visualstackk

Re:Show HN: AutoPause – macOS utility that auto-pauses media when mic ... on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:25AM (#44824179)

> I only have one meeting a month nowadays so I might take a look if that situation ever changes (hopefully it doesn't!).

I'm happy for you

> So the macOS app sets up a local webserver on some port that the Chrome extensions knows about in advance? Smart, kinda like how I had to do an auth flow for one of my CLI apps.

Exactly like this! Some caveats there since Chrome actually shuts down extensions after 30 seconds or so if nothing happens (so you need to keep firing off messages across the connection to keep the extension alive).

Show HN: AutoPause – macOS utility that auto-pauses media when mic is in use

Posted by visualstackk on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:00AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autopause/id6747332615?mt=12

I often listen to Spotify or YouTube while working, but every time I joined a quick Slack call or used voice dictation, I had to scramble to pause my music and then remember to resume it afterwards (this is made worse by headphones on OSX switching to Bluetooth audio profiles when the mic is in use - if you know you know )I built AutoPause to remove that step. It’s a small macOS menu bar app...

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