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If you switch windows just to skip a track, this keeps play, pause and skip on the notch with a click or a two-finger swipe, and costs nothing.
Umak hides a small turntable behind the MacBook notch. Click to play or pause, swipe two fingers to change tracks, pull down to see the record, and drag album covers onto the desktop. It drives the Music or Spotify app you already use, so it needs Automation permission. It runs on macOS 14 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel, and works on displays without a notch. Version 0.5.0 is a 3.9 MB download. MIT-licensed; the maker goes by jseook11.
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