SmartPause

The play/pause key, finally aimed at what's playing

Product HuntMacLaunched Sep 20, 202678#13 of the day

About SmartPause

macOS routes the media key to whatever it last remembers, so YouTube keeps playing and Apple Music opens. SmartPause finds the app actually outputting audio and pauses that. Two apps playing? One press switches, double press plays/pauses. Free, open source, menu bar only.

The person behind SmartPause

Yasin Özmen
Maker
y***@smartpause.appUnverified

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