Music Widget for macOS
A mini player remote for Apple Music.
A take on the classic iTunes widget.
Music Widget
A mini player remote for Apple Music. A take on the classic iTunes widget.
Basic Controls
Music Widget has the same playback and volume controls as the original iTunes Dashboard Widget. It also has the same keyboard shortcuts as the Music app so there is nothing new for you to learn!
Playlists
Just like the original, Music Widget performs a beautiful and fluid flip animation to reveal the Playlist chooser. Simply click the Inspector button to get started.
Live Streaming UI
If you love streaming live audio like Apple Music One or other live stations like CNN, Music Widget displays a UI designed specifically for streaming audio.
Craftsmanship
A fully native AppKit app, Music Widget is both lightweight and snappy. The User Interface leans heavily on Core Graphics & Core Animation0 in order to achieve crisp details for both Retina & non-Retina displays.
"You can once again enjoy your music in retro OS X style."
The Verge
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"Music Widget brings back the 2005 iTunes nostalgia we didn't know we needed."
iMore
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"Remember the iTunes Mini Player? Thanks to engineer Mario Guzman, it’s back."
The Awesomer
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"Mario Guzman recreates the old iTunes Dashboard widget for modern day Apple Music control."
Uncrate
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"You can party like it’s 2005 with your tunes."
Cult of Mac
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Specs and Requirements
| Software | macOS Monterey and newer; Music.app |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Universal Binary for Macintosh computers with Apple Silicon and Intel processors |
| Language | English, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, German, and Polish |
| Code | 100% Native. Written in Swift & Objective-C using AppKit. |
Technical stuff for the nerds
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Apple Music and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.0 With the Exception of the Shuffle and Repeat buttons. Images are used to render these on screen.
1 Music Widget is notarized.
2 Shuffle and Repeat buttons are images.
3 Apple Music subscription not required. Not compatible with Spotify.