iTunes song in the menu bar?

October 31, 2006 8:20 AM

Is there anyway to display the currently playing song (on iTunes) on the empty space of Menu Bar at the top of the screen? (OSX)

Freeware would be best, but if I have to code something super-easy, I might be able to manage that.

posted by ruwan to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

How about Barquee?

There was also something called iBar, but it seems to have gone AWOL recently.

I found these by searching MacUpdate with the search term 'itunes menubar', by the way, in case that helps you find others/something else that fits your needs.
posted by bcwinters at 8:28 AM on October 31, 2006

I managed to rig something up to do this using Geektool and an applescript that I can't find right now but should be Googlable (I sure as hell didn't write it myself!). It was free, but nowhere near as nice as Barquee.
posted by nowonmai at 9:18 AM on October 31, 2006

It was easily googlable. This is probably where I got the script from; I used a long and fancy version from near the bottom of the thread.
posted by nowonmai at 9:22 AM on October 31, 2006

Synergy.
posted by designbot at 10:37 AM on October 31, 2006

Also see: iMote, QuickTunes.
posted by designbot at 10:40 AM on October 31, 2006

You Control Tunes. Freeware. One of the many, many features allows you to scroll song info along the top menu.
posted by drmarcj at 6:06 PM on November 1, 2006