Stop Please! v1.1.0

Stop Please! v1.1.0

Stop Please! now runs on Intel Macs as well as Apple silicon.

Changes

• Runs on Intel Macs: the app is now a universal build
• A dark app icon, and the setup window's icon follows light and dark mode

Requirements

• macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel

Installation and updates

With Homebrew, run brew upgrade --cask stop-please (or brew install --cask chengandre/tap/stop-please for a new install). Otherwise, download StopPlease-1.1.0.dmg (or the .zip), open it, and drag Stop Please! to Applications, replacing the old copy after quitting Stop Please.

This release is signed with the same certificate as v1.0.0, so the Accessibility permission carries over. A downloaded copy may need Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security on its first launch.

Stop Please! v1.0.0

Stop Please! v1.0.0

First release of Stop Please!

Stop Please! is a menu-bar utility for macOS that pauses everything that is playing with one shortcut, and resumes only what it paused with the next press.

Features

• Shift + Play/Pause (or ⌃⌥⌘P) pauses every app that is playing and remembers them as a group
• The next press resumes exactly that group, even if another app has since become the Now Playing app
• Keeps up to three groups, with a chooser to pick which one to resume
• Lists every Now Playing source in the menu; click one to pause or play just that app
• Works with apps as installed: no plugins, no per-app setup, nothing injected
• Launch at login, and Export Log… for bug reports
• Lightweight: about 35 MB of memory and practically no CPU while idle. No network access and no analytics

Requirements

• A Mac with Apple silicon
• macOS 15 or later

Installation

Download StopPlease-1.0.0.dmg (or the .zip), open it, and drag Stop Please! to Applications.

Stop Please is not notarized, so macOS blocks the first launch: open System Settings → Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway next to the message about Stop Please, and confirm.

Shift + Play/Pause needs the Accessibility permission; macOS asks for it when you choose that shortcut. ⌃⌥⌘P needs no permission.

Future releases are signed with the same certificate, so the Accessibility permission carries over when you update.

See the README for usage, permissions, and how to uninstall.