SmashTunes is an Mac application that lets you control iTunes from the menu bar or by keyboard shortcuts, while showing the currently playing song. It is one of those little applications you can't do without. SmashTunes is not intrusive, it does not display annoying windows; it gives you the information you want, and lets you get on with what you're doing. Nothing more, nothing less.

In the screenshot below you can see what it looks like. You can type away in Word, and see what's currently playing. No floating windows, to distract you from your work. The music playing is the only distraction, but that is by choice.

Features

Display track information

SmashTunes can display information about the current track in the menubar. This information includes the track name, the artist, album, duration and the rating.

Change the track rating

Change the rating of a track, from the submenu, or by using keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts a.k.a. hotkeys

Define keyboard shortcuts for common functions like play / pause, next, previous and the rating of tracks. These shortcuts work globally across the whole system! This is ideal for quickly jumping to a next track, without stopping your workflow!

Off course SmashTunes starts when your system starts, optionally hidden until iTunes is actually running.