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 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 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).

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

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

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Apple Music User Guide

Use Music MiniPlayer on Mac