SmashTunes
SmashTunes is a macOS menu bar music controller that shows the current track and lets you control Apple Music, Spotify, and Volumio.
What is SmashTunes?
SmashTunes is a native macOS menu bar app for controlling music playback and viewing track information without keeping a full player window open. It helps Mac users manage listening from the menu bar when using Apple Music, Spotify, and supported Volumio setups. Common tasks include play and pause control, skipping tracks, viewing artwork, showing song details, and launching playlists more quickly. The app also supports global keyboard shortcuts so playback commands can work while you are in other apps. For Apple Music, SmashTunes includes library and playlist actions such as rating, loving, disliking, and adding tracks. SmashTunes is published by Smashbits and is aimed at people who want faster music controls and richer now-playing information on Mac.
Key features
- Control playback for Apple Music, Spotify, and supported Volumio players from the menu bar
- Show the current track title, artist, and other song information in the menu bar
- Display album artwork in a floating window or desktop widget
- Use system-wide keyboard shortcuts for play, pause, skip, and other controls
- Manage playlists and add tracks to your library or selected playlists
- Rate, love, or dislike Apple Music tracks from quick controls
- Adjust shuffle, repeat, and volume without switching to the main player app
- Scrobble listening history to ListenBrainz when enabled
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
SmashTunes is a legitimate music control utility for Mac. To control other music apps, it may request normal macOS Automation permission, and some features need access to Apple Music, Spotify, or connected services you choose to use. If you enable extras such as scrobbling or playlist actions, the app can send or change music-related data within those services. Keep it only if you use its menu bar controls and shortcuts, and review optional integrations before turning them on.
Recommendation: Keep SmashTunes if you actively use its menu bar playback controls, shortcuts, or music management features on your Mac. If you no longer use it, removing it is usually reasonable and may also remove its saved settings and convenience features for Apple Music, Spotify, or Volumio control.
Common paths
/Applications/SmashTunes.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/SmashTunes
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/nl.smashbits.SmashTunes.plist
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