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
- Download the
.dmgfile below - Open the DMG and drag SystemEQ for Mac to Applications
- 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) - Alternative: open Terminal and run
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/SystemEQ for Mac.app" - Or via Homebrew (quarantine flag handled automatically):
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.
brew trust denzam/systemeq brew install --cask denzam/systemeq/systemeq
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