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Music Bar Changelog

What's new in Music Bar 1.6

Feb 1, 2022
  • Added Turkish translation! Thanks to @bkzspam. Sağol!
  • Player controls are now hidden when opened
  • The player controls would be shown if the menubar popover was opened. This was a bug and has been fixed.
  • Bug reported in Issue #68

New in Music Bar 1.5 (Jul 15, 2021)

  • Track artwork is now shown with 100% accuracy!
  • Previously, artwork would be requested in the background every time. Artwork will now be retrieved directly from your Apple Music client.
  • What does this mean:
  • Your artwork will be shown with 100% accuracy (even your own uploaded artwork).
  • Artwork is shown faster.
  • No additional bandwith will be used anymore.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed crashing on some systems
  • Some systems did not like the new icons and crashed sometimes.
  • Bug reported in Issue #57

New in Music Bar 1.4 (Dec 11, 2020)

  • Adapted look to macOS Big Sur
  • Assets like icons, social images and logo's have been updated to fit the macOS Big Sur look.
  • Launch Apple Music from Music Bar
  • When you press the play button in Music Bar, Apple Music will be opened if it wasn't already (#42).
  • Added a new "Feedback" tab in preferences
  • Fixed a bug where the app would crash randomly (#44).
  • Fixed a bug where the app would sometimes show in Mission Control (#32).

New in Music Bar 1.3.3 (May 12, 2020)

  • Added macOS 10.14 (Mojave) support:
  • Music Bar was previously only supported on Catalina. Mojave support has been added. Tell your friends! πŸ˜—
  • This was requested in #38
  • Fixed a bug when using multiple desktops:
  • The popover would previously send you to the desktop that you opened Music Bar in. From now on, the popover will simply open in the desktop you are currently using.
  • This bug was mentioned in:
  • Issue #30
  • Issue #39

New in Music Bar 1.3.2 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • Music label is now hidden when paused or stopped.

New in Music Bar 1.3.1 (Jan 10, 2020)

  • Menu Bar Fixes:
  • The popover will now toggle when the menu bar button is pressed, whereas previously it would not.
  • Fixed a bug where infinite Music Bar windows could be opened if the menu bar button was to be spammed.

New in Music Bar 1.3 (Dec 30, 2019)

  • Added support for localization:
  • Music Bar can now be localized, which basically means it has built-in support for many different languages.
  • For now, the app supports:
  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ English
  • πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Dutch
  • πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ German
  • If your language is not listed above and you want to help, please contribute on GitHub. Or you can instead just email me and we can work something out: [email protected].
  • Small layout fixes:
  • Fixed some layout related stuff, so that everything looks ok in other languages too.
  • Changed idle behavior:
  • The app now shows an icon in the Menu Bar when no music is playing, instead of just saying "Music Bar".
  • Other:
  • Other small code improvements and clean-ups.

New in Music Bar 1.2 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Menu Bar Icon:
  • You can now enable a Menu Bar icon in the app's preferences. Play around with it a little and find out what looks best for you.
  • Support tab:
  • A new Support tab can be found in the preferences for those who want to support Music Bar's development.

New in Music Bar 1.1 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Added an all new playback slider: the new playback slider adapts its color to the artwork of the current song.
  • Added new app icons
  • Added asynchronous artwork image downloading: this makes for a much smoother user experience. You may have experienced that the application would hang previously. This should no longer happen.
  • Added an option to automatically switch dark/light mode: this new option under "Preferences -> Display" will make the application automatically adapt to the system's appearance.
  • Fixed a layout issue where the playback slider was cut off slightly

New in Music Bar 1.0.1 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug with symbols not showing on all Macs (#1)