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Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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post #47

How do you actually launch this on Mavericks? My Mac just complains that the App isn't signed.

You should allow apps downloaded from places other than App Store. Go to Security & Privacy under System Preferences, and on the general tab, select "Anywhere" under "Allow apps downloaded from:" option.

^ correct answer.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

#52
post #32

I would love to see an out of browser version of Hangouts, but this is definitely nice to have.

The Hangouts Chrome extension isn't out of browser, but it's pretty close, and I like it a lot. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hangouts/nckgahada... It has its own Gmail-style chat UI at the bottom of the screen.

And it gets completely confused if the Google Account Chrome is logged into is different than the primary account you're logged into on the web.

Or at least that's my experience with it so far.

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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post #40

There's also G-Ear player, available on the app store. It works very well, though it's not as good at search as the web app is - so sometimes it's easier to add music to your library using the web app.

Also a G-Ear user. Developer is extremely responsive, and supports enough of All Access to fit my needs.

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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post #46

How do you actually launch this on Mavericks? My Mac just complains that the App isn't signed.

Have you tried Right-click -> Open?

This isn't snarky, it's the right answer! Mavericks prevents opening unsigned apps when you double-click, but Right-Click -> Open will launch a pop-up asking "Are you sure you want to open this?", allowing you to bypass the protection. It's a real thing.

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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post #22

Google Music , Google play logo , a project ready from a DMCA takedown ... dont be stupid, remove all the google trademark stuff or your project wont live long in github.

Can someone point me to some relevant information on this kind of problems? Like unofficial clients and their legality and pitfalls.

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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post #23
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does Last.fm support mean just scrobbling, or are there other features you might like? I'm not a Last.fm user but I'd be willing to take a look into including support down the road!

For me personally, just scrobbling. At this point, that's the only thing stopping me from using it. Looks great, but I'm a stat freak and I need my scrobbling.

Plug -- I maintain a Chrome extension that does exactly that: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-play-lastfm...

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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post #20
post #3

Looks promising! May I ask why you forked from the original ( https://github.com/JamesFator/GoogleMusicMac )? Looking at the commit history it seems to be under active development.

Thanks! When I initially forked the repository, I hadn't planned on including features like the theme or the notifications, but once I realized how much I liked the product and wanted to continue to develop it, I figured I should ask the original creator for permission to keep the fork independent and he agreed. Very generous of him!

Outside of implementing the notifications this offers nothing for me that the original one, from James Fator, doesn't already do. I dislike the table display and the attempt at making the appearance be more Cocoa-esque in favor of the Google web design. You might also want to think of changing the app name and icon also as it is misleading.
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