Use Music MiniPlayer on Mac

MiniPlayer takes up very little space on your screen and still lets you adjust the volume, search for songs, choose which songs play next, and more.

MiniPlayer displays the album artwork for the song that’s playing. When you move the pointer over the artwork, controls appear.

Expanded MiniPlayer showing the controls for the song that’s playing. In the top-left corner is the green button used to open the Full Screen Player. In the bottom of the window is a slider that you can drag to go to a different part of the song. Below the slider on the left side is the More button, where you can choose view options and other options for the song that’s playing. On the far right below the slider are two buttons — the Lyrics button to show or hide available lyrics and the Playing Next button to see what’s playing next.

You can also shrink the MiniPlayer window to an even smaller size.

The smaller Music MiniPlayer, showing only the controls (and not the album artwork).

Note: Not all features are available in the Apple Music Voice Plan. Apple Music, Apple Music Voice, lossless and Dolby Atmos aren’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.

Open Music for me

In the Music app on your Mac, do any of the following to play music:
Note: A song needs to be playing before you can use the MiniPlayer.
Choose Window > Switch to MiniPlayer.
If you subscribe to Apple Music, songs available in lossless have the Lossless button next to them; songs available in Dolby Atmos have the Dolby button next to them.
Do one of the following:
- Shrink to the smaller MiniPlayer window: In the row of controls, click the More button , then choose Hide Artwork.
  To expand back to the full MiniPlayer, click the More button , then choose Show Artwork.
- Show lyrics: Click the Lyrics button .
  To view the Full Screen Player, click the green button in the top-left corner of the MiniPlayer window.
- View and edit a list of upcoming songs: Click the Playing Next button in the bottom-right corner of the MiniPlayer window.
- Exit MiniPlayer: Click the Close button in the top-left corner of the MiniPlayer window.

Tip: To quickly open MiniPlayer from the playback controls, click the album artwork.

Click the album art on the left of the banner to open MiniPlayer.

To keep MiniPlayer in the foreground on your desktop, choose Music > Preferences, click Advanced, then select “Keep miniplayer on top of all other windows”.

Helpful?

Apple Music User Guide

Use Music MiniPlayer on Mac