyboard shortcuts don't seem to work for me, despite following the instructions here.
The official Pandora One player: according to the comments on this Pandora blog post, it doesn't support hotkeys.

My system:

OS X 10.6.6
Each of the various truly-modern browsers
Flash 10.1

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