v1.1.0

Sound Bar 1.1.0

Per-app volume mixer for macOS — menu bar utility built with Swift and Core Audio Process Taps.

New in 1.1.0

Volume persistence

• Remembers each app's volume and mute state across restarts
• Stored by bundle ID in ~/Library/Application Support/Sound Bar/
• Survives helper process PID changes (Brave, Chrome, Electron…)

Activity meter

• Live audio level bars next to each app name
• Shows which apps are actively playing audio

Keyboard shortcuts

• ⌘⇧V — toggle the mixer popover
• ⌘⇧M — mute/unmute the frontmost app

Audio stability (especially AirPods / Bluetooth)

• Tap pinned to the active output device
• Larger buffers on Bluetooth devices
• Automatic tap recovery when Core Audio stops delivering audio
• Follows audio helper processes when they restart with a new PID

Distribution

• Homebrew: brew tap manuxstack/sound-bar && brew install --cask sound-bar
• Notarization tooling for signed releases (requires maintainer secrets in CI)

Install

# Homebrew
brew tap manuxstack/sound-bar
brew install --cask sound-bar

# Or download Sound.Bar.zip below and move Sound Bar.app to /Applications

Requirements

• macOS 14.2 (Sonoma) or later
• Audio Capture permission (prompted on first slider move)

Full changelog

v1.0.0...v1.1.0

v1.0.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/manuxstack/sound-bar/commits/v1.0.0