![]() I’m sticking with it would sure be nice to have at least SOME belief that Apple is listening. If anyone can point me to a fix THAT WORKS for having to re-authorize my computer issue, I will be eternally grateful. OR Use Symlinks to that folder to a share of some kind from each machine. That will sync all the art and probably the playlists. Have it sync bi-directionally every night. I still love and prefer Apple but this has been, BY FAR, the worst upgrade for macOS EVER and, quite frankly, the upgrade to iOS 13 wasn’t much better. Swinsian is a music player that concentrates on playing and managing your music, without the complexity of ebooks, apps, online stores, T.V. Duplicate the A machine>user>Library >Application Support> Swinsian folder and put it in the library folder of the B machine. The application is elegant and simple, and certainly in a manner iTunes will never be. If I do NOT do this, there is a good chance that all the content will be removed because. Swinsian 1.7.1: 4/5 The winner: Ecoute In an ideal world, we'd be praising Sonora. This was a “last resort” effort to squash the bug. Also, and this is a REALLY bothersome bug, I must re-authorize my system in order to confidently sync my devices which include an iPad and iPhone, both of which locally host EVERY song. Now - several months later - I am back to ALMOST normal with the exception of laboriously re-rating every song. Fortunately, beyond that “minor” issue, things have been going well. My “house of cards” finally collapsed and, for the first time since OS X was released, I did a CLEAN install of the entire system. I had spent easily several hundred hours curating the collection including album artwork appropriate to the original album from which the song came as well as a star rating for each. My music library, “peanuts” to some, I’m sure, had more than 19k songs. Not all of the options available in iTunes smart playlists are available in Swinsian (for example metadata fields applicable to TV shows) and those rules won’t be converted, but the majority will be convertible. I finally replaced it because it wouldn’t die and I wanted something newer. When importing iTunes libraries Swinsian can now import smart playlists as real smart playlists. navigate to your newely moved library and select it 7. you will be prompted to select a new library 6. ![]() Working half the time outdoors in all weather and autonomously, I used the living daylights out of it EVERY day. move iTunes library to new location of choice (ie, if you are moving to a new computer) 2. Actually, it was a GREAT machine and tougher than nails. However, alternative players still exist, including Swinsian and VOX. Moreover, this awesome and lightweight music player also supports the connection to well-known social network platforms like Facebook. My first iPod was the infamous 3rd generation with the four, individual buttons under the (tiny, monochrome) display. However, it automatically detects and imports all your iTunes library and provides playback notifications through a widget that is always visible. I have been a Mac user since System 6.0.3 (late 1889). ![]() After waiting several MONTHS for the smoke to clear from the initial release of Catalina, I finally took the plunge. ![]()
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