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    Surprising things you can do on your Mac

    Jun 22, 2021 6 minutes

    SEE YOUR MUSIC

    01 In the Music app you can display a psychedelic light show which reacts to the music as it plays. Press Cmd+T to start and the? key to display the keyboard controls: M changes display mode, A and S add and subtract bits to or from the light show and I shows or hides the track info. If you want to kick it old–school, select Window > Visualizer Settings > Classic Visualizer and you can see the visualizer from the original iTunes. It’s the same menu option to go back to the modern visualizer, but this time just choose Visualizer. Want to see it on your smart TV? If it’s got AirPlay you can mirror your Mac display and see the light show on the big screen.

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