Permission granting is only necessary on 10.14+ (Mojave). Utilizes AppleScript to speak with Spotify, thus permission to do so is necessary on first launch. In the menu bar you can add that uri to your clipboard for easy sending. I find myself sharing a lot of music via spotify uris. Click in to see more details (including artist information). SpotStatus was build from the ground up specifically for Mojave.Įasily see at a glance what song is playing. There are a lot of good Spotify + menu bar projects that already exist, but many are outdated and few have been updated for OSX Mojave (and its awesome gatekeeper 'features”). You can use this to reposition SpotStatus with other items on your menu bar. On MacOS you can drag around menu items by holding down COMMAND and dragging elements left and right. $ shasum -a 256 /Applications/SpotStatus.app/Contents/MacOS/SpotStatus Tips If you get SpotStatus.app from elsewhere, confirm the hash as what is listed on the relevant release. NOTE: This will solve seeing 'The Application 'SpotStatus' can't be opened' If necessary, mark as executable (necessary depending on unarchiver used).Ĭhmod +x /Applications/SpotStatus.app/Contents/MacOS/SpotStatus.Note that with Mac OS Catalina you may need to notarize your build before using.įor convenience, i've provided a.

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SpotStatus has been tested on MacOS 11.0.1. SpotStatus was last built and tested on MacOS 10.15.4 Spotify Now Playing Menu Bar Utility for OSX Mojave, Catalina, and Big Sur

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