Use Music Mini Player on Mac

Mini Player 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.

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

Expanded Mini Player showing the controls for the song that’s playing. In the top-left corner is the close button, used to switch to the full Music window. In the bottom of the window is a slider that you can drag to go to a different part of the song. Under 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 under the slider are two buttons — the magnifying glass to search the music library, and the Playing Next button list to see what’s playing next.

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

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

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In the Music app on your Mac, choose Window > Switch to Mini Player.
Do one of the following:
- Shrink to the smaller Mini Player window: In the row of controls, click the More button , then choose Hide Mini Player Large Artwork.
  To expand back to the full Mini Player, click the More button , then choose Show Mini Player Large Artwork.
- Show lyrics: Click the Lyrics button .
  To view the Full Screen Player, click the green button in the top-left corner of the Mini Player window.
- View and edit a list of upcoming songs: Click the Playing Next button in the bottom-right corner of the Mini Player window.

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

Helpful?

Apple Music User Guide

Use Music Mini Player on Mac