What
Simplify your journey to mastering songs with Skimme, a MacOS system tray app for Apple Music. Using your keyboard arrows, you can effortlessly rewind or advance the playhead during song playback.
Why
Keyboard shortcuts offer the precision and agility needed to keep your focus on the song and your instrument, not the mechanics of a computer interface. Unfortunately, this is not a behavior that Apple Music natively supports.
How
- 1.Personalize your interval (in seconds).
- 2.Use the Left arrow to rewind and the Right arrow to advance the playhead.
- 3.Magic!
FAQ & User Guidance.
Skimme has been tested on MacOS 13.4. However, as I am not a MacOS developer, I cannot guarantee its flawless operation in perpetuity. The app has not been notarized by Apple and requires admin privileges to execute. Use it wisely, and at your own risk.
For those who prefer a hands-on approach, feel free to inspect the code and compile the app yourself. It's a simple Electron app that registers a global shortcut and runs AppleScript to control the Apple Music app.
Do you need an app for that? Not necessarily. You can use Automator to create your own AppleScripts and register a keyboard shortcut to control its execution. Skimme just provides a more efficient interface (1-click) for doing that and allows customization of the interval for additional granularity.