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SmashTunes 5.3.4

Menu bar item to control iTunes and Spotify

Category: Music
Price: Low
Popularity: Low
Version String: 5.3.4 (2731)
Release Date: 2024-09-21
Architecture: Intel & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS: macOS 12.0
Vendor Name: SmashBits
Homepage: [Mac App Store]

Version History 5.3.4 (2731)

Based on a bad review of customer that had complaints for over 2 years, without letting me know, I made a fix for how SmashTunes deals with Spaces and full-screen apps in particular. At least that is what I deduce from the review. This issue could probably have been fixed much quicker if I had only known... So please, let me know if you experience issues or have requests.

Apart from this fix, I made a slight change in how skipping to the next track, after rating is done. Most of you will not know this, but some Music version have a feature build in that when hold down option when skipping a track, it will skip to the next album in stead of the next track. Not something most people want, so I changed the behaviour of SmashTunes when the option key is part of the shortcut to rate a track. It will wait a sec, so Music does not "see" the option key.

Description:

SmashTunes is a very nice menu bar item that lets you control iTunes as well as Spotify. It displays information about the currently playing song as well and can also display artwork.

SmashTunes also makes your media keys work with iTunes and Spotify better. When you use them for iTunes they will control iTunes. When you use them for Spotify they will control Spotify. Either app will be paused when the other starts playing. No more sound mixing. No more manual stop action of either app is required!

Features:
- iTunes and Spotify control from the menu bar
- Song information in the menu bar
- Artwork display
- Shortcut key support for all control functions
- Media key support
- Song ratings and hearts
- Direct playlist selection