The Mac volume mixer that mutes any app
Your Mac has one volume knob, and that was never enough. MixDesk sits in your menu bar, shows you which app is making noise, and lets you mute it in one click, with real volume sliders for Spotify and Apple Music.
14-day trial, no card. One-time purchase. macOS 14.2 or later · Apple silicon (M1 or later).
MixDesk is a Mac app — it needs macOS 14.2 or later · Apple silicon (M1 or later). You can still buy it here and install it on your Mac later.
This is the whole app
One panel in your menu bar. No windows, no dock icon, no clutter.
Live meters update in real time as each app plays.
What you actually get
The controls the volume key never gave you.
A meter for every app
A live level bar beside every app making sound. Spot the loud one at a glance.
Mute one, not all
Silence one app while the rest plays on. Kill an autoplay ad without pausing your music.
Real sliders for your music
A true volume slider plus play and skip for Spotify and Apple Music, right in the panel.
It waits for you
Pause a track and it lingers in the list for a couple minutes, ready when you are.
No driver, no baggage
Built on Apple's macOS 14.2 audio API. No driver or system extension to install, and nothing in your audio path to break your sound.
Stays on your Mac
No account, no sign-in, no audio ever leaving your machine.
Pay once. Keep it.
Free to try. Buy it if it sticks.
One Mac. Free updates. No renewal.
- Live meters, free forever
- Mute any app
- Volume sliders for Spotify & Apple Music
- Automatic updates
- 14-day trial, no card
Questions people ask
Why doesn't macOS already do this?
Windows has had a per-app volume mixer for years. The Mac never got one. You get a single system volume and that's it, so if two apps are fighting for your ears your only real option is to go mute one of them by hand. MixDesk fills that gap using Apple's own audio APIs.
Do I have to install an audio driver?
No, and that's deliberate. Some older tools route your sound through a virtual driver, which is exactly the kind of thing that breaks after a macOS update. MixDesk uses the built-in tap API on macOS 14.2 and later, so there's nothing sitting between you and your speakers.
Which apps show up?
Anything with a real app behind it: Spotify, Apple Music, Discord, Zoom, games, and your browsers. Audio from a browser tab shows up under the browser, since that's the app actually producing it.
How does the trial work?
You get 14 days with everything turned on, no card required. After that the live meters keep working for free, and a one-time $9 license brings back per-app mute and the music-app volume sliders.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay $9 once and it's yours, updates included.
What do I need to run it?
MixDesk runs on macOS 14.2 or later · Apple silicon (M1 or later).