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Smart Tunes is a lightweight utility that lets you monitor, manage, save, and restore the state of the iTunes/Music application from the macOS status menu — features that are otherwise missing from the default app.
Currently available features
• Automatic start and stop of iTunes/Music when Smart Tunes starts or exits
• Monitoring, saving, and restoring the last played track and playback state on
⁃ computer wake
⁃ computer lock/unlock
⁃ user session activation
• Customizable display of iTunes/Music status and current track in the macOS status menu
• Control of iTunes/Music via a compact mini-player in the status menu
• Track search from the status menu using a customizable hotkey
• Dedicated lyrics editor/viewer window with always-on-top option, customizable appearance, and hotkey
• Automatic lookup and update of missing lyrics for the currently playing track
• Web search for lyrics of the current track using a customizable hotkey
• Quick lyrics update via macOS clipboard and selection services
• Web search for album artwork of the current track using a customizable hotkey
• Quick update of artwork for the current track or entire album using copy/paste and drag & drop (mini player artwork, status menu, clipboard, and selection services)
• Optional restoration of legacy media key behavior (macOS 10.13 High Sierra changed default handling to the active app instead of iTunes/Music)
• Quick activation/deactivation of AirPlay output devices
• Detachable status menu popup as a standalone mini-player with customizable behavior and hotkey
Known Issues
• Sandboxed limitations: iTunes/Music cannot be controlled while displaying a modal dialog (e.g. sync interruption). If commands do not work, check and close any such dialogs in iTunes/Music.
• Smart Tunes uses Apple Scripting Bridge, which does not reliably support updating artwork and lyrics for cloud-based tracks (e.g. iTunes Match or Apple Music). These operations are only supported for locally stored tracks — download them first before modifying artwork or lyrics.
Any feature requests or bug reports are highly welcome!
Ratings & Reviews
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• Bug Fixes
o Fixed memory leaks caused by failures when loading the Lyrics window
o Fixed issues and a potential crash when composing artwork for playlist search results
o Fixed issues and potential crashes in the search process
• Enhancements
o Music search results can now include albums
o Music search sources can now be filtered in settings
Version 1.3.0
The developer, Istvan Hoffmann, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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