[OS] Audio Priority Bar: rank your headphones, speakers and mics once, and your Mac always uses the best one connected
Problem: macOS uses whatever audio device connected last, so a dock, a monitor or AirPods keep taking your sound and your mic.
What it does
Rank your headphones, speakers and microphones once. Audio Priority Bar always uses the best one that's connected, and switches back when macOS or AirPods change it on their own.
- Profiles for each setup, switched from the panel, a shortcut or a Focus
- Global mic mute with ⌥⇧M in any app, plus a reminder if an app records while you're muted
- Monitors can't take your sound: new HDMI and DisplayPort outputs start hidden
- Jabra on a Link dongle: it knows when the headset is off, and noise cancellation, sidetone and busylight sit right on its row
Comparison
SoundSource (paid) and FineTune (free, macOS 15+) are the ones for per-app volume, EQ and routing, and FineTune has a device priority order too. Audio Priority Bar only picks devices and goes further there: a list for each kind of device, profiles, a global mic mute and the Jabra support. It never processes the audio, and it runs on macOS 14.
Pricing
Free and open source (GPL-3.0). No account, no telemetry.
- GitHub: camguillory/Audio-Priority-Bar
- Homebrew: brew install --cask camguillory/tap/audio-priority-bar
>Not notarized yet: on first launch, open System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
Who's behind it
I'm Camille Guillory, and I maintain it. LinkedIn · Privacy · Terms
23 points · 35 comments
FineTune: macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ (9.9k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
>FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.
Features:
- Per-app volume: Individual sliders and mute for each application
- Per-app volume boost: 2x / 3x / 4x gain presets
- Multi-device output: Route audio to multiple devices simultaneously
- Audio routing: Send apps to different outputs or follow system default
- 10-band EQ: 20 presets across 5 categories
- AutoEQ headphone correction: Search thousands of headphone profiles or import your own ParametricEQ.txt files for per-device frequency response correction
- Input device control: Monitor and adjust microphone levels
- URL schemes: Automate volume, mute, device routing, and more from scripts
>brew install --cask finetune
Repository
ronitsingh10/FineTune
Repository stats
|Metric|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Stars|9,906|
|Forks|388|
|Last release|v1.9.0 (2026-07-09)|
|Languages|Swift 99.9%, Shell 0.1%|
|Contributors|21|
|AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None|
|AI co-authored commits|None|
Main contributor
|Field|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Name|Ronit Singh|
|GitHub|@ronitsingh10|
|Commits to this repo|576 (top contributor)|
|Company / Location|United States|
|Followers|112|
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[OS] Audio Priority Bar: rank your headphones, speakers and mics once, and your Mac always uses the best one connected Problem: macOS uses whatever audio device connected last, so a dock, a monitor or AirPods keep taking your sound and your mic. What it does Rank your headphones, speakers and microphones once. Audio Priority Bar always uses the best one that's connected, and switches back when macOS or AirPods change it on their own. - Profiles for each setup, switched from the panel, a shortcut or a Focus - Global mic mute with ⌥⇧M in any app, plus a reminder if an app records while you're muted - Monitors can't take your sound: new HDMI and DisplayPort outputs start hidden - Jabra on a Link dongle: it knows when the headset is off, and noise cancellation, sidetone and busylight sit right on its row Comparison SoundSource (paid) and FineTune (free, macOS 15+) are the ones for per-app volume, EQ and routing, and FineTune has a device priority order too. Audio Priority Bar only picks devices and goes further there: a list for each kind of device, profiles, a global mic mute and the Jabra support. It never processes the audio, and it runs on macOS 14. Pricing Free and open source (GPL-3.0). No account, no telemetry. - GitHub: camguillory/Audio-Priority-Bar - Homebrew: brew install --cask camguillory/tap/audio-priority-bar >Not notarized yet: on first launch, open System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Who's behind it I'm Camille Guillory, and I maintain it. LinkedIn · Privacy · Terms
FineTune: macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ (9.9k stars) What it does All text below is quoted directly from the project README. >FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource. Features: - Per-app volume: Individual sliders and mute for each application - Per-app volume boost: 2x / 3x / 4x gain presets - Multi-device output: Route audio to multiple devices simultaneously - Audio routing: Send apps to different outputs or follow system default - 10-band EQ: 20 presets across 5 categories - AutoEQ headphone correction: Search thousands of headphone profiles or import your own ParametricEQ.txt files for per-device frequency response correction - Input device control: Monitor and adjust microphone levels - URL schemes: Automate volume, mute, device routing, and more from scripts >brew install --cask finetune Repository ronitsingh10/FineTune Repository stats |Metric|Value| |:-|:-| |Stars|9,906| |Forks|388| |Last release|v1.9.0 (2026-07-09)| |Languages|Swift 99.9%, Shell 0.1%| |Contributors|21| |AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None| |AI co-authored commits|None| Main contributor |Field|Value| |:-|:-| |Name|Ronit Singh| |GitHub|@ronitsingh10| |Commits to this repo|576 (top contributor)| |Company / Location|United States| |Followers|112| ────────────────────────────── 📌 How many great GitHub repos have you discovered and completely forgotten about? Don't let another useful tool disappear into your Reddit feed. Get the community's best repos, organized by category, plus key takeaways from real developer discussions, delivered to your inbox twice a week. 📬 Never lose track of great repos again. Subscribe free.
😤 开视频会议，别的 App 声音一起盖过来。FineTune 9 千星，Mac 上分应用调音量：每个软件一个音量条，浏览器会议音乐各调各的，还能把声音单独送到某个耳机，菜单栏点开就用。 ronitsingh10/FineTune