M-Beat 3.0

M-Beat is flexibility for iTunes. You're in the driver's seat with the ultimate iTunes Companion Application, featuring one-click menu items, hot keys and floating windows. Best of all, it's completely customizable.

Features:

- One click access to basic controls

- Announcer

- Fast search

- Hotkey Controls

- Artwork retrieval from Internet

- Playlist Access

- Volume Control

- iPod Syncing

- Scrolling song information in the menubar

- Song rating from the menubar

- Future song listing

- Floating window to display song information how and when you What's New

Version 3.0:

- [Feature] - Fast Search groups songs by artist, sorting them by artists with most songs

- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to menubar by clicking artist name

- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to floater by clicking artist name

- [Feature] - New floater - "MiniFloat" - small and cute!

- [Feature] - Added the option to pause iTunes if the screensaver is activated

- [Enhancement] - Enhanced interactivity with iTunes - more reliable, much faster

- [Enhancement] - Cover art screen provides more information

- [Enhancement] - Previous, Next and Pause/Play not shown in menu when menubar controls are shown

- [Enhancement] - Floating windows are more customizable, allowing user to control resizing of window

- [Enhancement] - Floating windows can be repositioned at any time

- [Enhancement] - Cover art can be changed multiple times within one search

- [Enhancement] - New hotkey options for display preferences and rate song 0 stars

- [Enhancement] - Clicking playlists in menu can play the playlist from the start

- [Enhancement] - Floater options moved to the "Floater" pane

- [Enhancement] - Includes improved Crash Reporter and Updating

- [Enhancement] - Floater text can intelligently resize to try and fit in a fixed width floater

- [Enhancement] - Simplified menu, including Play and Pause condensed from two options into one

- [Bug Fix] - Cover art loading does not lock the program

- [Bug Fix] - Announcing the song title does not set iTunes to mute

- [Bug Fix] - No cover art results handled without continuing to search

- [Bug Fix] - Rating a song makes announcer start again

- [Bug Fix] - Floater disappears when no song is playing

- [Bug Fix] - Changing floater type gets song details correctly

- [Bug Fix] - Duplicate Theme button works correctly

- [Bug Fix] - Fast Search database updates when iTunes changes, not just on startup

- [Bug Fix] - Cover art search works from startup, whenever a song is playing

- [Bug Fix] - Identifies songs correctly when played through a network, iTunes radio, iTunes store and podcasts

- [Bug Fix] - Preferences window was not opening on occasions

- [Bug Fix] - Missing song information on launch now available Version 3.0:

- [Feature] - Fast Search groups songs by artist, sorting them by artists with most songs

- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to menubar by clicking artist name

- [Feature] - Added Fast Search to floater by clicking artist name

- [Feature] - New floater - "MiniFloat" - small and cute!

- [Feature] - Added the option to pause iTunes if the screensaver is more... Requirements

PPC, Mac OS X 10.3 or later, iTunes 4.8 or later