Spotica Menu - Spotify and Apple Music in the menu bar

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I was looking for a menu bar app that’s able to display the current song playing on Spotify.
I used to rely on SpotMenu, but the development seems to be abandoned.
I discovered Spotica Menu and decided to give it a try.

I was shocked by the customization options!

  • You can choose what song info you want to be displayed, like song, album, artist, year, etc.
  • show/hide playback controls
  • It can display the song progress as text showing the time or as a bar below the song title, all inside the menu bar :exploding_head:
  • Choose between Spotica icon, album cover or artist image.
  • Lots of color customization.

All of this in the free version. There are additional options if you register (in-app purchase). It’s available only in the Mac App Store.

Definitely recommended!

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Anyone else having trouble combining this with Bartender 4?

I only see the Spotica menubar item when I quit Bartender… :cry:

3

Yes. Same problem. I fiddled with it a bit in Bartender’s settings, then closed the Spotica app and moved on :slight_smile:

4

I also tried the latest test version (4.1.4) of Bartender, but it still does not work :cry:

5

I don’t use bartender, so I can’t help in this front.
When I finish listening to music I usually quit both Spotica and Spotify.

I enabled the option to launch Spotify when Spotica starts, saves at least one click :slight_smile: .

6

I use SwiftBar to display the current playing song on Spotify/Apple Music. It doesn’t have all the mini-player features and UI that Spotica has, but in my experience it plays perfectly fine with Bartender and does everything I need it to.

7

I use a simple app called menubar-ticker. Works on Catalina but I have not tested on Big Sur or Monterey.

8

Here is my Bartender shell script to show / hide Spotica if Music or Spotify are running:

if pgrep -x Music || pgrep Spotify
then 
    echo true
else 
   echo false
fi

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Which versions of Spotica and Bartender do you use? On which version of macOS?

I can’t get the Spotifica icon in the menubar at all when Bartender is enabled…

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Spotica is latest as per App Store. Bartender is 4.1.5.

Currently running the Monterey Beta but can confirm that this worked fine with Big Sur.

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Another app that is more basic, but has great options for rating tracks via hot keys is SmashTunes

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I made the mistake of saying no to the prompt “allow Spotica to take control of Spotify” and I have no idea how to allow it. Looking through Privacy preferences does not yield any result. Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: Answering my own question - it’s in the Automation item in Privacy Settings:

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