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Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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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.

I wasn't being snarky, thanks for making it clear!

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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Just curious, why would you want Application-specific passwords? They're far more insecure and still have access to all your Google services. Application-specific password would only make sense if Google actually let you limit access to a certain subset of Google-features.

They are not necessarily more insecure? And the great part about them is the fact that if an app goes rogue then its password can be revoked. Also, while they can access my data, they can't change data. No one can log in with an application specific password and steal my account.

They are one less factor needed in order to access an account that has 2FA enabled, so in that regard, I consider them less secure.

You're right about the part where they cannot hijack your account, but change data? Sure they can. They can delete all your emails, calendar events, contacts, images on picasa, the list goes on. It has unrestricted access to all Google-services associated with your account.

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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I use Google Music extensively from within a Fluid wrapper, and the key thing this doesn't seem to do that that solution does is keep music playing and background the app when the window is closed.

Other than that, this is fantastic!

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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Is there any option to disable the vertical expansion of the song rows when hovering over them? The effect bothers my eyes and makes browsing distracting.

Otherwise, what an awesome execution; I've been looking forward to an app like this for a while, just surprised Google wasn't the one to produce it.

A+

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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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.

I use https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastfm-scrobbler/h... which supports GM, Pandora, etc.

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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I use Google Music extensively from within a Fluid wrapper, and the key thing this doesn't seem to do that that solution does is keep music playing and background the app when the window is closed. Other than that, this is fantastic!

Agreed, generally closing the window shouldn't terminate the app on OS X. So far that's the only negative I can find, otherwise I love the app!

Re: Show HN: Google Music for Mac

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Works well and looks great. It would better meet my needs with Chromecast support, but I don't see a way to do this on MacOS without having embedded the Chrome browser instead of Safari: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/downloads "The Google Cast SDK and API libraries support the development of Android, iOS, and Chrome sender applications"

AirPlay audio streaming would also work for me, such as the way iTunes works, but I assume that Apple keeps that locked down as well.

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