Silentio
macOS
Keep things quiet when your audio output changes
Silentio mutes your built-in speakers when headphones disconnect or your Mac wakes. It can automatically pause your music, too.
Free & open source
Silentio
Headphones connectedMusic plays through your headphones.
Your musicHeadphones are the audio output
What Silentio does for you
Quiet on disconnect
Responds when your Mac switches from headphones to its built-in speakers.
Pause your music
Can pause playing music in Spotify, Apple Music, and VLC.
Reconnect
Restores the previous speaker state without changing headphone volume.
Get started
- Install Silentio from the latest GitHub release.
- Complete the short setup and enable monitoring.
- Allow the requested Automation permission to pause music.
If macOS initially blocks the app, follow the current installation notes in the README.