Listening Post › Settings
The Settings tab covers app-wide behavior. For configuring your channels, please see Channels.
General
Section titled “General”Show notification when a track is recognized: When enabled, posts a macOS notification each time a song is identified.
- When clicked: What happens when you click the notification. Options depend on which channels are enabled: "Do nothing", open the track in a URL-capable channel (Apple Music, Spotify, Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Deezer), or run a Shortcuts workflow.
- Workflow: Which Shortcuts workflow to run. Only visible when the click action is set to Shortcuts. Loads available workflows from the system.
Show hints throughout the app: Toggles the info-icon hint boxes that explain parts of the UI.
Startup
Section titled “Startup”Start Listening Post at login: When you sign in to your Mac, the app launches.
Show main window on app launch: Open the main window on launch (enabled), or start with just the menu bar icon (disabled).
Auto-start recognizing music on app launch: Begin listening for music immediately when the app starts.
Widgets
Section titled “Widgets”When the "Now Playing" widget is clicked: What should happen when you click the widget? Options depend on which channels are enabled: "Do nothing", open the track in a URL-capable channel (Apple Music, Spotify, Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Deezer). If the selected service doesn't know the track, the click does nothing.
Timing
Section titled “Timing”Publish delay: How long to wait before sending a track to channels. Delete the track within this window to prevent it from being posted. For example, when set to 2 mins, the recognized track will be scrobbled to Last.fm after that 2 mins.