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Smart Tunes is a small tool to monitor, manage, save and restore state of iTunes application from macOS status menu as iTunes currently lacks these basic features.
Currently available features
• Automatic starting and stopping of iTunes at Smart Tunes startup and exit
• Monitoring, saving and restoring iTunes last played track and playing/paused state on
⁃ Computer waking up
⁃ Computer lock/unlock
⁃ User session activation
• Customizable displaying iTunes and currently played track status in the macOS status menu
• Controlling iTunes via a nice mini app embedded in the macOS status menu
• Searching iTunes tracks from the macOS status menu using customizable hot-key
• Having dedicated lyrics editor/viewer window with always on top option, customizable look and hot-key
• Automatic searching and updating of empty lyrics of the currently played track
• Searching the web for lyrics of the currently played track using customizable hot-key
• Quick update the lyrics of the currently played tracks using macOS copy clipboard and copy selection services
• Searching the web for album cover artwork of the currently played tracks using customizable hot-key
• Quick update the album cover artwork of the currently played track or its entire album using copy/paste and drag&drop support on mini player artwork image and application status menu item, also via macOS copy clipboard and copy selection services
• Support of restoring legacy behavior of media key handling as in macOS 10.13 High Sierra the OS started to direct media key events to the active application without user consent instead of letting it be handled by iTunes (or at least giving a choice to the users to select the default behavior)
• Quick activation/deactivation of AirPlay output devices
• Detachable status menu popup window as a dedicated mini player panel with several customizable behavior and hot-key
Any feature requests, bug reports are highly welcome!
• Enhancements, changes
- Added support of displaying Apple Music track information
(NOTE: By technical limitations Apple Music track artworks cannot be directly queried currently also sometimes the given track information can be partial or incorrect, sorry, we have to wait for Apple to fix these)
• Bug Fixes
- Fixed some control enabling issues