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Follow Apple's instructions to\n[start the app automatically](https://support.apple.com/kb/ph25590)\nwhen you log in.\n\nSince the app is\n[not](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491)\n[signed](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/open-a-mac-app-from-an-unidentified-developer-mh40616/mac),\nyou will need to\n[right-click](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/right-click-mh35853/mac)\nand select \"Open\" the first time you launch the app. A dialog will appear:\n\n\u003e \"Menu Bar Ticker.app\" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for\n\u003e malicious software.\n\nClick \"Open\". If the app does not appear in the menu bar, right-click on the app\nagain and select \"Open\".\n\nThe first time you run Music or Spotify together with Menu Bar Ticker, a dialog\nwill appear for each app:\n\n\u003e \"Menu Bar Ticker.app\" wants access to control \"Music.app\". Allowing control\n\u003e will provide access to documents and data in \"Music.app\", and to perform\n\u003e actions within that app.\n\u003e\n\u003e Menu Bar Ticker needs permission to read the current song.\n\nClick \"OK\".\n\n## Changelog\n\nThis project lives at [GitHub](https://github.com/serban/menubar-ticker).\nVersion numbers follow the [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org)\nspecification.\n\n### v2.0.0\n\n* Add support for Apple Silicon\n* Drop support for pre-Catalina macOS (use v1 if you're running an older macOS)\n* Drop support for pre-Catalina iTunes.app\n* Drop support for Rdio (RIP)\n\nVerified to work with the following on February 14, 2021:\n\n* macOS Catalina (10.15.7)\n* macOS Big Sur (11.2.1)\n* Music 1.0.6.10\n* Music 1.1.3.3\n* Spotify 1.1.52.687.gf5565fe5\n\n### v1.1.0\n\n* Add support for Music.app in macOS Catalina\n\nVerified to work with the following on January 28, 2020:\n\n* macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)\n* macOS Catalina (10.15.2)\n* iTunes 12.8.2.3\n* Music 1.0.2.37\n* Spotify 1.1.24.91.g4ca6d5eb\n\n### v1.0.0\n\n* First release with support for iTunes, Rdio, and Spotify\n\nVerified to work with the following on July 19, 2019:\n\n* macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)\n* macOS Mojave (10.14.5)\n* iTunes 12.8.2.3\n* iTunes 12.9.5.5\n* Spotify 1.1.10.540.gfcf0430f\n\n\n## Contributors\n\n* [Jonathan Anderson](https://github.com/trombonehero)\n* [Robin Macharg](https://github.com/robinmacharg)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fserban%2Fmenubar-ticker","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fserban%2Fmenubar-ticker","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fserban%2Fmenubar-ticker/lists"}