Apple Music Alternative/classic iTunes reboot?

[SkweeBop]

Apple Music is a mess. All of my albums have the wrong cover art on the mac and the phone, the interface is inscrutable and unwieldy. The subscription model is a dead end for artists, and I just want the functionality of classic iTunes.

I've downloaded Museeks, but I'm really looking for a full-featured recap of iTunes. Is that so wrong? Anybody got anything?

 

[jackerin]

Depends on what macOS you're on but there's Retroactive, I've installed 10.7 on Monterey using that and it works fine other than a strange warning that it can't access the iTMS every time I start it.

 

[SkweeBop]

interesting...thx

 

[HDFan]

The Ferrari of music players is $$$$ Roon.

 

[rforno]

The Retroactive page suggests it's not being supported anymore and offers pointers for alternatives, so it may die in a future OS update. I use Swinslan, which is like old-original iTunes -- I just wish it had a remote control app so I can control it from my phone.

 

[Jesse_Bassett]

If you need Apple Music but hate the GUI, consider looking into CIDER. Its on itch.io. Just search for Cider. For $2 or $3 you can then use the program for unlimited use. Its worth it.

 

[SkweeBop]

thanks--I'm not sure I need Apple music, as I don't stream anything--I just want the functionality of iTunes for my purchased and ripped music.

 

[bogdanw]

Suggestions from previous threads:

Audacious https://audacious-media-player.org

Aural https://github.com/kartik-venugopal/aural-player

Clementine https://www.clementine-player.org

DeaDBeeF https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io

Dopamine https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine

Doppler Music Player https://brushedtype.co/doppler/

foobar2000 https://www.foobar2000.org/mac

Museeks https://museeks.io

Musique https://apps.apple.com/app/musique/id474190659

Phonix https://phonix.nl.eu.org
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/phonix-free-macos-music-player-10-13-13-0.1985426/

Pine Player https://apps.apple.com/app/pine-player/id1112075769

Quod Libet https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io

Swinsian https://swinsian.com

Tiny Player https://www.catnapgames.com/tiny-player-for-mac/


Alternative to iTunes/Music for Offline Music https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/alternative-to-itunes-music-for-offline-music.2280883/

iTunes 12.6.5.3 – 12.8.3.1 on Apple Silicon https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-12-6-5-3-on-apple-silicon.2354390/

 

[SkweeBop]

Thanks--I've got homework, now!

 

[allan.nyholm]

There's Soor

‎Soor ▹

‎Soor is a beautiful, premium music player for your Mac. Features: - First feature rich 3rd party Apple Music app. - Apple curated content personalised to your listening taste. - Play, search, like, share and add songs from across the entire Apple Music catalogue. - Intuitive, fully gesture...

apps.apple.com

Might be something. I bought it, It works as advertised. Being a third party Apple Music player.. plays my purchased songs from iTunes Store as well.

There's a few UI snags so just be beware of that.