MenuTune v0.2.0

MenuTune now updates itself, and it no longer keeps a CPU core busy.

• Automatic updates: MenuTune checks GitHub once a day, downloads a new version in the background and installs it when you quit. Your queue is kept. To update right away, right-click the menu bar icon and choose Install MenuTune … and Restart. The same menu offers Check for Updates and the switch Install Updates Automatically.
• Updates are verified before they install: the disk image must match the SHA-256 digest GitHub publishes, and the app inside must carry MenuTune's bundle identifier, the expected version and a valid signature from the same Developer ID team.
• Much lower CPU use: the menu bar icon could redraw itself in a loop and keep a whole core busy, even while nothing was playing. MenuTune now sits at practically zero CPU when idle.
• Repeat menu: the button shows the current mode (Off, All, Track) next to the icon, and the menu marks the active choice.

Install or update

This is the first version with automatic updates, so getting to it is a manual step one last time:

1. Download MenuTune-0.2.0-universal.dmg.
2. Quit MenuTune if it is running.
3. Open the DMG and drag MenuTune into Applications, replacing the previous version.
4. Launch MenuTune. Your saved queue and preferences are retained.

From here on, MenuTune updates itself.

Requires macOS 14 or later. Supports Apple Silicon and Intel. The app and DMG are Developer ID signed, notarised by Apple, and include stapled notarisation tickets.

Verification

• All 30 automated tests passed.
• Universal build, signatures, notarisation and Gatekeeper checks passed.
• The update path was exercised with this exact disk image: digest check, staging, signature and version checks, and the bundle swap.
• Idle CPU measured at 0% (previously around 97% of one core).
• SHA-256 checksum included in SHA256SUMS.txt.
• Intel hardware and older macOS versions were not separately exercised.

MenuTune remains an experimental release; the documented limitations still apply.

Changes: v0.1.2...v0.2.0

MenuTune v0.1.2

Makes the pop-out player dependable and adds a pause button for it.

• Play/pause while popped out: the strip left in the menu now has a play/pause button next to Put video back. Both respond across their whole area.
• The pop-out window shows the video again. It could stay empty after popping out a video that was playing in the menu.
• The first click in the menu counts. It could close the menu instead of pressing the button.
• Put video back stays available when the queue is emptied while the video is popped out.
• Next Track in the right-click menu is disabled when the queue is empty.
• Less redrawing while a video plays.

Install or update

1. Download MenuTune-0.1.2-universal.dmg.
2. Quit MenuTune if it is running.
3. Open the DMG and drag MenuTune into Applications, replacing the previous version.
4. Launch MenuTune. Your saved queue and preferences are retained.

Requires macOS 14 or later. Supports Apple Silicon and Intel. The app and DMG are Developer ID signed, notarised by Apple, and include stapled notarisation tickets.

Verification

• All 29 automated tests passed.
• Universal build, signatures, notarisation and Gatekeeper checks passed.
• SHA-256 checksum included in SHA256SUMS.txt.
• Intel hardware and older macOS versions were not separately exercised.

MenuTune remains an experimental release; the documented limitations still apply.

Changes: v0.1.1...v0.1.2

MenuTune v0.1.1

Fixes returning a popped-out video to the menu bar: Put video back now responds across the entire button area, including its text and the space around the icon.

Install or update

1. Download MenuTune-0.1.1-universal.dmg.
2. Quit MenuTune if it is running.
3. Open the DMG and drag MenuTune into Applications, replacing the previous version.
4. Launch MenuTune. Your saved queue and preferences are retained.

Requires macOS 14 or later. Supports Apple Silicon and Intel. The app and DMG are Developer ID signed, notarised by Apple, and include stapled notarisation tickets.

Verification

• All 28 automated tests passed.
• Universal build, signatures, notarisation and Gatekeeper checks passed.
• SHA-256 checksum included in SHA256SUMS.txt.
• Intel hardware and older macOS versions were not separately exercised.

MenuTune remains an experimental release; the documented limitations still apply.

Changes: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

MenuTune v0.1.0

First public release of MenuTune, a compact YouTube player for the macOS menu bar.

Download and install

1. Download MenuTune-0.1.0-universal.dmg below.
2. Open the disk image and drag MenuTune into Applications.
3. Launch MenuTune from Applications. Its waveform icon appears in the menu bar.

Requires macOS 14 or later. One universal app supports Apple Silicon and Intel. The app and disk image are Developer ID signed, notarised by Apple, and carry stapled notarisation tickets. Xcode, an API key and a separate server are not required to use the download.

Included

• YouTube links, a locally saved queue, duplicate detection and repeat modes.
• Global ⌘⇧Y shortcut to open or close the player.
• Standard, Medium and Mini player sizes.
• A floating video window that moves out of the pointer's way.
• Clipboard link suggestions, added only after confirmation.
• English interface and documentation.

Scope

This is an early experimental release. Some videos do not allow embedded playback. Google sign-in, media keys, launch-at-login and automatic updates are not included. See the README for playback limitations and the personal prototype's YouTube policy caveat.

Build verification

• Built from commit c66f3fe7ab9b53b0d423019170929d3030a4fa44.
• 28 automated tests passed with no failures.
• Universal binary verified for arm64 and x86_64.
• Apple notarisation and Gatekeeper checks passed for the app and disk image.
• Intel hardware and older supported macOS versions were not separately exercised in this release run.

SHA256SUMS.txt contains the SHA-256 checksum of the disk image.