Smart Tunes

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS FIRST! I kindly ask you to seek help in case of any trouble. You can always write to [email protected] or [email protected]. PLEASE help make Smart Tunes a better product with your valuable feedback! I will do my best to respond within a day! 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!