Project Summary

Menu Spot II is a simple but full-featured player for the Spotify® music streaming service that runs in your Mac's menu bar and has the following features:

• See the title and artist of whatever song or podcast is currently playing at all times (updates in the background)
• Removes extraneous title details - e.g., remaster, year, etc. to free up as much precious menu bar space as possible
• View album or podcast artwork right inside the menu bar
• See full details about the currently playing song or podcast, including its duration, its popularity among the Spotify user base, and more right from the keyboard
• Pause playback from the keyboard
• Restart playback of the last song or podcast from the keyboard
• Fast forward or rewind the current song or podcast from the keyboard
• Shuffle your music from the keyboard
• Copy the current Spotify URL to the clipboard
• Mute and unmute Spotify from the keyboard
• Increase or decrease the system volume to "groove" to a specific song using keyboard hot keys
• Choose whether or not to show the album artwork
• Choose to use the artwork of the currently playing song or podcast as your desktop background
• Choose whether or not to close Spotify when exiting the program
• Works in Dark mode
• macOS Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey friendly
• Optionally mutes audio and video ads
• Fast and compact, no 30+ MB application
• A fully signed and notarized native application
• Free as in air pollution!
• No Ads!