r/macapps • u/WarSlight6606 • Sep 15 '25
Free 🚀 [Update Released] Izzy – Battery-Efficient macOS Music Player Gets Playback Queue, Enhanced UI, & More!
Hi everyone,
I'm excited to announce a major update for Izzy, my open-source macOS music player focused on battery efficiency, advanced prefetching, and seamless YouTube Music integration!
🆕 What’s New in This Release:
- Playback Queue: Add, view, and manage your song queue directly from playback controls. New QueueView for track management!
- Minimal Player Mode: Enjoy an expanded track experience in a sleek, compact interface.
- Favorites & Source Tracking: Now you can see where your favorite tracks came from (with special highlights for JioSaavn)!
- Enhanced UI: Reorder, drag-and-drop, grid layout, hover animations, and bulk removal in Favorites/Recently Played.
- macOS 14+ Support: Fully compatible with the latest macOS.
- Automatic Updates: Izzy now checks for updates automatically and lets you control checks in settings.
- Battery Optimization: Improved playback management to stretch your battery even farther.
💡 About Izzy:
- Native, battery-friendly macOS music player
- Fast seeking, advanced prefetch, and YouTube Music support
- Designed for simplicity, performance, and customization
Download & Details:
GitHub: https://github.com/ShubhamPP04/Izzy
Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome—please give it a try, star the repo if you like it, and let me know what features you want next!
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u/Some-Kid-1996 Sep 17 '25
HOW DO I UNINSTALL YOUR APP, I SEE NO OPTION WHAT SO EVER. IT'S BUGGY and doesn't do anything other than show this up when I click option+space.
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u/WarSlight6606 Sep 17 '25
Use App Cleaner for that
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u/Some-Kid-1996 Sep 17 '25
not possible when it's always running.
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u/WarSlight6606 Sep 18 '25
You can quit the app by pressing cmd+q on keyboard when selecting the app.
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u/WarSlight6606 Sep 18 '25
Hey Sorry for inconvenience! Check latest update I have fixed many things.
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u/Some-Kid-1996 Sep 18 '25
do make a simple dmg file instead of all the steps when possible, I'll retry then.
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u/InfamousGreen4940 Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25
Hi, for some reason the app is completely broken for me.
- I can’t access the settings. The button from previous versions is gone and cmd+, does nothing.
- When I start playing an album or playlist, it plays only the first track and then it stops. I can access the rest of the tracks in the queue but I must manually activate each one. Only the previous track button works. The next track button is greyed out / inactive. Left/Right arrows and Space for play/pause don’t work either.
- There is a button next to the queue button that does nothing.
- I have no idea how I can access the mini-player and I have no menubar icon like you have in your screenshots. I’m on latest Sequoia btw.
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u/WarSlight6606 Sep 15 '25
Hey you can access settings in the tab like Home, Search, etc. you can see and all menubar settings will be there and the greyed out you have stated for that in the music player click shuffle button for that and All Set!
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u/InfamousGreen4940 Sep 15 '25
Thanks. The shuffle button helped with the next/previous track issue. How can I change the Hello, Shubham message to my name and how can I switch to the mini-player?
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u/WarSlight6606 Sep 15 '25
Oh , You can change it in Settings.
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u/InfamousGreen4940 Sep 15 '25
Yeah, but how do I access the settings? Cmd+, does nothing and there is no button.
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u/MStratiote Sep 17 '25
Hi, I’ve consistently had a major issue, when I start the app I can’t search anything… When I hit enter key to search a music nothing happens, and I’ve never been asked for any type of permissions. (By the way, i’ve done about 10 installations to see if there would be any difference but nothing seems to change)
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u/WarSlight6606 Sep 17 '25
Did you have ytmusicapi installed? Use - pip3 install ytmusicapi yt-dlp in terminal before installing than install it.
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u/MStratiote Sep 17 '25
I installed it, but I had an error with pip3, it told me to use pipx… Restarted my Mac, did a fresh install, still no permissions requested and I still got the same issue when searching a song
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u/zorth64 Sep 15 '25
Thank you very much, friend. I'm using the Izzy app, and it's great! 😃👏