The launcher

Music, weather, stocks and what is running

Everyday answers in a word: control whatever is playing, run Spotify, check the weather and stocks, see everything Jevie is doing, and keep Jev on your desktop.

FreeMac

Jevie’s palette, as the app draws it. Press a sentence on this page to see it, and to copy it.

What it looks like Use it How it works Limits Where it's kept

Use it

Music

pausenext songwhat's playingWhatever is playing, in any app
now playingThe player card: seek, volume, output, and lyrics in time
play mr brightside on spotifysearch spotify for the killersSearch and play
spotify playlistsmy liked songslyricsYour library, and the words
spotify devicesset the volume to 30 on spotifyWhere it plays, and how loud

Weather and stocks

weatherweather in Chicagodenver weatherThe forecast, here or anywhere, the place said first or last. The card is drawn over a picture of that place's sky right now, on the palette and the phone: the sun or the moon where they stand, the light of the hour, the cloud, rain, snow, fog or thunder of the forecast in it, over the place's own ground: the sea for a coast, else plains, hills, mountains or desert
is it going to rain in dallas tomorrowdo I need an umbrella this weekendYes or no first, then the figures
weather tomorrowweather this weekendThose days, for your first saved city; with none saved, the city your Mac's time zone is named after, said as such
what time is itwhat's the datetime in TokyoRead from your Mac's clock, at once, no model
dallas current timetime dallascurrent dallas timeThe clock too, typed tersely; dallas now offers it
roll 2 diceroll 2d6flip a coinrandom number between 1 and 100Rolled at once, in code
futile meaningdefine serendipitywhat does ephemeral meanFrom the Mac's own dictionaries
how many ounces in a poundconvert 500 usd to eur18% tip on 64The figure at once; usd to eur — today's rate
how's Tesla stockprice of AAPLLive quotes, no account needed
watch NVDAmy stocksA watchlist

Jevie's work and Jev

what's runningEvery job and coding session Jevie has going, and where each is
open the session that needs mestop the flight searchGo to one, or stop it
where are you on the flight search?what step are you onhow is it goingWhere the running work is at, from its own steps; with nothing running, how is it going is just a hello
show jev on the desktopjev danceJev, your desktop companion, with moods

How it works

Play, pause and next reach whatever the Mac says is playing, in any app; Spotify adds search, playlists, devices and likes on top. When a song has timed lyrics, the line being sung shows under the cover; press one to play from there.

What's running puts Jevie's own background work and your coding sessions in one list, each stopped by its name.

Limits

Spotify needs its app signed in on this Mac.
Lyrics come from LRCLIB, an open lyrics library, which is sent the song's title and artist.
There is no playing next queue: macOS shares it only with Apple's own apps.
A place typed tersely (dallas time, denver weather) is taken when the forecast's place finder knows it as a town people ask about: one you saved, a capital, or 15,000 people or more. Screen time and time machine are villages somewhere, and are left alone. The place's name is sent to that finder (Open-Meteo).
Here is a city you saved in the Weather card, else your Mac's time zone city (Lisbon for Europe/Lisbon); Jevie never asks for your location. The picture's ground is worked out once per place from its terrain and climate (Open-Meteo, coordinates only). A zone still named for a city's old name is read as the city now (Asia/Calcutta is Kolkata); a zone whose city the forecast cannot find shows the card's search instead.