Guides on per-app audio, volume control, and sound on macOS.https://mixdesk.app/https://mixdesk.app/blog/mac-volume-mixer-like-windows/https://mixdesk.app/blog/mac-volume-mixer-like-windows/Switched from a PC and miss the right-click Volume Mixer? Here's the closest thing on macOS, and where it matches Windows and where it honestly doesn't.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/mute-app-mac-fast/https://mixdesk.app/blog/mute-app-mac-fast/One app suddenly blares and you want it silent NOW. Here are the fastest ways to mute a single app on a Mac, and the one-click way from the menu bar.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/sound-control-alternative-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/sound-control-alternative-mac/Sound Control by Static Z Software gave every app its own volume and EQ, but it's effectively unmaintained on modern macOS. Here are your real options today.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/youtube-mute-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/youtube-mute-mac/An autoplay YouTube video or a mid-roll ad blasts out of nowhere. Here's how to mute YouTube on a Mac fast — the tab-mute trick and a one-click browser mute.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/background-music-app-alternative-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/background-music-app-alternative-mac/Background Music is free and popular, but it installs an audio driver and can break. Here's a maintained, no-driver alternative for per-app control on the Mac.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/best-menu-bar-volume-control-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/best-menu-bar-volume-control-mac/The built-in Mac volume control is one slider in the menu bar. Here's what a good menu-bar volume app should do, and the native, one-click pick I'd reach for.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/control-spotify-volume-separately-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/control-spotify-volume-separately-mac/Spotify blasting while everything else sits quiet? Here's why Spotify's own volume is clumsy on a Mac, and how to give it a proper separate slider.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/lower-mute-music-during-calls-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/lower-mute-music-during-calls-mac/Music blasting when a Zoom call starts? Here's how to quickly mute or lower music and browser audio on your Mac the moment you join a call.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/mute-browser-chrome-safari-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/mute-browser-chrome-safari-mac/A hidden tab starts blasting an autoplay ad and you can't find it. Here's how to mute Chrome, Safari, or Firefox on a Mac fast — tab by tab, or all at once.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/one-app-too-loud-mac-fix/https://mixdesk.app/blog/one-app-too-loud-mac-fix/One app blasting while everything else is fine? Here's why macOS gives you a single slider, and how to find the loud app and turn it down or mute it fast.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/soundsource-alternative-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/soundsource-alternative-mac/SoundSource is excellent but costs $47 and does a lot. If you just want to see levels, mute anything, and control your music, MixDesk is $9. Here's how to pick.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/balance-app-audio-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/balance-app-audio-mac/Game too loud over your call? Music drowning out a podcast? Here's how to balance the volume of different apps on a Mac.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/see-apps-using-audio-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/see-apps-using-audio-mac/Hearing sound but can't tell where it's coming from? Here's how to find which app is using your Mac's audio right now.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/why-no-mac-volume-mixer/https://mixdesk.app/blog/why-no-mac-volume-mixer/Windows has had a per-app volume mixer for over a decade. The Mac still doesn't. Here's the actual reason, and what you can do about it.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/mute-specific-app-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/mute-specific-app-mac/You want to silence one noisy app and leave the rest playing. macOS makes that harder than it should be. Here's how to do it.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mixdesk.app/blog/per-app-volume-control-mac/https://mixdesk.app/blog/per-app-volume-control-mac/macOS only gives you one volume slider for everything. Here are the real options for setting the volume of individual apps, from free workarounds to a proper mixer.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT