Skip to content

SystemEQ for Mac v1.3.0

Latest

Choose a tag to compare

@github-actions github-actions released this 16 Aug 13:48

SystemEQ for Mac v1.3.0

What's new

  • Output Boost from +0 to +3 dB with a linked-stereo safety limiter to prevent clipping
  • Privacy-safe diagnostic report export in Settings. It includes only SystemEQ state and recent app events — never audio, media, device names, identifiers, file paths, or raw macOS logs
  • Exact restoration of the last playback configuration — manual band edits, preamp, and the active preset — after an EQ toggle or app relaunch
  • Updated built-in EQ database

Fixed

  • Prevented unexpectedly quiet audio after login launch or restart by keeping the physical output's volume when routing begins through BlackHole
  • Preamp values now rebuild and affect the live vDSP filter chain
  • Turning EQ off and on from the routing screen no longer loses the active preset
  • Preserved the intended EQ state when startup routing temporarily fails because an output device is unavailable
  • Audio meters show silence as −∞ dB instead of non-finite or implausibly low values

Downloads

Format Description
💿 .dmg Recommended — drag to Applications
📦 .zip Alternative — unzip and move to Applications

Installation

  1. Download the .dmg file below
  2. Open the DMG and drag SystemEQ for Mac to Applications
  3. First launch: right-click the app → Open → confirm the Gatekeeper dialog
    (the app is ad-hoc signed but not notarized — Apple Developer ID is not used by this project)
  4. Alternative: open Terminal and run
    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/SystemEQ for Mac.app"
  5. Or via Homebrew (quarantine flag handled automatically):
    brew trust denzam/systemeq
    brew install --cask denzam/systemeq/systemeq
    
    Homebrew 6.0+ refuses to load third-party taps until you trust them once per machine; on Homebrew 5 and older, skip the first line.

Requirements

  • macOS 13 (Ventura) or later
  • Apple Silicon or Intel Mac

Also available via Homebrew — see step 5 above.

Full changelog: v1.2.0...v1.3.0