Apple music app Windows show player time always not just when mouse is over it


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Hi, how can i make it so that the player on Apple Music shows the timer always like previously in iTunes? not just when you have the mouse hovered over it.

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This is what the player is like when you have a song playing and the mouse isn't hover over the player

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This is what the player is like with the mouse hovered over it.

but i want it to look like this the whole time when playing a song, even if my mouse isn't hovered on it.
 

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Hi @dacrone would you be able to test this out :) and see if its possible. This was the default behavior in iTunes the timer would always show when playing a song
 

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I’m not wanting to use mini player or mini player full screen, Just the regular app with timer showing always at top of screen, when song is playing
 

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aaron106 said:
Just the regular app with timer showing always at top of screen, when song is playing
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I realize that.

I'm just saying that it's apparently built into the user interface, not a setting. So if you don't want to use the mini player, either keep the mouse cursor over it or hope that dacrone offers to rebuild Apples Music App.
 

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Maybe something in registry editor could fix this, so the timer is showing always like it used to do in iTunes when playing a song
 

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aaron106 said:
Maybe something in registry editor could fix this, so the timer is showing always like it used to do in iTunes when playing a song
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all i can do is snap the mouse there (or toggle snap/unlock position with a hotkey). unless i can figure out how to create a ghost cursor that doesn't tie up the mouse, i dont think its possible...

why use this app instead of itunes?
 

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@dacrone I want to try use the new app, since iTunes is seriously outdated, if you could figure out how to create a ghost cursor that won’t tie up the mouse that would be great. But no pressure at all, I know that will be very hard
 

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aaron106 said:
@dacrone I want to try use the new app, since iTunes is seriously outdated, if you could figure out how to create a ghost cursor that won’t tie up the mouse that would be great. But no pressure at all, I know that will be very hard
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is this on a laptop or desktop? if laptop, do you use a touchpad or a usb/bluetooth mouse?
 

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ok. was thinking if you had a mouse and the touchpad wasnt used i could try to ghost that. but i'll keep digging
 

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not yet. i havent played with it in the past few days but i have yet to be able to get the ghost cursor to hover at that location. it keeps pulling the visible cursor from its spot. i'll keep testing when i can think of an alternative. may be a bit longer, unless anyone else has any suggestions
 

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