GroovSide

GroovSide

Now playing, on a turntable.

Whatever you play in Apple Music or Spotify spins as a record on your Mac's desktop, right behind your icons. The cover becomes the label, the needle follows the song, and the longer you listen, the more little visitors drop by.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store $4.99 · macOS 14 or later
Shown with the built-in preview albums.

Side A

On the record

  1. A1
    Every album gets its own recordThe cover becomes the label, and the room takes on its colors. The tonearm follows the song and leaves a line in the groove.
  2. A2
    Real LP sidesUp to six songs a side. When a side ends, the record is lifted and turned over, or swapped for the next one.
  3. A3
    7-inch singlesA short song gets a small record with a big label, not a whole LP.
  4. A4
    Rewind like a DJFast-forward or rewind in Apple Music and the record goes with it. A spinback sound if you want one.
  5. A5
    Knobs that workThe volume knob follows your Mac’s volume. Side lamps show which side is on.
  6. A6
    One record per stationLive radio in Apple Music can play on a single record for the whole station, with the station’s logo as the label.

Who drops by

Little visitors show up one by one, up to six at a time. When the music stops, they wave and head home.

To the beat
Dancing, headbanging, breakdancing
Taking it easy
Reading, dozing off, phone calls, a game of tag
Now and then
Running on the spinning record
Late afternoon by the turntable: one visitor runs on the spinning record while others dance, headbang, read, doze off and talk on the phone

Time of day

Sunlight through a window moves across the desk with your Mac's clock, and the whole scene shifts its mood.

The turntable in soft peach morning lightThe turntable in bright noon lightThe turntable in orange sunset lightThe turntable in deep blue night

Your colors

Let the album pick the colors, press it on colored vinyl, or choose your own for the record, background, line, text and tonearm. Put the record on the left, center or right.

See every setting, tab by tab

A teal colored vinyl record
Colored vinylIn the album's own color
A black record with a gold tonearm
Your colorsBlack record, gold tonearm
The turntable placed on the left of the screen
Left, center or rightWherever your icons aren't

Side B

Around your desktop

  1. B1
    Menu bar onlyNo Dock icon. Your icons stay on top, and clicks go straight through to the desktop.
  2. B2
    Every displayPlays on all your screens and keeps clear of the menu bar and Dock.
  3. B3
    Easy on batteryStops drawing when the screen is locked, asleep or covered. 30 fps on battery.
  4. B4
    Record soundsNeedle drop, motor hum, a little crackle. Off until you turn it on.
  5. B5
    No accounts, no trackingIt only reads what’s playing. It never changes your music or opens Music or Spotify by itself. Privacy policy.

From the crate

Four records from the preview crate that comes with the app.

Night scene with a teal colored vinyl record
LP 01Side B Summer · Ocean LabelNight, on teal colored vinyl
Purple colored vinyl with the record on the left and song details on the right
LP 02Lavender Tape · Salt Bread ClubPurple vinyl, record on the left
Sunset scene with a navy turntable and visitors gathering
LP 03Midnight Groove Line · The SpindlesLate afternoon, people gathering on the desk
Pink and green scene with a cream record and visitors around the turntable
LP 04Roller Rink Road · The Pink PlattersCream record, a few visitors around the turntable

All albums shown are the app’s built-in preview albums.

Put a record on.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store

Works with Apple Music (built into macOS) and Spotify.