A minimal macOS menu bar app that lets you control system volume by scrolling over the icon — the way it should have always worked.
- Scroll over the menu bar icon to adjust volume (3% per step) ; works perfectly with extenal mouse
- Click the icon for a slider popover
- Right-click to mute/unmute, toggle launch at login, or quit
- Minimal — no Dock icon, no background processes beyond what's needed
- Free, no subscriptions, no App Store
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Open Terminal
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sujoff/VolumeScroll/main/install.sh | bashIgnore x-code related warning unless its an error, app will be installed and visible in menu bar now. Enjoy !!
- Clone or download this repo
- Run:
chmod +x install.sh && ./install.shThat's it. The script builds from source and installs to /Applications.
macOS will prompt for Accessibility permission — this is required to detect scroll events over the menu bar.
Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and enable VolumeScroll.
- macOS 13 (Ventura) or later
- Apple Silicon Mac (M1 and above)
- Xcode Command Line Tools (
xcode-select --install)
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Scroll up on icon | Volume +3% |
| Scroll down on icon | Volume −3% |
| Left click icon | Open volume slider |
| Right click icon | Menu (mute, login, quit) |
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/VolumeScroll
cd VolumeScroll
./build.sh
open VolumeScroll.appMIT