SmartPause for Mac
Sends the play/pause key to the app that is actually playing.
Free
In English
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SmartPause overview
SmartPause is a menu bar utility that fixes a daily annoyance: pressing play/pause opens Apple Music instead of pausing the YouTube tab or Spotify that is actually making sound. macOS sends the media key to whatever it last remembers as "Now Playing". SmartPause asks Core Audio which app is outputting audio right now and sends the command there.
Two apps playing? A single press switches between them, a double press plays or pauses the selected one. A small widget in the top right shows what happened and what the next press will do. If nothing is playing, the key goes back to macOS and the widget shows which app macOS started.
Supports Spotify, Apple Music, VLC, Chrome, Brave and Safari. Free, open source (MIT), no analytics, no account. Only permission: Accessibility. Interface in English and Turkish.
What's new in version 0.2.1
- Widget shows a "Nothing is playing" state and, when macOS starts an app after the key press, shows which one and remembers it. Settings panel measures its content correctly on first open.
SmartPause for Mac
Free
In English
Version 0.2.1
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