Shazam
Shazam is a music recognition app for Mac that identifies songs playing around you and helps you open matched tracks, lyrics, and artist information.
What is Shazam?
Shazam is a music recognition app for macOS that helps users identify songs playing nearby. It is designed for people who want to quickly find the name of a track, artist, or release without manually searching. On Mac, it can listen for music and match it against Shazam’s recognition service, then show the result with options to explore the song further. Users commonly open recognized tracks, view lyrics or music videos when available, and jump to listening options such as Apple Music. It fits well into everyday listening workflows at a desk, whether you are identifying background music from speakers, a stream, or a video playing nearby. Shazam is published by Shazam and is part of Apple’s music discovery ecosystem.
Key features
- Identify songs playing around your Mac
- Show matched song titles, artists, and release information
- Open recognized tracks to explore more details online
- View lyrics and music videos when available
- Jump to listening options such as Apple Music
- Keep a history of identified songs in the app
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Shazam is legitimate music recognition software. Microphone access is consistent with its core purpose, because the app needs audio input to identify songs. Review microphone permission in macOS Privacy & Security if you do not want it listening, and expect song recognition features to stop working if that access is turned off.
Recommendation: Keep Shazam if you use your Mac to identify music or revisit recognized songs. If you no longer use music recognition, you can remove it like any other app without affecting macOS beyond losing its song-matching features and history stored in the app.
Common paths
/Applications/Shazam.app
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