Version History
- v1.19 Released 10 September 2021
- Permanently fixed the issues of Album artwork saved as desktop backgrounds not persisting
- Did more metadata parsing to possibly fit more song titles in the menu bar
- Allowed access to more options like changing tracks from both the About box and Preferences window
- v1.18 Released 3 September 2021
- Added an option to set the artwork of the currently playing song or podcast as your Mac's desktop background
- v1.17 Released 1 September 2021
- Added a copy URL option that pastes the URL of the current track or podcast to the clipboard
- Enabled menu selections for skipping a track, pausing, etc. and quitting
- Enabled ability to use the menu to quit from the ‘About’ window and the ‘Set Shortcut Preferences’ window
- Fixed an issue where the menu bar would flicker when an Ad is muted
- Made the keyboard shortcut inputs wider and centered
- v1.16 Released 27 August 2021
- Added logic to gracefully handle very long track and album names in the Details Window
- v1.15 Released 17 August 2021
- Added support for customizing many of the global shortcut keys
- v1.14 Released 15 August 2021
- Improved RAM usage
- Added an option to choose whether or not Spotify quits upon exiting Menu Spot II
- Added an option to optionally hide album artwork to free up RAM and also reduce menu clutter
- v1.12 Released 21 May 2021
- Disable menu options when Details Window is displayed
- Automatically quit Spotify when Menu Spot II quits
- Updated and improved the accompanying documentation
- v1.11 Released 2 May 2021
- Fixed a long-standing issue where the default preferences were not being set properly
- Fixed a minor issue with the fonts
- v1.10 Released 28 Mar 2021
- Signed and notarized the application with a valid developer certificate
- Added support for muting Spotify audio and video ads if you’re using a Spotify free tier account. Please pay for Spotify if you like and use it
- v1.09 Released 28 Feb 2021
- Added a new option to hide the artist title in the menu bar
- Finally added some regular expressions to strip the year out of the currently playing track or podcast name. This frees up more space in the menu bar
- Fixed an issue with the focus of the Track details dialog. It will now always be in the foreground until dismissed
- Up the limit of the internal counter that automatically restarts the app
- Made the Track details dialog wider to better accommodate very long album titles and album names
- Fixed an issue with the album art shrinking to the same size as the thumbnail shown in the Track details dialog
- v1.08 Released 15 Feb 2021
- Added keyboard shortcuts to fast forward or rewind the current track in 10 second units
- Removed some extraneous code associated with handling the pause and resume states
- Changed the startup sequence so the Spotify application is automatically hidden when Menu Spot II starts. This is logical since the purpose of Menu Spot II is to control Spotify, is it not?
- Fixes a bug where Menu Spot II skips twice when playing a previously played track
- Added an internal counter that automatically restarts Menu Spot II to free up RAM after a certain number of actions
- v1.07 Released 23 Jan 2021
- Added a tooltip in the menubar to show the full, non-truncated song title and artist name.
- v1.06 Released 4 Jan 2021
- Made some changes that improved memory consumption; it now uses slightly more RAM upon starting but doesn’t consume as much as it previously did. I have some ideas to explore to see if I can improve things further
- v1.05 Released 2 Jan 2021
- Added logic to automatically start and activate Spotify if it’s not currently running. This should make for a more seamless experience
- Added a special hot key to flush / restart Menu Spot in situations where it consumes a lot of memory
- v1.04 Released 1 Jan 2021
- Slightly reduced the width of displayed song / podcast titles to reduce the offset produced by the size of the album artwork shown in the menu
- Improved the overall documentation and included details on what information is used and how it is used
- v1.03 Released 31 Dec 2020
- Added hot keys for raising and lowering the system volume in 10% units
- v1.03 Released 30 Dec 2020
- Added new hotkeys for repeating, additional track details and changes some of the keyboard controls
- Fixed an issue with the Shuffling indicator not reflecting the actual states of the Spotify client’s settings
- Fixed an issue where the app’s appearance wouldn’t fully change if a user switches between Light and Dark mode
- v1.02 Released 29 Dec 2020
- Added hot key options for previous, next, pause, and volume controls
- v1.01 Released 29 Dec 2020
- Rewrote Menu Spot II’s menu update logic; this eliminated some flicker when displaying and also greatly reduced system resource utilization
- Fixed a major bug that caused Menu Spot II to download album artwork every few seconds
- v1.0 Released 26 Dec 2020