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Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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I've been looking for something like this for months, ever since I switched from Windows for work. I miss foobar2000

The developers of Foobar2000 released a Mac app recently [1], not under active development and with very limited functionality but I hope for more. [1] https://www.foobar2000.org/mac

FWIW, there was also enqueue app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/enqueue/id493119959?mt=12 (not maintained since 2012, but still there) which was inspired by foobar2000

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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I mostly use Spotify and stream music rather than collect mp3 files, but I still have a couple hundred or so songs that Spotify doesn’t have. Spotify lets you load local files and add them to playlists alongside songs you stream, and I’ve generally been pretty pleased. It certainly beats iTunes, and it’s nice having everything all in one place.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Some really nice folks are trying to figure out the whole "not iTunes" issue - it's called hyperamp: https://github.com/hypermodules/hyperamp

> electron HN hates election apps :-/

For good reason: for apps trying to be more resource efficient or lightweight than iTunes, Electron is the wrong way to go.

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You can drag it and move it wherever you want. I usually put mine in the top 2/3rds of my screen as I'm a habitual +space

Fun fact: if you press and hold the spotlight icon in the menu bar, the spotlight window is reset to its default position.

If you have a Force Touch trackpad, you'll feel a notch when dragging the window around, which will you you align it with the default position.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Closed source? Meh

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Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Fun fact: if you press and hold the spotlight icon in the menu bar, the spotlight window is reset to its default position.

I never understood why Apple always hides functionality beneath undiscoverable gestures. Especially on iOS where once I had a friend complain that they cannot see the time that a message was sent or received. I had to show them to hold and swipe so they can see the hidden column of times. I guess they don’t want to clutter up at the interface with things like labels and options.

Of course, it would make it cluttered which would make finding the most used information harder.

But sometimes a quick look at the manual is all that's needed,

> Tip: To see what time a message was sent or received, drag a bubble to the left.

https://help.apple.com/iphone/11/#/iph82fb73ba3

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Fun fact: if you press and hold the spotlight icon in the menu bar, the spotlight window is reset to its default position.

I never understood why Apple always hides functionality beneath undiscoverable gestures. Especially on iOS where once I had a friend complain that they cannot see the time that a message was sent or received. I had to show them to hold and swipe so they can see the hidden column of times. I guess they don’t want to clutter up at the interface with things like labels and options.

It's forced form over function, I guess: make simple things simple and complicated things not impossible.

The problem is, it takes away from power usage, and now that's a lot of users alienated. Another example is the three button mouse. Steve didn't want any buttons at all, remember, but settled on one. So we have command-x/c/v instead of left click select and middle click paste like in X windows.

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