The bottom bar's “Full-screen effects” and “Full screen” buttons are now one “Full screen” button (viewfinder icon). With music playing, it first opens the effects panel above it; click any effect, including “Original”, to go full screen with it. For radio, audiobooks, podcasts, music videos or when nothing plays, it goes full screen right away. Changing effects in full screen keeps you there. Exiting returns you to where you were: the library if you started there, the player if you started there.
With music playing, click “Full screen” in the bottom bar and pick an effect in the panel to go full screen with it.
In full screen, click the button showing the effect name to switch without leaving full screen. The bottom of the panel also has “Keep Screen On”.
Audiobooks and podcasts show the cover, contents and transcript layout in full screen without effects; music videos fill the screen.
⌃⌘F or “Full screen” in the menu bar player enters full screen with the last effect you picked; use it again to exit.
“Exit Full Screen”, Esc, ⌃⌘F or the window's green button all return to where you were, including an open queue or recommendations.
If the window was already full screen on the library, leaving the full-screen player keeps the library in full screen.
Overview
The bottom bar's “Full-screen effects” and “Full screen” buttons are now one “Full screen” button (viewfinder icon). With music playing, it first opens the effects panel above it; click any effect, including “Original”, to go full screen with it. For radio, audiobooks, podcasts, music videos or when nothing plays, it goes full screen right away. Changing effects in full screen keeps you there. Exiting returns you to where you were: the library if you started there, the player if you started there.
Steps
- With music playing, click “Full screen” in the bottom bar and pick an effect in the panel to go full screen with it.
- In full screen, click the button showing the effect name to switch without leaving full screen. The bottom of the panel also has “Keep Screen On”.
- Audiobooks and podcasts show the cover, contents and transcript layout in full screen without effects; music videos fill the screen.
- ⌃⌘F or “Full screen” in the menu bar player enters full screen with the last effect you picked; use it again to exit.
- “Exit Full Screen”, Esc, ⌃⌘F or the window's green button all return to where you were, including an open queue or recommendations.
- If the window was already full screen on the library, leaving the full-screen player keeps the library in full screen.