What's New in MusicBox (macOS)

Version 1.6.7

Released February 27, 2026

  • Ability to replace an album with one of its other available versions on Apple Music.

Version 1.6.6

Released February 21, 2026

  • Improved support for YouTube Music playlists.
  • Improved support for Tidal albums, artists, and tracks.
  • Improved support for Plexamp albums.
  • Shortcuts:
    • Added a new Get Music from Smart Search action that returns all albums from a selected Smart Search.
    • Replaced the old Get Tags action with a new Find Tag action that lets you customize filtering and sorting options for more flexible tag searches.
    • Replaced the old Add Tag action with a more modern version that accepts both Tag and Music parameters.
    • Replaced the old Remove Tag action with a more modern version that accepts both Tag and Music parameters.

Version 1.6.5

Released February 12, 2026

  • New menu bar icon to browse and open your music lists when the app is not active.

Version 1.6.4

Released February 7, 2025

  • New layout options and optimizations
    • Along with the recently introduced grid layout, you can now choose either a two-column or three-column configuration. Setup in Settings → General.
    • On the grid layout side, scrolling is much smoother thanks to massive performance optimizations.
    • Another change that makes the user experience more compelling is new animations when you filter, sort, or change the displayed albums.
    • And, finally, context menus in list view are now selection-aware and behave just like other macOS context menus.
  • Tags, Smart Search, and Auto-Tagging improvements
    • Multiple selection support: Select and manage multiple items at once using Cmd+Click or Shift+Click.
    • Improved context menus: Right-click selected items for contextual actions (Edit, Duplicate, Delete, etc.).
    • Keyboard shortcuts: Use Delete key to remove selected items and Cmd+N to create new ones.
    • Drag and drop: Drag tags and smart searches into folders for easier organization.
    • Bulk operations: Duplicate or delete multiple items simultaneously.
    • Tag folders now display the total item count as a badge in the sidebar.
    • You can now create a new tag directly from the Add Tag menu, without losing your current selection.
  • Additional changes
    • The app now launches faster, with quicker switching between lists.
    • Added the ability to switch a deluxe album to its standard version when available (right-click → Advanced → Switch to Standard Version).

Version 1.6.3

Released January 15, 2026

  • Support for bookmarking Apple Music curators.
  • New grid layout option for the second column. Go to Settings → Music List to configure.
  • Redesigned the Add to MusicBox option in the Share Menu to support adding multiple tags, notes, and star ratings, and to display more details about the item being added.
  • Smart Search now supports the * wildcard, allowing you to filter items that have notes.
  • New Add With Search Shortcut action that asks for a search query, shows matching albums, and saves the one you choose.
  • The Find Music Shortcut action now lets you find items that don’t have a specific title, artist, URL, editorial notes, or notes.
  • The Add Music Shortcut action now lets you set tags to “Ask Each Time”, so you can choose the appropriate tags when adding.

Version 1.6.2

Released November 17, 2025

  • Support for showing played items in the Artists, Record Labels, and Genres lists on the sidebar. Go to Settings → Sidebar to configure.
  • New Music Credits menu that lets you search production credits in MusicSmart.
  • Support for opening Apple Music albums and songs in Albums.
  • Tinted widgets now display images in full color.

Version 1.6.0

Released September 14, 2025


MusicBox now features a modernized UI for Liquid Glass and macOS Tahoe, updated app icons, and intelligent features that help you throughout the app:

  • Fresh design: Deeper separation between content and navigation controls, buttons that animate and shift shape as you move between different views, and playful navigation transitions for a polished user experience.
  • Updated app icons: MusicBox now supports every icon appearance for customizing your Mac.
  • Icon suggestions: On supported devices, you can now get AI-generated icon ideas for your tags and smart searches.

Version 1.5.5

Released June 27, 2025

  • Redesigned the music details inspector with separate panes for each section: attributes, editorial, and notes.
  • Big improvements to performance and responsiveness, making everything feel smoother and faster.
  • Rebuilt the menu bar to properly enable or disable buttons based on selected items, and added more app actions for easier access.
  • Search now finds items across the whole app, not just in the selected list—and it’s blazing fast!
  • Search now also lets you choose which item attributes to match.

Version 1.5.4

Released May 27, 2025

  • Resolved an issue where the sidebar and list view would reset their width after a system restart.
  • The old “Add Music” shortcuts action should now automatically migrate to the new “Add Music” App Intents based action.
  • Possible fix for an issue that could cause MusicBox to not recognize Premium entitlements when invoked from the Share Sheet.

Version 1.5.3

Released May 23, 2025

  • MusicBox is now free to download, so you can try it out with up to five albums at no cost! An in-app purchase is available for adding unlimited albums.
  • Previous users who bought the app before version 1.5.3 keep unlimited access forever.

Version 1.5.2

Released April 29, 2025

  • Customize Tags, Smart Search, and folders with colors and icons of your choice.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering by Date Played.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering items with no ratings.
  • MusicBox now remembers expanded Tag and Smart Search folders in the sidebar.

Version 1.5.1

Released April 2, 2025

  • Performance improvement when selecting a Tag folder.

Version 1.5.0

Released March 3, 2025

  • Fixed an issue where Smart Search in some cases could filter items incorrectly based on tags.

Version 1.4.9

Released February 19, 2025

  • Stability improvements.

Version 1.4.8

Released February 14, 2025

  • You can now select a custom color for Tags using the system color picker.

Version 1.4.7

Released January 14, 2025

  • MusicBox can now try to open items in a music streaming app of your choice, regardless of their origin. Go to Settings → General → Redirect to My Preferred App to configure.

Version 1.4.6

Released December 4, 2024

  • Added support for Spotify artists.
  • Redesigned Tag menus throughout the app to support folders.
  • Restored the Command-A keyboard shortcut to select all items according to the context.

Version 1.4.4

Released November 20, 2024

  • Pinned items will no longer appear in both the Pinned section and the corresponding Tags or Smart Searches section in the Sidebar.
  • The About window now features a better-suited UI for the platform.

Version 1.4.3

Released October 22, 2024


This update includes several improvements and features based on user feedback from the past weeks:

  • Shortcuts
    • Add Music now supports the same set of services supported by the main app.
    • Add Music Manually now includes track count, duration, editorial notes, and rating as fields.
    • Find Music now supports finding items by their ID.
    • Show Music can be customizable to either open the item in its source app or view it in MusicBox.
    • Add or Edit Notes action was introduced to manipulate notes for an item.
    • Mark as watched now properly updates the Date Played attribute.
  • Services
    • Better support for albums, tracks, and artists from Songwhip and AllMusic.
    • Podcasts from Apple Podcasts will now get the “Podcast” type.
  • User Interface
    • New option to organize new music by genre on the sidebar. To configure, go to Settings → Sidebar.
    • Ability to adjust the sorting order directly from the toolbar.
    • Separate sections for albums and singles when adding via search.
    • Notes can now be added or edited inline in the details pane.
  • Auto-Tagging
    • Editing an Auto-Tagging condition and changing the 'When' attribute no longer unnecessarily clears the 'Contains' field.

Version 1.4.1

Released September 18, 2024

  • • Fixed an issue that could crash the app while scrolling through the music list on macOS Sequoia.

Version 1.4.0

Released September 16, 2024

  • MusicBox’s content is now searchable in Spotlight.
  • Editorial notes can now be translated to your preferred language.

Version 1.3.5

Released June 5, 2024

  • Pinned Tags and Smart Searches now sync across platforms, and there’s no limit to the number of items you can pin.
  • The notes text editor now features live markdown syntax highlighting and improved controls.
  • Search now offers title, artist, notes, and tag as categories for more granular control.
  • New button in the item’s context menu to quickly filter by that artist.
  • New button in the File menu to quickly save music from the clipboard.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause state restoration to not load the previously selected Smart Searches on launch.

Version 1.3.4

Released May 10, 2024

  • Included the option to edit the artist name.
  • Fixed an issue where the URL sent through the musicbox://add?url= URL Scheme was replaced by the URL in the clipboard.

Version 1.3.3

Released Apr 22, 2024

  • Fixed an issue where the app could crash when launched by users with numerous tags and tag folders.
  • Fixed an issue where double-clicking an item would unexpectedly open a window displaying metadata.

Version 1.3.2

Released Apr 20, 2024

  • The music list now indicates which items have a star rating or notes.
  • Included buttons to help with Markdown formatting while editing a note.
  • Support undo (⌘ Z) and redo (⇧ ⌘ Z) functions for operations with music items.
  • Tag and Smart Search folders can now be edited and deleted from the sidebar.
  • Tag folders now display the item count.
  • Improved support for music from Mixcloud.
  • Added an option to remove the Add to MusicBox button from the menu bar.
  • The Find Music shortcut action now supports filtering by URL.
  • New Music Details section in Settings that allows customizing information displayed within the music details panel.

Version 1.3.1

Released Apr 1, 2024

  • The list of supported streaming services has been significantly expanded. If MusicBox couldn't fetch metadata for a music you tried to add before, there's a good chance it can now handle it.
  • MusicBox now also supports a wide range of content types, including articles, posts, and so on. This opens up various possibilities, such as saving links to podcast episodes, album reviews, articles listing top albums, and so on.
  • New menu bar button for quickly adding music when the app is not active.
  • Editorial and notes are now embedded in the music details panel for a more streamlined experience.
  • Settings now embraces a UI design more aligned with the platform.

Version 1.3.0

Released Mar 20, 2024

  • Create folders for Tags and Smart Searches to better organize your music collection.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Played list to not be sorted in reverse chronological order.

Version 1.2.9

Released Mar 14, 2024

  • Added support for Tidal albums, artists, and singles.
  • From this update forward, the Duration attribute will be included for albums, singles, and playlists on compatible platforms. It is also available as a Smart Search and Auto-Tagging condition.
  • You can now create rules for Auto-Tagging based on the year of release.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Shortcuts who receive parameters from the Share Sheet from executing after sharing a music item.

Version 1.2.8

Released Mar 6, 2024

  • You can now view the number of items on each Smart Search
  • Play a random new item when pressing and holding a Tag or Smart Search

Version 1.2.7

Released Feb 17, 2024

  • Pin up to two Tags or Smart Searches at the sidebar for quick access.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering by URL.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering items that do not include a specific tag.
  • Smart Search now supports customizing the criteria between Contains and Doesn’t Contains when filtering by title, artist, genre, label, notes, or URL.
  • Drag & Drop improvements: Drag a tag into an item to assign.
  • New Organize menu now aggregates access to Tags, Auto-Tagging and Smart Search.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause some specific albums to not be added.

Version 1.2.6

Released Dec 12, 2023

  • Streamlined navigation by opening associated elements in sheets within the same window, rather than launching multiple new windows.
  • Added Set and Mix to the list of possible item types.
  • Added Date Played as a possible attribute for filtering and sorting music in the Find Music shortcut action.
  • It is now possible to show the Date Played as Metadata #1 or Metadata #2 in the List and Grid layout.
  • You can now select and copy the album title and artist name in the album details view.
  • Fix: Importing music from a playlist no longer duplicates existing items.
  • Fix: Marking an item as played from the Batch Edit view now sets the Date Played attribute.

Version 1.2.5

Released Nov 13, 2023

  • The large widget now shows 16 albums when configured with the Minimal UI option.

Version 1.2.3

Released Sep 26, 2023

  • Interactive Widgets: Edit a large or extra-large widget to customize and configure interactive Tags and Smart Searches.
  • New Add Music Manually shortcut action allows you to add music manually by filling in all the required metadata.
  • Command-F now activates the search field.
  • The Played section now always sorts items by the date played attribute.