Choose the method for your situation
- Find the source with Safari
- Click and hold the address-field speaker, then choose a website from the list of tabs playing audio.
- Locate sound in TabCaptain’s overview
- Click the blue speaker beside Search. It scrolls to an audible tab’s row; click again for the next source. Select the row to switch to Safari.
- Silence only the unwanted source
- Click the speaker on that Safari tab, or the mute control beside the tab in TabCaptain. Muting and pausing playback are different actions.
The blue locator appears when an unmuted tab is actively producing sound. It finds Safari tabs, not audio coming from another Mac app.
Safari commands in Apple’s guide
Open TabCaptain from Safari
Click the TabCaptain icon in the Safari toolbar. When an unmuted tab is actively producing sound, the blue speaker locator appears beside the search field.
Click the sound locator
Select the speaker button to reveal the playing tab in TabCaptain’s list. The matching row is brought into view, so you can see the page and its site group without checking every Safari window.
Check the next audible tab
If more than one tab is playing sound, click the locator again. TabCaptain moves through the audible tabs in order and returns to the first one after the last.
Mute or unmute from the list
Use the speaker control beside a tab or its site group to mute or unmute sound. The audio indicator keeps the source visible alongside the rest of your open tabs.
Why the locator is useful
Safari’s own speaker indicator helps when the source is already visible. TabCaptain adds a searchable, domain-grouped overview across Safari windows and a dedicated shortcut to the active source.
Your tab data stays on your Mac
TabCaptain has no account system, advertising SDK, or third-party analytics. Tab-management data and saved sessions are stored locally on your device.
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