LosslessSwitcher
Automated Apple Music Lossless Sample Rate Switching for Audio Devices on Macs.
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
About LosslessSwitcher
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LosslessSwitcher switches your current audio device's sample rate to match the currently playing lossless song on your Apple Music app, automatically.
Let's say if the next song that you are playing, is a Hi-Res Lossless track with a sample rate of 192kHz, LosslessSwitcher will switch your device to that sample rate as soon as possible.
The opposite happens, when the next track happens to have a lower sample rate.
For macOS Big Sur 11.4 to macOS Sonoma 14.x
Please use releases of version 1.x, such as versions 1.0, 1.1 or 1.1.1 betas (opens in a new tab). Version 1.x also works up to macOS Sequoia 15.3.1.
You can find the latest stable release of the version 1.x branch here: Link to v1.1 (opens in a new tab)
For macOS Sequoia 15.4 onwards
Support for this is still in beta. You can try the latest version 2.0 beta here: Link to v2.0 Beta 1 (opens in a new tab)
Steps
- Download the
.zipfile of the preferred version. - Drag the app to your Applications folder.
If you wish to have it running when logging in, you should be able to add LosslessSwitcher in System Settings:
App details
There isn't much going on, when it comes to the UI of the app, as most of the logic is to:
- Read Apple Music's logs to know the song's sample rate.
- Set the sample rate to the device that you are currently playing to.
As such, the app lives on your menu bar. The screenshot above shows it's only UI component that it offers, which is to show the sample rate that it has parsed from Apple Music's logs.
If you wish, the sample rate can also be directly visible as the menu bar item.
Do also note that:
- There may be short interuptions to your audio playback, during the time where the app attempts to switch the sample rates.
- Prolonged use on MacBooks may accelerate battery usages, due to the frequent querying of the latest sample rate.
Bit Depth switching is also supported, although, enabling it will reduce detection accuracy, hence, it is not recommended.
Why make this?
Ever since Apple Music Lossless launched along with macOS 11.4, the app would never switch the sample rates according to the song that was playing. A trip down to the Audio MIDI Setup app was required. This still happens today, with macOS 12.3.1, despite iOS's Music app having such an ability.
I think this improvement might be well appreciated by many, hence this project is here, free and open source.
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 2.0
- Updated
- Feb 28, 2026
- Size
- 808 KB
- License
- GNU GPL 3.0
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for 2.0
- Released
- Feb 28, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 2K
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
CopyleftGNU GPL 3.0
Use and change it freely; anything built from it must be shared under the same license, with its source.
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Signed by Vincent Neo (3X69W4AQD6)
Apple Developer ID team 3X69W4AQD6
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 bf2cd61b9afa1a0caa7a491b25ccb2cc12f09db3b9831c0d814854083dceae8a
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
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Versions
2.0checked
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
ZIP · 808 KB
Questions about LosslessSwitcher
Is LosslessSwitcher free?
Yes. LosslessSwitcher is free and open source under the GNU GPL 3.0. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is LosslessSwitcher safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of LosslessSwitcher from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 2.0 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does LosslessSwitcher run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. LosslessSwitcher has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does LosslessSwitcher need to run?
LosslessSwitcher needs macOS Sequoia (15) or later.
Who makes LosslessSwitcher?
LosslessSwitcher is an open source project by Vincent Neo on GitHub (vincentneo/LosslessSwitcher). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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