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DESCRIPTION

ByteController is a small user interface utility for controlling iTunes. ByteController gives you three buttons in your menu bar: Previous Song, Next Song and Play/Pause. Holding the Previous Song and Next Song buttons plays fast forward or rewinds.

ByteController has hot keys for all button actions plus hot keys for controlling volume, and controlling ByteController.

ByteController has Growl support.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.8.6:
  • Fixed Intel Crash
  • A few new skins plus one user-submitted one
  • French localization
  • Traditional chinese localization
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.2 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Bytetastic
Downloads:27,434
  - Version d/l:9,884
Multimedia & Design:Audio
License:Free
Date:19 Jan 2007
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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Feb 23 2008
****.

FUNJOY  As of today (23 Feb 2008) my main controller, GimmeSomeTune freezes with iTunes 7.6.1, so I started looking for an iTunes menu-controller.

This free app does a great job at it.  (Version 0.8.6)

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Oct 8 2007

QUANTUM  Wonderful applet.

I've just switched from iTunes to VLC though, and ByteController is the only thing I miss.

Doesn't seem to be any way to contact the dev for request. What to do?  (Version 0.8.6)

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Aug 18 2007
*****

HACKAN  This app is a "must-have" for any iTunes user.

It's kept in a nice not disturbing way in the menu-bar with the opportunity to only be visible when iTunes is running.

A very nice feature is If you choose to have it load at "startup" or any way have it running while iTunes is not and press the hot-key for "play" it will open iTunes and play right away. That was just a key-press and you didn't even have to take your eyes of what you were doing in the first hand.

It's very user-friendly, forget "mini-player-mode" or some widget - cause it doesn't get easier or more simple and fast than this.

Indeed this app should be built in OS X.  (Version 0.8.6)

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Feb 10 2007
****.

RINGHORNE  I began using ByteCon .6 and it worked smoothly, as good as I could want. For the longest time, it was one of my startup items, when I was doing a lot of iTunes listening. Version .6 had only minor issues that never hurt the actual function (its buttons were at times inconsistent -- play-pause mode icons reversed). This is an EXCELLENT tool: simple, flexible (can pick from many looks), complements my tasks with ease when I am on two monitors and iTunes is hidden. No iTunes butting in my space, and no getting in the way of other menus!  (Version 0.8.6)

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