r/AppleMusic • u/amanwithmanyprojects • 22h ago

Apple Music on macOS Always wanted to make my own Apple Music Mac app. Couldn’t be happier.

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Features i added that are missing in the oroginal app:
Beautiful now playing screen with animated artwork.
Remote control through phone.
AirPlay Receiver built in.
Added DSP capability’s (DRC)

Edit: the GitHub is now public: https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleMusic/s/UPUXVx7on0

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u/e3487651 17h ago

How did lossless and animated album art work😮

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 17h ago

Animated artwork is pretty easy actually, it’s actually available in the webplayer so you can just find it in the html basically. Lossless is only possible through wrapper-v2 which is a bit tricky to setup.

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u/ecco5 19h ago

Why does the art keep resizing? personally to me that introduces visual distraction. But it's your app, just offering an opinion.

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 19h ago

Only when moving the mouse. This screen is actually not for controlling the app it’s basically the now playing artwork screen and you control the music with the remote on your phone for example.

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u/ecco5 18h ago

Personally not a fan of elements shifting sizes or buttons disappearing, or having to use a separate device to control it- if the screen isn't for controlling the app, why have play and pause buttons at all?

Again, your app, you put in the work, i'm just an old man yelling at clouds. It doesn't sound like this is the replacement for me. Honestly I think if someone remade the Apple Music before MacOS 26 i'd be happy.

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 18h ago

I’ll add a setting to always show the transport buttons. I just like big artwork and currently it runs on my old iMac fullscreen so it’s just showing the currently playing track in the background. When it’s on the Mac you’re currently sitting in front of I totally agree that would be irritating.

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u/MasonRules69 18h ago

Windows..?👀👀

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 18h ago

If it finds its audience I see no reason why not. Technically it’s possible on every OS.

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u/MasonRules69 13h ago

I hope it does get the audience then. Windows app is astonishing, no point for it. I guess you do have to see if it does gain good responses

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 13h ago

Maybe I do it anyway if I find the time haha

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u/Upstairs-Rope6090 21h ago

App name

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 21h ago

It’s called helix, but not public for now. I need to make sure apple wont sue me for the rest of my life lol

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u/Upstairs-Rope6090 20h ago

Why the hell would Apple sue you😂

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 20h ago

Cause currently the app encrypts their drm 😂

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u/Tall_Bar6367 19h ago

This is so cool, any way to beta test or try it out?

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 19h ago

Yeah once I figured out what I am allowed to publish it. In the current state it will probably get a dmca takedown.

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u/Tall_Bar6367 19h ago

Oh totally understandable, do you have a timeline for when you expect it to hopefully be published?

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 19h ago

Well maybe even today 😂 I’ll let you know.

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u/Tall_Bar6367 18h ago

That would be crazy, but if it does please do let me know!

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u/yves-saint-larent 18h ago

Clean work OP. Can we get it?😅

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 18h ago

Working on a public GitHub that won’t get me sued by apple 😂

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u/ArnavTheRoyale Apple Music Subscriber 17h ago

Is this available for windows?

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 17h ago

For now Mac only but if it finds its audience and people are interesting gladly make a windows version. Technically that’s totally possible

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u/RenegadeUK 16h ago

Very nice.

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u/T-Nan 18h ago

This looks gorgeous!

What does the home/library page look like?

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u/amanwithmanyprojects 18h ago

Well I won’t get an award for originality 😂

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u/T-Nan 18h ago

Doesn’t need to be completely fresh and original to be better haha

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u/p1roz 15h ago

yo i made the same for the ios 😂 not public yet tho. and i put a backend for ytmusic spotify and apple music playback downloads n stuff