Beamhook

Make your Mac’s media keys predictable.Beamhook hooks play/pause, next, previous, and optionally the volume keys to the app you choose. Press pause and Spotify pauses—not the YouTube tab, Apple Music session, or other player macOS happens to remember.Beamhook also detects apps currently playing audio and lets you adjust their volume when they expose suitable AppleScript controls.Built-in supportSpotify, Apple Music, Apple TV, VLC, VOX, QuickTime Player, Iina and Downcast.Browser compatibility: Safari, Chrome, Brave, Arc, and Vivaldi are supported. Firefox is not supported (lacks AppleScript support).This was born out of frustration of not knowing what will pause/play when pressing media key on mac. Beardedspice used to work for me but that is no longer updated. MacMediaKeyForwarder also didn't seem to be updated anymore.Written in Swift, requires MacOS 14+ (Tested extensively on MacOS 26 Tahoe)https://beamhook.app

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