QuickTunes

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Quick customizable iTunes view for your menu bar

QuickTunes is a nice, free (gpl) program only available for Mac, being part of the category Audio & Video.

More about QuickTunes

It’s available for users with the operating system Mac OS X and previous versions, and you can download it in English. The program version is 2.3 and its last update happened on 7/24/2006.

Since the software has been added to our selection of software and apps in 2005, it has managed to reach 2,861 downloads, and last week it gained 4 downloads.

QuickTunes is a reasonably light program that does not require as much storage than many software in the section Audio & Video. It’s a program often downloaded in India, United States, and Ukraine.

The Open Floating Window menu item now changes it’s text and function based on whether the window is open or notDefault hotkey for Play/Pause changed to control-command-space to resolve conflict with SpotlightNow receives notifications from iTunes for song changes (instead of polling)Reduces idle CPU usage to 0% (Major enhancement in performance)Added other icons to QuickTunes menu for visual improvementOther minor enhancements in performanceMinor bug fixes

Changes

  • The Open Floating Window menu item now changes it’s text and function based on whether the window is open or notDefault hotkey for Play/Pause changed to control-command-space to resolve conflict with SpotlightNow receives notifications from iTunes for song changes (instead of polling)Reduces idle CPU usage to 0% (Major enhancement in performance)Added other icons to QuickTunes menu for visual improvementOther minor enhancements in performanceMinor bug fixes

QuickTunes allows you to view the currently playing song and artist with just a quick glance at your menu-bar. Why move your mouse to the iTunes icon, click, wait for iTunes to appear, check the screen, minimize iTunes, return to work?

With QuickTunes 2 you get the information you want, right where you need it. QuickTunes 2 also offers a fast iTunes controller in the menu. Access common features such as play, pause, next track, previous track, but also items such as Play By Another Artist and ratings.