Alternative to iTunes for Mac?
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Alternative to iTunes for Mac?
I don't want to talk about it but I never want to use this software again. Surely there must be an alternative--perhaps that has a mobile app as well--for storage and playback of audio media, for people who do not want to be tied into a Gordian knot of frustration every time they have to add a song, put music on their phone, change album art, or do any single that iTunes is supposed to do. What would you recommend?
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I've been using a FiiO mp3 player for years and am convinced it is the perfect MP3 player. Think of it like an external hard drive you can play. I use an older one cause it does exactly what I want it to do and nothing more. I just bought one for my best friend cause the model I have is like $50 used now. You will have to purchase a micro sd card with it. I bought 64GB but I think mine takes up to 128GB.
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I barely use iTunes anymore.
I've considered trying the media player that's WMBR's solution to this problem though: http://www.wmbr.org/www/vlc
Maybe one day I will?
I've considered trying the media player that's WMBR's solution to this problem though: http://www.wmbr.org/www/vlc
Maybe one day I will?
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Love iTunes. Embrace it. Just embrace it.
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i am interested in this too
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Been using Foobar for years now and don't see any reason to use anything else. Takes up almost no space at all, is extremely customisable, free, works on OSX as far as I'm aware.
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Re: Alternative to iTunes for Mac?
i have been using itunes since 2004.friendship wrote:I don't want to talk about it but I never want to use this software again. Surely there must be an alternative--perhaps that has a mobile app as well--for storage and playback of audio media, for people who do not want to be tied into a Gordian knot of frustration every time they have to add a song, put music on their phone, change album art, or do any single that iTunes is supposed to do. What would you recommend?
shit is fucking easy on OS X. maybe i'm just a glutton for punishment and enjoy it.
shit. even easy to use in windows 10.
also. as JAngle will tell you... Apple Music is fucking great. I don't sync music to my phone anymore.
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Was gonna say Foobar as well, but it looks like it's Windows only?Olin wrote:Been using Foobar for years now and don't see any reason to use anything else. Takes up almost no space at all, is extremely customisable, free, works on OSX as far as I'm aware.
You can get Winamp tho
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Ah bummer, I think AyreWave was the Mac alternative to Foobar but I never had any reason to follow it.
#Foobarmasterrace tho
#Foobarmasterrace tho
https://barewireson.bandcamp.com/album/off-blackneonblack wrote:Do you ever just sit back and take a good look at yourself and realize all your riffs are shit and you're a garbage musician?
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Yeah I tunes fucking sucks. Have to update shit every 5 seconds and then it goes into auto mode
Apple Music is the shit tho
Gotta get unlimited data tho
Apple Music is the shit tho
Gotta get unlimited data tho
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Does Siri hate the way you tock?JonnyAngle wrote:Yeah I tunes fucking sucks. Have to update shit every 5 seconds and then it goes into auto mode
Apple Music is the shit tho
Gotta get unlimited data tho
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I use iTunes as a catalog. Maybe I'm missing why you all hate it? I literally don't understand why you wouldn't like it.JonnyAngle wrote:Yeah I tunes fucking sucks. Have to update shit every 5 seconds and then it goes into auto mode
Apple Music is the shit tho
Gotta get unlimited data tho
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I ended up hating it because it took up a lot of space, was slow and the layout wasn't customisable at all and it doesn't/didn't (it might now) support all the media types I wanted.
https://barewireson.bandcamp.com/album/off-blackneonblack wrote:Do you ever just sit back and take a good look at yourself and realize all your riffs are shit and you're a garbage musician?
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iTunes also has the frustrating habit of removing older music you didn’t buy on iTunes during the updates. So you have to find it on your computer and then play it for it to repopulate.