M-Beat is flexibility for iTunes. You're in the driver's seat with the ultimate iTunes Companion Application, featuring one-click menu items, hot keys and floating windows. Best of all, it's completely customizable.
Features:
- One click access to basic controls
- Announcer
- Fast search
- Hotkey Controls
- Artwork retrieval from Internet
- Playlist Access
- Volume Control
- iPod Syncing
- Scrolling song information in the menubar
- Song rating from the menubar
- Future song listing
- Floating window to display song information how and when you What's New
Version 3.0:
- [Feature] - Fast Search groups songs by artist, sorting them by artists with most songs
- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to menubar by clicking artist name
- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to floater by clicking artist name
- [Feature] - New floater - "MiniFloat" - small and cute!
- [Feature] - Added the option to pause iTunes if the screensaver is activated
- [Enhancement] - Enhanced interactivity with iTunes - more reliable, much faster
- [Enhancement] - Cover art screen provides more information
- [Enhancement] - Previous, Next and Pause/Play not shown in menu when menubar controls are shown
- [Enhancement] - Floating windows are more customizable, allowing user to control resizing of window
- [Enhancement] - Floating windows can be repositioned at any time
- [Enhancement] - Cover art can be changed multiple times within one search
- [Enhancement] - New hotkey options for display preferences and rate song 0 stars
- [Enhancement] - Clicking playlists in menu can play the playlist from the start
- [Enhancement] - Floater options moved to the "Floater" pane
- [Enhancement] - Includes improved Crash Reporter and Updating
- [Enhancement] - Floater text can intelligently resize to try and fit in a fixed width floater
- [Enhancement] - Simplified menu, including Play and Pause condensed from two options into one
- [Bug Fix] - Cover art loading does not lock the program
- [Bug Fix] - Announcing the song title does not set iTunes to mute
- [Bug Fix] - No cover art results handled without continuing to search
- [Bug Fix] - Rating a song makes announcer start again
- [Bug Fix] - Floater disappears when no song is playing
- [Bug Fix] - Changing floater type gets song details correctly
- [Bug Fix] - Duplicate Theme button works correctly
- [Bug Fix] - Fast Search database updates when iTunes changes, not just on startup
- [Bug Fix] - Cover art search works from startup, whenever a song is playing
- [Bug Fix] - Identifies songs correctly when played through a network, iTunes radio, iTunes store and podcasts
- [Bug Fix] - Preferences window was not opening on occasions
- [Bug Fix] - Missing song information on launch now available Version 3.0:
- [Feature] - Fast Search groups songs by artist, sorting them by artists with most songs
- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to menubar by clicking artist name
- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to floater by clicking artist name
- [Feature] - New floater - "MiniFloat" - small and cute!
- [Feature] - Added the option to pause iTunes if the screensaver is more... Requirements
PPC, Mac OS X 10.3 or later, iTunes 4.8 or later
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