Made a miniplayer for Apple Music on MacOS

The Issue

Recently, I have been using my Mac a lot and noticed a issue: Apple Music's inbuilt MiniPlayer does not display over apps, it only displays on Desktop.

This is frustrating a lot of times because I don't want to swipe the screen/click the menu bar "What's Playing" button to see the song name/artist and progressbar of the music.

Brainstorming

I first thought why not use my earlier Ubersicht cd player widget for displaying over other full screen apps, but found that it had the same issue as the Apple Music MiniPlayer, it ONLY displays on desktop.

So BACK to square zero...

After 5 mins:💡 Ah-ha!

Why not vibe code an app in swift, that way it is more customizable!

Solving the Issue

After I had the framework, it was easy down the road, I gave an agent my prompt, and with my small tweaks & new functions (Theme Color/Liquid Glass/MacOS 11 through 26 support... and more), it made a miniplayer in ~40min

Then it was done! A full-fledged miniplayer that shows even when your desktop is in fullscreen mode. 😉😉

You can download it here.

Some Screenshots