Replacement for Apple's Music App

Started by calyptorhynchus, November 04, 2025, 11:00:29 PM

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November 04, 2025, 11:00:29 PM Last Edit: Today at 12:25:04 AM by calyptorhynchus
I'm a long time Mac user and for a long time have also used the Music app in the Mac OS (formerly iTunes). I make playlists, transfer a few at a time of them to my iPad, and listen via bluetooth headphones.

Around 2021 iTunes began corrupting my playlists, so deleted them all and started again in a new root directory. However Music has now begun to do this again and I am getting fed up.

Is there an app that runs on Mac which does exactly what I have described above, but doesn't corrupt playlists?

'Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth.' Robert Burton

'...is it not strange that sheepes guts should hale soules out of mens bodies?' Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing

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Today at 02:05:59 AM
There are special apps for Mac designed for creating playlists. I don't use them myself, but I'm aware they exist. A Google search might help.

I've been a Mac user since the early '90s, but I've practically never used iTunes or the Music app. To play music from my Mac, I've used various specialized applications, which I've described in detail here: https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?msg=1634269.

A good, simple, and free player I currently use is Pine Player, you may create playlists with it as well, I guess.
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