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Show Current iTunes Track In Menu Bar?

Is there a VERY simple application or widget that will show me the currently playing track up in the Menu Bar, next to my Bluetooth, WiFi and iChat icons? I know there are very advanced ones that do more than that, but now that the Apple Keyboards have full iTunes transport controls, all I want in the Menu Bar is the name of the currently playing track.

17" iMac 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 5, 2008 4:47 AM

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Jan 14, 2008 5:24 PM in response to Reuben Feffer

Hi,
I've struggled with this very thing for several years. Geek Tool used to have something but it stopped being developed. Then there was Barquee, which doesn't work in Leopard and was last updated in 2005. There are numerous iTunes support apps that put all kinds of controls in the menu bar, yet none of them provide passive information. If you have at least a 20" or larger monitor, chances are you have the space in the menubar, yet it isn't used. I don't want a bezel, I don't want an overlay called up with a hot key, and tickers are ridiculous. I just want to have a static display of the current track. As convenient as the host of apps that add to iTunes are, nothing is as convenient as just looking at the menu bar.
To that end I have created a flash based standalone app using Flash and mprojector to do this. I built it for myself, so it's certainly not slick, it just shows up on top of the menu bar, clicking and dragging it allows you to move it wherever you want, it displays artist, track, and length of the track.
If you want it let me know and I can email it to you.

Show Current iTunes Track In Menu Bar?

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