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November 5, 2022, 1:29am
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There’s Cider , which is limited by Apple Music’s API to 256kbps, but at least my music plays reliably. Others here on MPU have mentioned Fidelia, which can play downloaded music from AM:
I’ve gotten so tired of the Catalyst re-write of the iTunes/Music player on my M1 MacBook Air falling behind the song that is actually playing, and then stalling out and just quitting, that I’ve been looking for a replacement.
Two apps that will integrate with my iTunes library, and not require a subscription, are Swinsian and Fidelia . Neither of them are new and neither try to be a complete replacement for Apple’s iTunes/Music app. Both offer trial periods from their developer websites.
Swins…
I was reminded of my own issues with AM, which seems to have been “fixed” on Ventura by… disabling select-all. This is a $2.3T company.
I’m not looking for support on this, I just wanted to share because I thought it was funny that I could consistently reproduce this. Video below.
Steps:
Open an album on the Apple Music side (not the old iTunes library side)
Click a track to focus the track list
Select all using ⌘+A
Right-click
Only seems to happen when you view an album on Apple Music, not when viewing an album in your library, as demonstrated by the Strokes album in the video.
I discovered it while trying to add missing…