NowSpot

A macOS application which enables Spotify to be managed from the menu bar by providing song notifications and playback control.

Install

Download latest release version.

Note

To bypass the warning of unidentified developer, grant the permission by navigating to

System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General

Features

Song name in the menu bar

• Playing indicator (optional) to show which song is playing.
• Shortens song name by hiding parentheticals.
• Hover over song name to see full song name, artist, and album.
• Control music playback with a click and hold on song name to play/pause, click and drag right to skip, click and drag left to go back.
• Opening menu bar application shows album art, full song name, artist, and album.
• Alternatively, the song name can be hidden to reduce menu bar clutter.

Song notifications

• Optional notifications when a new song starts playing.
• Ability to skip songs from notification, or click notification to bring up Spotify.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, a permissive license whose main conditions require preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code. Trademark use is also strictly prohibited. Any material found which vandalises or threatens any sort of plagiarism will be strictly given a legal action.

Copyright (c) 2020 Sai Vittal B. All rights reserved.

Contributing

• Fork this project by clicking the Fork button on top right corner of this page.
• Open terminal/console window.
• Clone the repository by running following command in git:

$ git clone https://github.com/[YOUR-USERNAME]/nowspot.git

• Add all changes by running this command.

$ git add .

• Or to add specific files only, run this command.

$ git add path/to/your/file

• Commit changes by running these commands.

$ git commit -m "DESCRIBE YOUR CHANGES HERE"

$ git push origin

• Create a Pull Request by clicking the New pull request button on your repository page.

Copyright (c) 2020 Sai Vittal B. All rights reserved.

Made with ❤ by Sai Vittal B