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09/01/2010 01:49:17 AM · #1
Heya everybody, I recently got my MacBook, and am finding increasingly harder to switch over to my PC to listen to music as it drains so much RAM. Everything else works fine, but I'm going to need a music library organizer similar to iTUnes that works form Mac as well.

I dislike iTunes because of its constant connections to iPod and the iTunes store, also the way it organizes music is bad, it refuses to play .wma files, it's always trying to connect to the iTunes store, it has a horrible icon, you can't use hierarchal menus like in WMP and so many others, and the biggest problem of all is that it's way slow with my library of 20,000 songs. Overall, it's a horrible music library organizer for someone who does not wish to pay 1.50 for every song form the iTunes store and who is aware of things other then the software that was given to them when they bought there computer.

My solution when I was using Windows for music was MediaMonkey. Fantastic player, organizer with a completely customizable interface at a cheap price. I'm looking for something like this for Mac.

The bottom line, I'd like stronger alternative to iTunes that's built for the avid music listener, not the teenager who's parents gave them a 50 dollar gift card to iTunes so she can buy 5 albums. I have a massive library and I wish to have a place to store it without being bombarded by the advertising of Apple.

Thanks!
09/01/2010 02:09:00 AM · #2
Open source, based on the Mozilla engine.
09/01/2010 02:19:39 AM · #3
Thanks, I'll try it out!
09/01/2010 06:44:02 AM · #4
WinAmp which is also free.
09/01/2010 10:14:25 AM · #5
Does the Songbird bird still fart continuously?
09/01/2010 10:28:10 AM · #6
I think one of the best downloadables is 'Spotify' and you can listen to just about any track you want for free.
09/01/2010 02:20:36 PM · #7
Originally posted by adamelliott111:

I think one of the best downloadables is 'Spotify' and you can listen to just about any track you want for free.


That costs money per month. I believe you get 20 hours to listen for free, then you have to pay by the month. In the U.S, where I am, we don't even have the ability to get Spotify, you have to use anonymous web browsing just to create an account, let alone buy it.

I'd love Spotify if it were available in the U.S, and it was a flat payment, I don't want to pay money every month to listen to music I already own.

Good suggestion though, I've tried it and it works great! :D
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