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It seems it's a bit confusing for people to use the Music & Lyrics app, so we decide to explain how it works in this post. The current Music & Lyrics on the Mac App Store doesn't have the ability to search lyrics on the Internet, this is due to copyright issues. We're working on another Pro version to support that, if we are lucky to get the right to do so.

In the mean time, you need to create lyrics in LRC format (which is the format used by Music & Lyrics) by yourself...

About a month ago we introduced our Music & Lyrics app designed for Mac users. Unfortunately, by now we only got approved to have the rights to use those lyrics in Taiwan. It seems we need to negotiate with every country by ourselves to have the rights for worldwide use. That would be a big challenge for us because we are a two-person team. So, we decided to split the Music & Lyrics app into three variants...

	Music & Lyrics Pro	Music & Lyrics	Music & Lyrics Lite
Search Lyrics on the Internet	Yes	No	No
Ads	No	No	Yes
Free	No	No	Yes

In this post, I will reveal more details about our upcoming lyrics app - Music & Lyrics. If you still have no idea of what Music & Lyrics is, please take a look at our previous post: Introducing the Music & Lyrics for Mac. You won't want to miss it if you're looking for a cool lyrics app for your Mac.

As you should probably know, Music & Lyrics will search lyrics in LRC format on the Internet that corresponded to your playing track in iTunes. What you didn't know is Music & Lyrics comes with a small icon appeared on the menu bar, and which will give you the idea of the current lyrics state.

Do you always have no idea what a singer is singing about? I do, and that's why I always want a great lyrics app for my Mac. Unfortunately, I couldn't even find any one that is good enough for me. So, I decided to write my own one, we named it "Music & Lyrics", a very self-explanatory name.

Unlike other lyrics apps, Music & Lyrics takes advantage of LRC, which is a computer file format that synchronizes song lyrics with an audio file. Therefore you can see the exact lyrics of what a singer is currently singing. (That's all you need to know about LRC, you don't need to understand the details of LRC. Music & Lyrics takes care of it.)

Take a look at this screenshot to get the idea of the Desktop Lyrics in Music & Lyrics. The lyrics displayed at bottom is determined by the current playing position in your iTunes.

We have a new tiny app for Mac, the Midnight. It is available on the Mac App Store.

I developed this app because sometimes I work after midnight with the light turned off. But in this situation, the screen of my iMac is still too bright for me even if I already adjust the brightness to the minimum. I need an app to further reduce the brightness...