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SmashTunes 2.1

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Displays the currently playing song in your menubar. Commercial ($.99)

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SmashTunes lets you control iTunes and Spotify by keyboard shortcuts. It displays the currently playing song in your menu bar and artwork floating in a window. This means no more interuptions of your work, to lookup what song's palying. From the menu you can control iTunes and Spotify, and rate the song as well.

Features:

Spotify and iTunes control
Media keys support.
Display artist, track, duration and rating info in the menu bar.
Change the rating of a track.
Quickly toggle shuffle, play artist or album
Directly select

What's New

Version 2.1:

The last playing playlist is now remembered, which means that SmashTunes will always start playing even when you are, for example, browsing the App Store.
Repeat shortcut
'No rating' shortcut
Low level changes in how iTunes and Spotify are controlled.

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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SmashTunes User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 2.x:

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xfiles1986 commented on 23 Jan 2011

Turns out the developer has already given me a response the next day I email him, it was me that has missed it, would just like to apologize for this.

Cheers

[Version 1.6.1]

xfiles1986 reviewed on 08 Jan 2011

I have downloaded the trial last weekend and upon I started using it, I said out loud" this is what I've always wanted!".

A great app plus extremely easy to use.

So after a day or so, I decided to buy it, I clicked the button which indicated me to its website, but realized it could only be paid through paypal. The only problem was, paypal doesnt support my country (Macao), luckily on the site it has a button that says " if you want to pay through other methods, tell us"

And so I sent the message/email to the developer...but even until today (after at least 5 days) still no reply.
The trial is almost over, only a week left, and yet I still got no response.
Hopefully I get a reply here within this weekend, cause I really love this app!

[Version 1.6.0]

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xfiles1986 replied on 08 Jan 2011

Oh, and I forgot to mention one thing, if or when the song title is too long, it just desappears, hopefully the next version will be able to fix this, kinda like shorten it?

On the other hand I'd like give the developer a compliment, cuz the app supports chinese characters too...AWESOME!

Smashbits (developer) replied on 21 Jan 2011

Hi,

I did reply to you about paying in a different way. Since I mentioned PayPal, maybe it ended up in your spamfilter. Could you please verify that?

Glad you like SmashTunes so much!

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Smashbits (developer) replied on 21 Jan 2011

Regarding disappearing song titles: there is no way to tell how much space applications use for their menu items. Unfortunately. However you can limit how much space SmashTunes uses for its information. This is fully customizable. I guess you'll have to resort to a little of trial and error to see what works best for you. (Or get yourself a big screen ;-) )

xfiles1986 replied on 21 Jan 2011

I have checked my mail, when did u reply to the email? cuz I've checked the inbox, spam and even trash, still nothing:(

Do you mind forwarding the email again?

Smashbits (developer) replied on 22 Jan 2011

Could you please mail me at support (at) smashbits.nl I've send multiple messages, but I doubt if I sent them to the right address.

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Sam Rowlands reviewed on 20 May 2010

I was looking for such an application to display the song name in the menubar. Most of the other apps have a small display area where the song names scroll through and they use small typefaces. I found that hard to quickly read. SmashTunes displays it using the same typeface as the system and displays the whole info WITHOUT scrolling. A quick glance and I can see everything I need too.

I found the developer to be very responsive and the price to be quite agreeable.

[Version 1.4]

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Lvdoc commented on 21 Mar 2010

I know a person needs to make a buck, by I have to recommend checking out QuickTunes (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15414/quicktunes) as a free alternative. It has most of the same features as SmashTunes, plus it has adjustable font size. (The font also renders better in my menubar.) It also works fine in Snow Leopard.

[Version 1.3]

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Smashbits (developer) replied on 23 Mar 2010

Everybody should make their own decision on which tool to use. SmashTunes offers more choice with respect to what is shown in the menu bar. Other tools focus on other areas.

Furthermore SmashTunes focuses on clarity. The font used by SmashTunes is therefor the same as the font used by the rest of the menu items. It is rendered by the system itself, so it should be optimal.
By the way SmashTunes runs fine in Snow Leopard.

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Fishscale commented on 21 May 2010

I think you should use the suggestion feature up above if it is not truly a review or comment/tip pertaining to the app listed above, smashtunes. If you like a certain app instead, just vote for it in the suggestion list, no need for a post imo.

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Lvdoc replied on 21 May 2010

Products stand in competition with one another. People who read reviews have a right to know about competitors and to make comparisons. I never said this was a bad program. And I did not give it a rating precisely because I merely wanted to make alternatives known to people who read reviews. I can find you a kajillion products on MU where reviewers regularly compare products. What I said is nothing new. But I would be happy to give this a one-star rating if that would make everyone happy.

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Smashbits rated on 09 Dec 2010

[Version 1.5]

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