Takes the place of the Sound menu
The system volume, the output list and your apps in one panel, laid out like the menu you already know.
Turn down one app.
Leave the rest alone.
Earshot gives every app on your Mac its own volume and its own output. Quiet the video, keep the music, send the call to your headset, all from a panel that works like the Sound menu.
Download for MacmacOS 26 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · Signed and notarized by Apple
3 apps playingLive
- 1Turn the browser down
- 2Send the music to AirPods
- 3Mute the call
See Earshot in action
A video starts playing over your music
Without Earshot
With Earshot
You lower the whole Mac, and the music goes quiet with the video.
With Earshot
Drag the browser down. The music keeps playing at the level you like.
Music60%
Browser90%
Without Earshot
With Earshot
Every app plays on the same output, picked for the whole Mac.
With Earshot
Pick an output for each app from its row. Apps you leave alone follow the system output.
Without Earshot
With Earshot
You find the app, find its volume, and lose your place.
With Earshot
Press Control-Option-Command with an arrow key or M. It changes the app you are using, or the one that is playing, and needs no Accessibility permission.
⌃⌥⌘↓
Without Earshot
With Earshot
The app jumps to whatever macOS picks next.
With Earshot
Give an app a second choice. It plays there while its first pick is away, and moves back when it returns.
Made to feel like part of macOS
In Control Center too
Add the Earshot control to Control Center and open the panel from there.
Set volume of Music to 40%
Mute Video Call
Send Browser to Speakers
Works with Shortcuts
Actions to open the panel and to set an app's volume, mute it, or pick its output.
Your audio stays on your Mac
Earshot changes the sound as it plays. Nothing is recorded, saved or sent anywhere.
Questions
Why does Earshot ask for Screen & System Audio Recording?
That permission is how macOS lets an app change another app's sound. Earshot uses it only to adjust volume and route audio as it plays. It never records your screen or saves audio.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac that runs macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon or Intel.
How do I get updates?
Earshot checks for updates once a day and asks before installing. You can also choose Check for Updates in the panel.
What happens to apps I don't change?
They play exactly as before, on the system output. Earshot only steps in for the apps you adjust.
How do I remove it?
Quit Earshot from its panel and move it to the Trash. Every app goes back to normal right away.
Give every app its own volume
One download, no account. Earshot lives in your menu bar.
Download for MacmacOS 26 or later