Other than that, it should run on any Mac running macOS 11.4 or later.

Apple Music app must have Lossless mode on.

This is not tested and assumed due to this Apple Developer Forums thread.

The user running LosslessSwitcher must be an admin.

It also has the following requirement, due to the use of OSLog API: Prerequisitesĭue to how the app works, this app is not, and cannot be sandboxed. I think this improvement might be well appreciated by many, hence this project is here, free and open source. This still happens today, with macOS 12.3.1, despite iOS's Music app having such an ability. A trip down to the Audio MIDI Setup app was required.

Prolonged use on MacBooks may accelerate battery usages, due to the frequent querying of the latest sample rate.Įver since Apple Music Lossless launched along with macOS 11.4, the app would never switch the sample rates according to the song that was playing.

There may be short interuptions to your audio playback, during the time where the app attempts to switch the sample rates.

If you wish, the sample rate can also be directly visible as the menu bar item. The screenshot above shows it's only UI component that it offers, which is to show the sample rate that it has parsed from Apple Music's logs.

Set the sample rate to the device that you are currently playing to.Īs such, the app lives on your menu bar.

Read Apple Music's logs to know the song's sample rate.There isn't much going on, when it comes to the UI of the app, as most of the logic is to: User & Groups > Login Items > Add LosslessSwitcher app

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