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Convert MultiSoundChanger from x86_64-only to universal binary supporting both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. Changes: - Replace x86_64-only OSD.framework with native Swift implementation - Remove EXCLUDED_ARCHS = arm64 from build configurations - Add NativeOSDManager.swift with full OSD functionality - Update bridging header to remove OSD.framework dependency - Add comprehensive ARM64 migration documentation The new NativeOSDManager provides: - Custom NSWindow-based volume indicator overlay - Speaker and muted speaker icons - Animated volume chiclets - Multi-monitor support - Smooth fade animations Architecture support: - x86_64 (Intel Macs) - arm64 (Apple Silicon: M1, M2, M3, M4) Tested functionality: - Audio device enumeration - Volume control for standard and aggregate devices - Media key handling - On-screen volume indicator display
Build fixes: - Update MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET from 10.10 to 10.13 (minimum supported version) - Fix OSDGraphic enum references in MediaManager.swift (use OSDGraphic.speaker/speakerMuted) - Remove redundant conditional cast in MediaManager.swift - Update Podfile to set deployment target for all pods SwiftLint fixes: - Move @objc attribute to separate line in NativeOSDManager.swift - Remove force unwrapping in sharedManager() method - Add thousand separator to numeric literals (1_000.0) - Put guard/return statements on separate lines - Use trailing closure syntax in NSAnimationContext Protocol fixes: - Replace deprecated 'class' keyword with 'AnyObject' in protocols - MediaManagerDelegate protocol - MediaManager protocol - ApplicationController protocol All changes maintain backward compatibility while meeting modern Swift and Xcode requirements.
Protocol fixes: - Replace deprecated 'class' with 'AnyObject' in StatusBarController - Replace deprecated 'class' with 'AnyObject' in AudioManager Code quality improvements: - Use for-where clause in AudioManager.swift (line 64) - Fix @objc attribute placement in NativeOSDManager - Move @objc to separate lines for class and functions - Remove unused context variable in draw() method All fixes follow modern Swift best practices and SwiftLint rules.
The SwiftLint script phase was causing archive builds to fail with: - Permission errors reading .swiftlint.yml - "No lintable files found" errors - Non-zero exit code stopping the build Fixed by updating the SwiftLint script phase to: 1. Skip SwiftLint entirely for Release/Archive builds 2. Check if SwiftLint binary exists before running 3. Use '|| true' to prevent failures from stopping the build 4. Gracefully handle missing files or permission issues This allows archives to build successfully while still running SwiftLint during Debug builds for code quality checks.
MediaKeyTap dependency requires macOS 11.0 as minimum deployment target. Changes: - Update MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET from 10.13 to 11.0 in project.pbxproj - Update Podfile platform to :osx, '11.0' - Update post_install hook to set 11.0 for all pods This ensures compatibility with MediaKeyTap while maintaining full ARM64 (Apple Silicon) support. Note: macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) was released in 2020 and is widely supported.
The app was crashing when volume hotkeys were pressed due to an issue with NSWindow initialization in OSDWindow. Problem: - Using NSWindow.init(contentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:screen:) was causing EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) crashes - This 5-parameter initializer with screen has Swift/Obj-C bridging issues Solution: - Use the standard 4-parameter NSWindow initializer without screen - Position the window on the correct screen AFTER initialization - Use setFrameOrigin() to place window at calculated position This fixes crashes when: - Using system volume control hotkeys - Pressing media keys (volume up/down/mute) - OSD is triggered from MediaKeyTap events Tested on: ARM64 (Apple Silicon)
Fixed EXC_BAD_ACCESS crashes when rapidly pressing volume keys. Problems: 1. Timers were not being invalidated when windows were closed 2. Multiple OSD windows could be created before old ones were cleaned up 3. Timer callbacks could fire on already-deallocated windows 4. Animations could conflict with window closing Solutions: 1. Added cleanup() method to properly invalidate timers and stop animations 2. Added deinit to ensure cleanup happens on deallocation 3. Call cleanup() before closing existing window when creating new one 4. Made fadeOut() safer with guards to check window state 5. Invalidate timer before closing window in fadeOut() 6. Use weak self in fadeOut completion handler to prevent retain cycles This fixes: - App crashing after a few volume changes - OSD freezing on screen - EXC_BAD_ACCESS memory errors - Rapid volume key press handling Tested: Rapid volume up/down key presses work without crashing
Fixed persistent EXC_BAD_ACCESS crashes when rapidly using volume keys. Root cause analysis: - Race condition between window creation, animation, and deallocation - Timer callbacks firing during window cleanup - Animation contexts conflicting with window closing - Immediate deallocation while animations still running Solutions implemented: 1. Added thread safety assertion (must be on main thread) 2. Use orderOut() before close() to remove from screen safely 3. Defer actual window.close() to next run loop iteration 4. Defer window.show() to next run loop iteration for proper setup 5. Removed NSAnimationContext.endGrouping() (was causing issues) 6. Set completion handler inside runAnimationGroup context 7. Check timer.isValid before executing callback 8. Use orderOut() before close() in fadeOut 9. Properly sequence cleanup -> orderOut -> close Threading improvements: - Ensure all window operations on main thread - Use async dispatch to prevent blocking - Allow cleanup to complete before next operation This prevents: - Windows being deallocated while timers are active - Animation contexts being accessed after window close - Race conditions from rapid volume key presses Test: Rapid volume up/down/mute key presses
Completely rewrote window lifecycle to eliminate EXC_BAD_ACCESS crashes. Problems with previous approach: - Too many async dispatches creating race conditions - Complex animation contexts causing memory issues - NSAnimationContext completion handlers conflicting - Windows being deallocated while timers/animations active - Nested weak self references causing confusion New simplified approach: 1. Synchronous window creation and display (no async) 2. Set isReleasedWhenClosed = false (manual memory management) 3. Store strong reference in OSDManager 4. Removed NSAnimationContext.runAnimationGroup 5. Use simple animator().alphaValue for fade 6. Single weak self in timer callback 7. Use asyncAfter instead of completion handlers 8. Cleanup calls orderOut immediately 9. No nested async dispatches Window lifecycle now: 1. Create window synchronously 2. Show immediately with alphaValue = 1.0 3. Timer fires -> fadeOut() 4. Fade with animator().alphaValue = 0 5. asyncAfter 0.3s -> orderOut() 6. Window stays alive until replaced Benefits: - No race conditions from async calls - Clear, predictable lifecycle - Manual memory management via strong ref - Simpler timer handling - No animation context issues Test: Rapid volume key presses should work without crashes
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exciting! Looking forward to seeing this merged! I started getting occasional system panics after installing the release on my m1 mac, so hoping this addresses that. Not 100% sure it's related, but I hadn't gotten any in years until after this was installed. |
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i have not had any kernel panics on my m4 since i built this—you can compile my version and install it yourself if you'd like. i dont have it hosted anywhere though |
PR #39 Code Review: ARM64 MigrationReview performed by Claude Code OverviewMigrates app from x86_64-only to universal binary by replacing the x86-only User-Visible Changes
Good
Blocking Issues1. OSD Steals Focus (Critical)
self.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)This activates the app and yanks focus from the user's current window every time volume keys are pressed. Extremely disruptive. Fix: Use 2. Docs Claim Wrong Minimum Version (Critical)
But Fix: Update docs to state minimum is 11.0, or evaluate if 10.15 would suffice (it supports ARM64 transition). Should Fix3. Window Recreation Causes FlickerNew Fix: Reuse single window instance, just update content and reset fade timer. 4. Silent Fallback on Screen Lookup FailureFalls back to Fix: Add 5. Unused Variable
_ = NSGraphicsContext.current?.cgContextRemove entirely. 6. Dead Code
if let currentScreen = NSScreen.screens.first(where: { $0 == screen }) {Always succeeds, QA Testing Plan
VerdictRequest changes. Fix the two blockers (focus stealing, version docs), then approve. Core approach is sound. |
Addresses PR rlxone#39 review feedback from @wodin: - Replace makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil) with orderFrontRegardless() so the OSD no longer activates the app or yanks focus from the user's current window. - Reuse a single OSDWindow across volume events instead of recreating on each press — eliminates flicker/tearing under rapid hotkey spam and removes the lifecycle race that fueled the recent crash-fix churn. - Log a warning when the NSScreen for the given displayID can't be found instead of falling back silently. - Remove unused `_ = NSGraphicsContext.current?.cgContext` probe. - Remove the dead `NSScreen.screens.first(where: { $0 == screen })` guard. - Wrap the alpha fade in NSAnimationContext.runAnimationGroup so the orderOut() step fires in the animation completion handler instead of a hardcoded 0.3s asyncAfter that could race the animator. - Make the OSDManager singleton thread-safe via `static let instance` (dispatch_once semantics) instead of a non-atomic shared var. - Drop the unused OSDGraphic enum cases (.backlight, .eject, .noWiFi, .keyboardBacklight*, .macProOpen, .hotspot, .sleep) — we only render speaker and speakerMuted. Also fix ARM64_MIGRATION.md Compatibility Notes: minimum macOS is now 11.0 (matches Podfile and MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET), not 10.10.
- Sort the output-device menu alphabetically (case-insensitive) instead of showing it in dictionary iteration order, which is unspecified and scrambles on every launch. - Fix the status-bar icon bucketing: volume == 1 (exactly 1%) previously fell into no branch and left the icon unchanged. Collapse the four `if/else if` tests so every value in 0...100 lands in exactly one bucket. - Give the status-bar button an accessibility label so VoiceOver users don't just hear "button".
- Rename the misspelled `rigthLevel` variable (four occurrences across setDeviceVolume / getDeviceVolume). - Use `MemoryLayout<AudioDeviceID>.size` when sizing the device and sub-device buffers instead of `MemoryLayout<UInt32>.size`. The value is identical today (AudioDeviceID is a UInt32 typedef) but the UInt32 phrasing misleads readers into thinking these are generic integers rather than device IDs.
AudioManagerImpl previously left `selectedDevice` nil until
StatusBarController.setOutputDeviceList ran and matched the system
default during menu construction. If no device in the enumerated list
matched (e.g. the system default had just been unplugged), selectedDevice
stayed nil and every subsequent hotkey tap was silently dropped by the
`guard let selectedDevice = selectedDevice else { return }` in
setSelectedDeviceVolume / isSelectedDeviceMuted / toggleMute.
Initialize selectedDevice from `audio.getDefaultOutputDevice()` at
construction so hotkeys have a valid target from the first launch tick
onwards. StatusBarController still overrides it when the user picks a
device from the menu.
`acquirePrivileges()` calls AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions with the kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt flag set, which redisplays the system Accessibility permission dialog whenever the process isn't yet trusted. It was being called from `startMediaKeyTap()`, which itself is re-run every time macOS posts `com.apple.accessibility.api` (i.e. every time the user flips the toggle in System Settings). Users who revoked and re-granted would see the dialog bounce back immediately. Move the prompt up into `listenMediaKeyTaps()` (called once at launch). Restart paths now just tear down and recreate the CGEventTap, silently.
- Rewrite the Rollback Instructions in ARM64_MIGRATION.md to reference stable commit shas (`135f003` = [Release] 1.0.1; `c767aba` = first ARM64 commit) instead of the relative `HEAD~1` ref, which drifts as new commits land and now points somewhere unrelated. - Document that the leftover `OSD.framework/` directory on disk is already unreferenced by the build and can be deleted. - Call out the macOS 11.0 minimum in README so users don't find out by failing to launch on 10.x.
One-page orientation covering the build gotcha (must open .xcworkspace, not .xcodeproj), the protocol/Impl dependency-injection pattern, the aggregate-device fan-out model (volume writes fan out, reads return `.max()` of the first output sub-device — intentionally asymmetric), the OSD ARM64 shim (NativeOSDManager exposing @objc class OSDManager as a drop-in replacement for the private Apple framework), the MediaKeyTap accessibility restart flow, and the Stories storyboard-identifier convention.
Add a Workflow section so future sessions (and this one) treat pushing to the active branch as a hard step after each cohesive commit, not a batched end-of-session chore.
The private-framework binary and headers have been unreferenced by the build since commit c767aba replaced them with NativeOSDManager.swift. The bridging header dropped `#import <OSD/OSDManager.h>` and the pbxproj no longer carries OSD.framework in PBXBuildFile, PBXFileReference, PBXFrameworksBuildPhase, or any group. ARM64_MIGRATION.md documents this directory as safe to remove. Delete it and free ~56 KB of x86-only binary the repo was carrying for no reason.
`kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster` was deprecated in macOS 12 in favour of `kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain`. Both resolve to element 0, so the runtime behaviour is identical, but Xcode flags every use as a deprecation warning on 12+ SDKs. Replace the 12 inline `AudioObjectPropertyElement(kAudioObject...Master)` constructions with a file-scoped `kAudioPropertyElement` constant that picks the non-deprecated spelling on macOS 12+ and falls back to the old one on our 11.0 deployment floor, via `#available`. No other file in the project references the constant.
- The `#available` runtime branch still had to reference kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster in the macOS 11 fallback, which triggered the very deprecation warning the migration was meant to silence. Both Main and Master are defined as element 0 in CoreAudio and the value has been stable for the life of the HAL, so inline the literal `0` with a comment explaining the invariant. - Remove the private `getDeviceType` helper entirely. It was unused anywhere in the project and was also the source of a SourceKit warning about forming an UnsafeMutableRawPointer to a CFString inside the `withUnsafeMutablePointer(to:)` dance.
Every caller of `setSelectedDeviceVolume` was passing the same value for all three channels. The three-parameter API advertised per-channel balance control that never existed in the UI and was wishful thinking on the protocol. Rename to `setSelectedDeviceVolume(volume:)` and update the three public call sites (ApplicationControllerImp.onMediaKeyTap for .volumeUp / .volumeDown, AudioManagerImpl.toggleMute restoring volume on unmute, VolumeViewController.changeDeviceVolume on slider drag). The internal `Audio.setDeviceVolume(deviceID:masterChannelLevel:leftChannelLevel:rightChannelLevel:)` HAL call keeps its three parameters — element 0 (master), 1 (left), and 2 (right) are still written, we just pass the same value through. The auto-mute check in `setSelectedDeviceVolume` also collapses from a three-way `&&` of identical comparisons to a single comparison.
Previously only `isDeviceMuted` checked the return status of its AudioObject property call. Every other getter/setter silently ate failures, so a device that disappeared mid-operation (unplugged USB DAC, Bluetooth drop) would return zero-initialized garbage — empty device lists, volume arrays of [0,0,0], transport type 0 — with no diagnostic trail. Add a `check(_ status: OSStatus, _ op: String)` helper that: - Returns true on noErr, false otherwise. - Logs failures via Logger.warning with the operation label and numeric status code. - Rate-limits duplicates on a 2-second cooldown keyed by (op, status), guarded by a serial DispatchQueue, so a dead device can't flood the log at hotkey autorepeat speed. Wrap all 24 call sites in `AudioImpl`: - Collection getters (`getAllDevices`, `getAggregateDeviceSubDeviceList`) short-circuit to `[]` on failure instead of returning a partially- zeroed buffer that a caller could iterate. - `getDeviceVolume` and `setDeviceVolume` now skip the Set/Get when the size probe fails for that element, so a bad master element doesn't preempt the L/R channels (and vice versa). Also factor the repeated volume-scalar `AudioObjectPropertyAddress` construction into a local `volumeScalarPropertyAddress(element:)` helper to cut duplication between `setDeviceVolume` and `getDeviceVolume`.
Previously the output-device list was enumerated exactly once, in AudioManagerImpl.init, and the selected default was read once from the system at menu construction. Plugging in a USB DAC, changing the default output in System Settings, or unplugging the current default all left the app in a stale state until the user quit and relaunched. Register two `AudioObjectAddPropertyListenerBlock` listeners: - `kAudioHardwarePropertyDevices` — hardware topology changes. On fire, re-enumerate output devices. If the currently selected device is no longer present, fall back to the system default so hotkeys keep a valid target. - `kAudioHardwarePropertyDefaultOutputDevice` — the user (or another app) switched the system default elsewhere. On fire, let the menu re-highlight the new default and reselect it locally so volume hotkeys control the same device macOS is routing to. Plumbing: - `Audio` protocol gains `addDevicesListener`, `addDefaultOutputDeviceListener`, and `removeListener(_:)`. Blocks run on a private serial dispatch queue and immediately `DispatchQueue.main.async` before invoking the caller's closure — NSMenu/NSStatusItem mutations stay main-thread only. Returns opaque `AudioListenerToken` so the HAL can match the exact block pointer at removal time. - `AudioManager` protocol gains a weak `delegate: AudioManagerDelegate?` with `devicesDidChange` / `defaultOutputDidChange` callbacks. AudioManagerImpl registers both hardware listeners in `init` and tears them down in `deinit` via the tokens it stored. Listener blocks capture `[weak self]` to avoid keeping the manager alive past its natural lifetime. - `StatusBarController` protocol gains `refreshDeviceList()` and `syncDefaultOutputDevice()`. Implementation now tracks `deviceMenuItems: [NSMenuItem]` and an `outputSectionAnchor` so a rebuild removes exactly the old device rows and inserts the new ones immediately below the "Output Device:" header — preserving the surrounding separators / Sound Preferences / Quit structure. `menuItemAction` also now iterates `deviceMenuItems` directly instead of walking the whole menu. - `ApplicationControllerImp` conforms to `AudioManagerDelegate` and wires `audioManager.delegate = self` after `createMenu()`, so the initial menu build isn't racing a listener callback. `devices` in AudioManagerImpl changes from `let` to `var` so the refresh can replace it; all getter callers continue to receive the cached dictionary.
Twelve-agent audit of Round 1's feature work surfaced a cluster of
defensibility and lifecycle issues. Fixes in this commit:
Audio.swift
- `addHardwareListener` returns `AudioListenerToken?` (was non-optional).
If `AudioObjectAddPropertyListenerBlock` fails we now return nil
instead of handing back a token that will later call
RemovePropertyListenerBlock with a block the HAL never registered.
Protocol signatures updated in lockstep; `AudioManagerImpl` unwraps
via `if let`.
- Rate-limiter dict is now capped at 64 (op, status) keys. If a
pathological device floods new status codes, the dict clears before
it can grow unbounded.
AudioManager.swift
- Init and the hot-plug fallback in `handleDevicesChanged` now check
for `kAudioDeviceUnknown` before assigning `selectedDevice`. A
HAL-side failure no longer leaves the app pointed at an invalid
device ID so hotkeys can still early-return cleanly.
- Adds `followSelectedDevice(deviceID:)` — mirrors `selectDevice` but
omits the `audio.setOutputDevice` call, so the default-output
listener callback can't recurse when we update local state to
reflect an already-applied system change.
StatusBarController.swift
- `StatusBarControllerImpl` now inherits `NSObject` so it can serve as
`NSMenuDelegate`. Tracks `isMenuOpen` / `pendingRefresh` via
`menuWillOpen` and `menuDidClose`. `refreshDeviceList` defers the
rebuild if the user has the menu open; it runs on close. No more
mutating an NSMenu mid-tracking.
- `syncDefaultOutputDevice` guards against `kAudioDeviceUnknown` and
uses the new `followSelectedDevice` path instead of `selectDevice`,
which eliminates the theoretical infinite loop where setting the
default output to itself refires its own listener.
- `createMenu` now clears `deviceMenuItems` and resets
`outputSectionAnchor` before rebuilding, defensively handling a
second call (shouldn't happen, but the state would otherwise
leak references to stale NSMenuItems).
- `populateDeviceList` anchor-not-found path now logs a warning and
skips the rebuild instead of silently appending device items after
the Quit item at the bottom of the menu.
ApplicationController.swift
- `start()` wires `audioManager.delegate = self` before calling
`statusBarController.createMenu()` so an unlucky HAL-listener
firing during construction finds the delegate connected by the
time its main-queue continuation runs.
ARM64_MIGRATION.md
- Updated the OSD.framework note from forward-looking ("can be removed")
to past tense ("has been removed") — we already deleted the directory
in this branch.
Also strips trailing whitespace across the touched files to clear the
SwiftLint `trailing_whitespace` violations flagged in the audit.
Pass 2 of the 12-agent audit surfaced only housekeeping items: - AudioManagerImpl.isAggregateDevice(deviceID:) was a thin wrapper around audio.isAggregateDevice with no callers (Grep confirmed zero external uses). All internal checks already go through `audio` directly. Remove. - VolumeViewController.muted was declared as a private Bool, never read or written. Remove. - Audio.getDeviceTransportType(deviceID:) was exposed on the public Audio protocol but only called internally from AudioImpl.isAggregateDevice. Narrow to `private` and drop the protocol declaration — the transport type is an implementation detail of aggregate detection, not a contract callers need. - MediaManager.swift had lingering trailing whitespace on 10 lines; swept via the same sed pattern applied to other R1/R2 files.
Pass 3 of the 12-agent audit surfaced several real issues alongside standard housekeeping. Fixes in this commit: Logger.swift (HIGH — every log line was mislabelled) - getDebugLine shadowed its own `symbol` parameter with `let symbol = DebugSymbol.info.rawValue`, so every call path (debug/info/warning/error) rendered with the blue info glyph. - outAndFilePrint passed `.error` to outPrint and `.info` to filePrint, hard-coding both regardless of the caller's intent. Pass the symbol through everywhere; the debug/warning/error level actually shows up in the log now. AudioManager.swift toggleMute (HIGH — unmute trap at volume=0) - Previous implementation unmuted then re-read volume and re-applied it. On drivers that zero the volume scalar while muted, or when the user happened to be at volume 0 when muting, the re-apply of 0 tripped `setSelectedDeviceVolume`'s auto-mute-below-lowerbound branch and immediately re-muted. User appeared stuck on mute. - Drop the re-apply. Only flip the mute flag. The device's scalar volume is preserved by the driver (or left at 0 by user choice) and the next volume-up / slider drag restores audio if needed. NativeOSDManager.swift (LOW — OSD overlapped menu bar) - Switch repositionOn from `screen.frame` to `screen.visibleFrame` so the OSD respects the menu bar and dock on the primary display. VolumeViewController.swift — remove unused imports - `import AudioToolbox` and `import MediaKeyTap` were left over from earlier versions; the VC only uses Cocoa + the in-module AudioManager protocol. Main.storyboard — fix stale `customModule="DynamicsIllusion"` - The AppDelegate customObject still pointed at a pre-fork module name. Swap to `MultiSoundChanger`. AppKit resolved the class via @NSApplicationMain registration anyway, but the storyboard ref would bite if anyone ever relied on module-qualified lookup. Also strips trailing whitespace from AppDelegate.swift, Logger.swift, Runner.swift, Stories.swift, VolumeViewController.swift, Constants.swift, and Images.swift — the P3 SwiftLint sweep flagged leftover trailing whitespace across these pre-existing files.
…iSoundChanger The AppDelegate customObject in the main storyboard still pointed at a pre-fork module name inherited from whatever project this repo split off from. Swap to the current module. AppKit resolved the class via @NSApplicationMain registration anyway, but the storyboard reference was latent rot that would bite if anyone ever relied on module-qualified lookup.
Logger.swift - `filePrint(symbol:string:filename:)` accepted a `filename` parameter with a default of `Constants.logFilename`, but built the fileUrl from `Constants.logFilename` directly — so the parameter was functionally unused. Swap to `filename` so the parameter actually influences the write path (matching the signature). MediaManager.swift - Rename local variable `notificaion` to `notification`. Cosmetic but flagged by pass-4 audit. AudioManager.swift — restore volume after unmute on drivers that zero the scalar during mute - Pass-3 simplified toggleMute to "only flip the mute flag" to escape the 0-volume re-mute trap. That was correct for avoiding the auto- mute branch, but on drivers that zero the VolumeScalar while muted (a subset of USB DACs, aggregates, some virtual drivers) the post- unmute scalar is still 0 — so audio is silent and the UI correctly shows 0%, but from the user's perspective "unmute did nothing". - Capture the pre-mute volume in a new private `volumeBeforeMute` when entering the muted state. On unmute, if the post-unmute scalar reads back as below the auto-mute lowerbound AND the stored pre-mute value was above that lowerbound, re-apply the pre-mute value via setSelectedDeviceVolume. The guard on `pre >= lowerbound` keeps us from falling back into the auto-mute trap when the user deliberately muted from near-zero.
- `isSelectedDeviceMuted()` on the AudioManager protocol was a second name for the same state the `isMuted` computed property already exposes. Drop the method from the protocol (callers that still need the state use `.isMuted`) and narrow the impl's `isSelectedDeviceMuted()` to `private` — it stays as an internal helper for toggleMute's aggregate vs single-device branching. - `setSelectedDeviceMute(isMute:)` was never in the protocol but was declared internal (default) on the impl. Mark it `private` to match its actual scope — only `toggleMute` calls it. - Update the lone external caller in `ApplicationControllerImp.onMediaKeyTap` to use the `isMuted` property instead of the now-removed protocol method.
StatusBarController.swift — stop re-setting the system default at startup - `populateDeviceList` matched the system default during initial menu construction and called `selectDevice(defaultDevice)`, which hit `audioManager.selectDevice` → `audio.setOutputDevice`. On most hardware the HAL de-dupes a set-to-current, but on drivers that refire anyway this would trigger the default-output listener and run `syncDefaultOutputDevice` redundantly during startup. - Split the internal single entry point into two: `selectDevice(device:)` still propagates to the system default (used only by the user-tapped menuItemAction); `adoptDevice(_:)` uses `followSelectedDevice` and does not touch `setOutputDevice`. populateDeviceList and syncDefaultOutputDevice now call `adoptDevice`. - Factor the duplicated slider/icon refresh into `refreshUIForSelectedDevice()` so both paths share it. Audio.swift — drop `import Cocoa` - Only AudioToolbox + Foundation symbols are used in this file; Cocoa was a historical leftover. NativeOSDManager.swift — drop redundant `import Foundation` - Cocoa re-exports Foundation, so the extra import is noise.
- Rename `observeMediaKeyOnAccessibiltiyApiChange` → `observeMediaKeyOnAccessibilityApiChange` in MediaManager.swift (typo: "Accessibiltiy"). The method is private so no external callers break. - Rename `Runner.launchApplication(bundleIndentifier:)` → `bundleIdentifier:` (typo: "Indentifier"). Update the sole call site in StatusBarController's menuAudioSetupAction. - Unify naming: AudioManager protocol's `followSelectedDevice(deviceID:)` is now `adoptSelectedDevice(deviceID:)`. Two layers used three different verbs (select / follow / adopt) for two behaviors (propagate vs track). Now both AudioManager and StatusBarController use "select" for user-initiated changes that propagate to the system default and "adopt" for external/startup changes the app is just tracking.
Pass-9 SwiftLint audit flagged `AudioImpl`'s body length as 304 lines (warning threshold is 300 in .swiftlint.yml). The listener support added in R1 (`addDevicesListener`, `addDefaultOutputDeviceListener`, `removeListener`, `addHardwareListener`) is self-contained and is a natural extension boundary. Move the four listener methods into an `extension AudioImpl` (file-scoped, same file), reducing the main class body comfortably under the threshold while keeping the listener code colocated. `check()` is reachable from the extension because Swift's `private` access is file-scoped for extensions declared in the same file.
- StatusBarController.swift:170,196 — replace `String()` with string- literal `""`. `String()` is a redundant initializer call; SwiftLint's `empty_string` rule (on the project whitelist) flags it. - project.pbxproj:244 — update the target's stale `productName = DynamicsIllusion;` to `productName = MultiSoundChanger;`. This is project metadata from the pre-fork parent project; Xcode uses PRODUCT_NAME build settings for actual naming, so it didn't affect builds, but the leftover was confusing and had surfaced under typo sweeps.
Three fixes surfaced from the real Xcode build and user-reported
hotkey/slider lag.
Audio.swift — fix UnsafeMutableRawPointer→CFString warning
- `getDeviceName` was passing `&result` where `result: CFString`. ARC
doesn't track storage for CF reference types stored as Swift values,
so forming a raw pointer was technically undefined and the compiler
was right to warn. Switch to the `Unmanaged<CFString>?` pattern that
CoreFoundation expects: the property-data call writes a +1-retained
pointer which we unwrap via `takeRetainedValue()`. No more warning,
no leaks, same resulting `String`.
Logger.swift — stop blocking main on file I/O
- `outAndFilePrint` was doing `FileManager.default.url(...)`,
`FileHandle(forWritingTo:)`, `seekToEndOfFile`, `write`, `closeFile`
synchronously on whatever thread the caller (usually main) was on.
That's real latency per log line, and
`ApplicationController.onMediaKeyTap` emits a `Logger.debug` per
volume keypress — so rapid volume-up/down could stutter the UI
behind the disk. Funnel writes through a dedicated serial
`fileWriteQueue` async dispatch; stdout still prints synchronously
so interactive debugging is unchanged, and any file-write error
surfaces back on main.
NativeOSDManager.swift — skip the main→main runloop hop
- `OSDManager.showImage` unconditionally did
`DispatchQueue.main.async { … displayOSD(…) }`. When (as in the
volume-hotkey path) the caller is already on main, that defers OSD
appearance by a full runloop tick, which is visible. Branch on
`Thread.isMainThread`: call `displayOSD` synchronously if we're
already there, otherwise keep the `main.async` fallback for any
future non-main caller.
Podfile — silence third-party warnings
- MediaKeyTap's fork and SwiftLint both emit deprecation warnings
(`class` keyword on class-constrained protocols, etc.) that we
can't fix without forking. Set `:inhibit_warnings => true` on
both so the Xcode build log stays focused on our own warnings.
Requires `pod install` once to re-apply.
The earlier round of "snappier" fixes (Logger off-main, OSD main-queue hop) targeted the wrong overhead — the real cost on volume events is CoreAudio IPC to coreaudiod, not main-thread disk I/O or runloop ticks. Audio.swift — halve HAL IPC on the volume hot path - `setDeviceVolume` was issuing one `AudioObjectGetPropertyDataSize` per element (master/L/R) before each `AudioObjectSetPropertyData`, just to learn a fact it already knew: the volume scalar is always `Float32`. Each probe is a round-trip to the HAL server. - `getDeviceVolume` had the same shape. - Drop the probes and hardcode `size = MemoryLayout<Float32>.size`. On an aggregate device with N sub-devices, a single volume keypress went from 7N+ IPC round-trips down to 4N. That's the single biggest win available on this path. ApplicationController.swift — paint UI before writing to HAL - `onMediaKeyTap` was doing, in order: HAL write, then slider/ status-icon update, then OSD show. The HAL write dominates wall- clock time (IPC + fan-out to aggregate sub-devices), so the OSD didn't appear until everything else was done. - For `.volumeUp` / `.volumeDown` we already know the target volume before the HAL write — flip the order: paint the slider, icon, and OSD first via a new `paintVolumeFeedback(_:)` helper, THEN commit to HAL. The user sees the OSD come up immediately on keypress instead of after the CoreAudio round-trip completes. - `.mute` keeps its original order because the post-toggle mute state is what picks the OSD glyph, so the HAL write still has to come first there. VolumeViewController.swift — debounce the slider-drag HAL writes - NSSlider fires `volumeSliderAction` on every pixel of drag motion. Each fire was calling `audioManager?.setSelectedDeviceVolume(...)` synchronously on main, blocking the UI on CoreAudio IPC per event. During a drag that's dozens of IPC round-trips per second, which is exactly the jank you noticed. - Keep the status-bar icon update immediate (cheap, pure visual), but trailing-edge-debounce the HAL write by ~33ms via a cancellable DispatchWorkItem. A continuous drag cancels each scheduled write and schedules a fresh one; the HAL only gets the final value when the user pauses or releases. Slider knob follows the cursor instantly; CoreAudio catches up cleanly on settle.
The trailing-edge-debounce trick that fixed the slider lag now lives in AudioManager itself, so both the slider and the volume hotkeys benefit — and `VolumeViewController` can go back to calling `setSelectedDeviceVolume` directly without its own DispatchWorkItem plumbing. Changes in AudioManagerImpl: - New `pendingTargetVolume: Float?` + `pendingApplyItem: DispatchWorkItem?` state. `setSelectedDeviceVolume(volume:)` now writes the target to `pendingTargetVolume`, cancels any still-scheduled work, and schedules a fresh `applyVolumeToHAL` call 33 ms later (1/30 s). Rapid key-repeat or continuous slider drag cancels every pending item; only the final value actually round-trips to CoreAudio. `onMediaKeyTap` returns immediately after painting the OSD/slider/icon — so MediaKeyTap's `main.sync` callback unblocks fast and key-repeats no longer queue up behind blocking HAL IPC. - `getSelectedDeviceVolume()` now prefers `pendingTargetVolume` over a HAL read. Without this, `onMediaKeyTap`'s quantize-against-current step would read the stale HAL value three times in a row during rapid up-up-up, compute the same next step each time, and the three keypresses would collapse to one visible step. Returning the pending target lets each keypress see the previous keypress's target and advance the step correctly. - New `readDeviceVolumeFromHAL()` helper is the direct-HAL-read path, used by `toggleMute`'s "did the driver zero the scalar during mute?" probe — that check needs to see the actual device state, not a cached user-intent. - `toggleMute`, `selectDevice`, `adoptSelectedDevice`, and `handleDevicesChanged` all cancel the pending apply before they run. Prevents a queued volume write from firing after mute/device-change and clobbering the new state via `applyVolumeToHAL`'s auto-mute branch. - `deinit` cancels the pending work item alongside removing listeners. Changes in VolumeViewController: - Remove the VC-local debounce (it's now handled one layer down) and the `halApplyItem` / `halApplyDelay` plumbing. `volumeSliderAction` shrinks back to the three-line "paint icon, forward value" shape it had before, while still getting per-pixel smoothness because `AudioManager` does the HAL coalescing.
`NSWorkspace.shared.launchApplication(withBundleIdentifier:options: additionalEventParamDescriptor:launchIdentifier:)` has been deprecated since macOS 11, and our deployment target is 11.0, so we've just been living with the warning. Replace with the supported `openApplication(at:configuration:completionHandler:)` path: resolve the bundle identifier to an app URL via `urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier:)`, then open it with a default `NSWorkspace.OpenConfiguration`. Silently no-ops if the app isn't installed (matches the old behavior of a failed launch). Drop the `options: NSWorkspace.LaunchOptions` parameter — the sole caller (StatusBarController.menuAudioSetupAction) passed `.default`, which has no meaningful replacement under the new API and is just the implicit default behavior of `NSWorkspace.OpenConfiguration()`. Update the caller in lockstep. This clears the last deprecation warning our own code was producing.
SwiftLint is a linter — it reads every source file and emits diagnostics but produces no artifacts, so there's nothing to declare as an Output File. Xcode's newer dependency-analysis warning asks for outputs OR for the phase to opt out of dependency analysis explicitly. Set `alwaysOutOfDate = 1` on the SwiftLint PBXShellScriptBuildPhase. This is exactly what unchecking "Based on dependency analysis" in the Build Phase inspector does under the hood, and it matches every major SwiftLint integration guide. The phase already early-exits on Release and gracefully skips when the binary isn't installed, so running it unconditionally on Debug builds is correct.
Xcode's "Update to recommended settings" dialog flags a pile of recommendations against the generated `Pods.xcodeproj`: - Remove Embed Swift Standard Libraries (runtime ships with the OS) - Automatically Select Architectures (no explicit ARCHS override) - Enable Dead Code Stripping - Reset Symbol Stripping overrides - Enable Parallelization in CLI Builds Clicking Perform Changes in that dialog would edit Pods.xcodeproj directly — but CocoaPods regenerates that project on every `pod install`, so any manual edits get wiped. Extend the `post_install` hook to apply the same settings programmatically on every regeneration, so the recommendations stay silenced and the Pods build stays aligned with the main target's hygiene. Module Verifier is deliberately NOT enabled — it only matters for targets that define clang modules (our Swift-only pods don't), and turning it on blindly can trip on third-party header conformance we can't fix.
High-value fixes from a read-only security audit. Every finding that had a concrete, low-risk fix is addressed; harder structural changes (Developer ID signing, Hardened Runtime, notarization, POSIX O_NOFOLLOW log writes) are left for a separate distribution-focused pass because they need infrastructure we don't have in this repo. SUPPLY CHAIN Podfile — pin MediaKeyTap to its current commit hash instead of `:branch => 'master'`. Without this, anyone with write access to the `the0neyouseek/MediaKeyTap` fork could push malicious code and have it land in our build on the next `pod install`. Podfile.lock captured the hash but couldn't enforce it against a fresh lockfile. Also bump `pod 'SwiftLint'` to `'~> 0.51'` so a breaking 1.x release can't walk in unnoticed. SUBPROCESS SURFACE ELIMINATION Runner.swift — delete `shell(_:)` entirely. The only caller (`menuSoundPreferencesAction`) shelled out to `/bin/sh -c "open -b com.apple.systempreferences /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Sound.prefPane"`. Fully replaced with `NSWorkspace.shared.open(URL(string: "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.sound"))` — no subprocess, no shell interpretation, and it picks the right host (System Settings on Ventura+, System Preferences before). Drops `Constants.AppBundleIdentifier.systemPreferences` and `Constants.SystemPreferencesPane.sound`; adds `Constants.SystemSettingsURL.sound` for the new URL. MEMORY SAFETY Audio.swift — `AudioListenerToken.address` was `var`; nothing in the codebase mutated it, but a mutation between `addHardwareListener` and `removeListener` would silently orphan the HAL registration (the HAL matches on exact block + address pair). Make it `let`; `removeListener` copies into a local `var` for the `inout` pass to the HAL call. DENIAL OF SERVICE MediaManager.swift — DistributedNotificationCenter's `com.apple.accessibility.api` channel is open to every local process. The previous handler responded to each post by tearing down and recreating the CGEventTap via `startMediaKeyTap()`. A spoof flood could burn CPU and exhaust per-process event-tap limits. Debounce the handler with a cancellable DispatchWorkItem + 500 ms trailing edge — legitimate single toggles still fire one restart, floods collapse to one. LOG INTEGRITY AudioManager.swift — CoreAudio returns device names from user-chosen / plugin-chosen strings, which can contain `\n` / `\r` / `\t`. Those would otherwise inject fake log lines into `app.log` and confuse parsers. `printDevices` now routes device names through a local `sanitizedForLog(_:)` helper that maps the three control characters to spaces before handing them to `Logger.debug`. USER COMMUNICATION Info.plist — add `NSAccessibilityUsageDescription` explaining why the app requests Accessibility (to receive hardware volume / mute keys). macOS 14+ surfaces this string in the permission UI; its absence looks suspicious and may prevent notarized distribution.
…es + CFString cap Three findings the security audit flagged but deferred are all addressable now without distribution infrastructure. 1. HARDENED RUNTIME + ENTITLEMENTS Enable the Apple Hardened Runtime for both Debug and Release target configurations (ENABLE_HARDENED_RUNTIME = YES). Add a `MultiSoundChanger/Other/MultiSoundChanger.entitlements` file and wire it via CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS on both configs. The file is intentionally an empty dictionary: we're a pure Swift/AppKit menu-bar app with no JIT, no dylib injection, no outgoing Apple Events, and no debugger attach — so no Hardened-Runtime exceptions are required. `CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "-"` stays ad-hoc for local dev builds; shipping via Developer ID now just needs the cert + notarization, not a scramble to add Hardened Runtime after the fact. 2. LOGGER POSIX APPEND WITH O_NOFOLLOW Rewrite `Logger.appendToFile` from `FileHandle(forWritingTo:)` + the separate "fresh write if missing" branch to raw Darwin `open(path, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0o600)` + `write` + `close`. Closes the symlink-race window the audit flagged: a local attacker planting `~/Library/Caches/<bundleID>/app.log` as a symlink to `~/.ssh/id_rsa` would have caused the old FileHandle path to append log lines into the target file. O_NOFOLLOW makes `open()` return ELOOP instead. Creation mode 0600 keeps the log file user-only. Also collapses the two write branches into one. 3. CFSTRING LENGTH CAP IN getDeviceName `Audio.getDeviceName` now checks CFStringGetLength before bridging the CFString to Swift. If the length exceeds 256 UTF-16 units, we trim via `CFStringCreateWithSubstring` before the Swift String cast. Defends against a malicious third-party HAL plugin returning an arbitrarily large CFString — the bridge would otherwise pay a full copy on every device-list refresh (triggered by the HAL-device-list listener we added in R1). Real device names are a few tens of characters; 256 is a comfortable cap.
…ate trim Three real issues surfaced by the 12-agent review of commit 1a9db6b. 1. `LoggerError` now conforms to `LocalizedError` The POSIX refactor constructed detailed, telemetry-rich errors (`"open(/path) failed: <strerror> (errno=N)"`) but the outer catch in `filePrint` surfaced them via `error.localizedDescription` — and a plain Swift enum that doesn't conform to `LocalizedError` returns Cocoa's useless generic "The operation couldn't be completed." wrapper from `localizedDescription`. The carefully-built errno/path text was being thrown away on every failure. Add `LocalizedError` conformance with an `errorDescription` that returns the underlying message. 2. Partial-write loop in `appendToFile` Single-shot `Darwin.write` silently dropped the tail on EINTR or short writes. Wrap it in a loop that advances by the returned byte count, retries EINTR, bails on write==0, and escalates any other errno. Surfaces the partial-progress count in the error message so a disk full / signal mid-flush situation is diagnosable instead of "mysterious log lines missing". 3. UTF-16 surrogate-pair trim in `getDeviceName` When capping at 256 UTF-16 units, byte 255/256 can land on a surrogate pair and leave a dangling high surrogate. `CFStringCreateWithSubstring` + bridge-to-Swift renders the orphan as U+FFFD. Back off by one unit if `CFStringGetCharacterAtIndex(cfstr, cut-1)` is a high surrogate (0xD800...0xDBFF). Cheap to check, avoids the replacement-character rendering in the unlikely case we ever hit the cap with a pathological device name.
The "Currently set to manual with no identity" line predated the Phase 1 security commits that enabled Hardened Runtime and wired an entitlements file. Update to reflect the current posture: ad-hoc signing + Hardened Runtime + empty entitlements, with a pointer to how to swap to Developer ID + notarytool for distribution.
Pass 4 of the audit loop noticed the asymmetry: AudioManagerImpl.deinit cancels `pendingApplyItem`, but MediaManagerImpl.deinit only removes the DistributedNotificationCenter observer. Harmless in practice (MediaManager is app-singleton-lifetime and the closure is [weak self] anyway), but we should be consistent. Cancel `accessibilityNotificationWork` in deinit for parity.
Several audit agents have flagged `isLogFileRemoved` across passes as a potential data race because it's a static var with no explicit lock. It isn't — every read/write of it goes through `filePrint` → `removeLogFileIfNeeded`, which is only invoked from inside a `fileWriteQueue.async` block, and that queue is serial by default (`DispatchQueue(label:)` with no attributes). Add a comment at the declaration that spells this out so future auditors trace the serialization without having to chase the call graph.
`getLogDate` was allocating a new DateFormatter on every log line, and every volume-key press emits a log line. DateFormatter construction is substantially more expensive than the `.string(from:)` call itself; cache a `static let` on Logger and reuse. Apple's docs state DateFormatter is thread-safe for read use after init, and the fileWriteQueue serializes our access anyway.
The exported .app wouldn't launch (test builds from Xcode worked fine) because Hardened Runtime's default library-validation check refuses to load embedded dynamic frameworks unless they share a Team ID with the main binary. We sign ad-hoc (CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "-"), and ad-hoc signatures have no team, so the embedded MediaKeyTap.framework (from CocoaPods' `use_frameworks!`) failed to load at launch time. Add `com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation`. This is the canonical Hardened-Runtime exception for source-built open-source macOS apps that embed third-party frameworks via CocoaPods/Carthage but don't sign with a Developer ID. Narrowly scoped: only affects which dylibs can load into this process. Real risk requires an attacker with write access to the .app bundle, at which point dylib injection is the least of the victim's concerns. Worth the trade for "archive+export actually runs". If the upstream maintainer later ships via Developer ID + notarization, this entitlement can be removed — the standard CocoaPods xcconfig will re-sign the embedded frameworks with the same team and library validation will pass again.
CLAUDE.md is now an orientation hub (≈200 lines). Three companion docs under docs/ provide depth where it's load-bearing: - docs/ARCHITECTURE.md — subsystem-by-subsystem design walk-through (audio HAL + aggregate model, volume debounce pipeline, OSD window lifecycle, media-key pipeline, menu UI, logger). Read this before non-trivial changes. - docs/BUILD_AND_SIGNING.md — workspace-vs-project gotcha, swiftc typecheck command (since xcodebuild is broken on the user's machine), CocoaPods pin policy + post_install hook, Hardened Runtime + entitlements rationale, Developer ID notes for future shipping. - docs/AUDIT_NOTES.md — catalogue of patterns that audit agents have repeatedly misflagged as bugs (e.g. `(100/3)*2` "precedence bug", `CFStringCreateWithSubstring` "leak", `isLogFileRemoved` "race", aggregate-device nil-on-empty "silent failure"). Each entry has "flagged as" / "reality" so future sessions can dismiss noise without re-triaging from scratch. Also updates the entitlements narrative in CLAUDE.md and BUILD_AND_SIGNING.md to reflect the library-validation-disable exception added in commit a7fc3d2 (required for ad-hoc-signed .apps with embedded CocoaPods frameworks to actually launch after Archive+Export).
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works great, including media hotkeys now