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Synergy places three buttons to control iTunes in your menubar: previous track, next track, and play/pause; as well as providing you with visual feedback about the currently playing tune.
The Synergy controls, together with the ability to control iTunes via system-wide Hot Key combinations, mean that Synergy provides the fastest way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse; all this without having to switch to iTunes or accessing its Dock menu.
The Synergy controls, together with the ability to control iTunes via system-wide Hot Key combinations, mean that Synergy provides the fastest way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse; all this without having to switch to iTunes or accessing its Dock menu.
What's New
Version 4.5.2:
- Low-level clean-up of Floater drawing code.
- Qualified for use with iTunes 10.1.2.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
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Synergy places three buttons to control iTunes in your menubar: previous track, next track, and play/pause; as well as providing you with visual feedback about the currently playing tune.
The Synergy controls, together with the ability to control iTunes via system-wide Hot Key combinations, mean that Synergy provides the fastest way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse; all this without having to switch to iTunes or accessing its Dock menu.
The Synergy controls, together with the ability to control iTunes via system-wide Hot Key combinations, mean that Synergy provides the fastest way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse; all this without having to switch to iTunes or accessing its Dock menu.
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heavyboots reviewed on 04 Feb 2011
Yes, you can get free software that does just the kbd control part. But I don't think anything else out there matches it feature for feature. Plus, Wincent has been really cool about support over the years for a piece of software I've paid $5 for in like 2000! (I think I also paid again at 3.0 just out of guilt for all the work he'd done to keep it functioning smoothly.)
My only dings would be the fact it's an app now--just makes it harder to locate for me after years of looking for it as a pref pane and some weird bugs I encountered recently with it maxing the volume. Hopefully that is simply because it has gone to 4.5.2 since I last DL'd 3.5.5 alpha 7 a couple years ago.
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Edified reviewed on 10 Jan 2011
I think the back, play and next buttons on newer keyboards kind of make this antiquated. If you have an old computer it might work for you, but be sure to check out the great free alternatives.
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terrydactyl reviewed on 10 Jan 2011
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Macaccro reviewed on 23 Dec 2010
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VRH reviewed on 25 Sep 2010
I have no idea what happened with Synergy Advanced, but it sounds like the developer didn't handle it well. However, my experience with Synergy has been very good.
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Oh.. And if you're looking for something similar to Synergy you should check out BravoTunes. It's free. It's awesome. And the developers aren't crooks.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/31308/bravotunes
Get BravoTunes and save that 7 bucks for a couple cold beers.
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I have been using Synergy for a long time and with every update it becomes buggier and more unusable....
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sorry ive been using this app for a loooong time and its frustrating as all hell. this is not the most complicated software out there. please fix, a longtime user is begging you.
running 10.5.4. arghrhg.
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i dont think i have seen this exhibited on my two other leopard systems. but for this one, it most certainly sucks. plz fix?
hey, and just a comment, how about some new features for this app? it hasnt changed at all in years, or am i missing something?
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Otherwise a great program...using a Mac without it feels unnatural. This was one of the first shareware programs I ever bought.
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I understand the movement away from a preference pane. Please give us the ability to hide the application icon though.
Synergy was once the undisputed King of iTunes controllers. Now it's hardly a contender.
I've switched to SizzlingKeys. Nice app, and it works too.
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i have to relaunch it from the 'system preference'
again to get it back running
help is greatly appreciated
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The developer has been contacted, although according to his website he may be hard to reach in the next 30-days.
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Lookky rated on 10 Aug 2011
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VRH rated on 01 Feb 2011
Gimparis rated on 10 Jan 2011