6 of the best alternatives to iTunes

Once iTunes has been the best music player for the Mac. Now it has grown into a monster. In it you can listen to and buy music, movies and books to purchase, install an iOS application. If you think that the music player to work with music, not with books and apps offer six alternatives to iTunes.

1. Clementine

Clementine combines virtually all iTunes functions relating to music. It supports all common music formats: MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC.

Clementine please users with large music library. The capabilities of this player to sort music are enormous. It has convenient tools for editing tags, automatic filling of the tags, download album artwork and lyrics search. You can also create smart playlists with detailed settings.

In addition to the local library, Clementine searches files for playback in your cloud storage Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Box. He plays podcasts, music from Spotify, SoundCloud, Grooveshark, Last.fm and scrobble in the Libre.fm and takes a couple of dozens of Internet radio stations. If desired, you can connect and their station.

Clementine is compatible with iPhone, iPod, Android and any portable player that supports Mass Storage technology. Files for each player can be recoded into the required format or compress to save space, and then the music will automatically be copied to the device.

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2. Swinsian

Swinsian inferior Clementine support music services, but perfectly copes with local music library. This player supports all popular music file formats. With it you can listen not only to music, but also podcasts. The player may keep scrobbling to Last.fm.

Swinsian good for cataloging library. He is able to create smart playlists, and his brilliant editor of tags. Present, and Automatic covers from the Internet.

Since Swinsian designed specifically for the Mac, it can convert music to iPod, iPhone and iPad and interact with AirTunes devices by sending music to your gadget through the air. Player costs 19.95 dollars, but you can try for free.

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3. VOX

Very popular player for the Mac. It has a minimalist interface that resembles AIMP for Windows, but impressive functionality is hidden behind this shell.

It can play files from the local library, music from SoundSloud, record and play back YouTube streams about 30,000 online radio stations. In stock and scrobbling to Last.fm.

Paid Loop feature provides access to a dimensionless music store, through which you can synchronize your library to your iPhone. There VOX version for iOS.

The player has an equalizer and synchronization with the Jukebox iTunes. VOX can be conveniently controlled via the buttons that appear in the system tray. The program is free, but subscription on more stations worth 19.99 dollars. Have to pay and if you need it for Loop music store.

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4. Tomahawk

Tomahawk is able to play music from your music library, but the emphasis is on the other. This player integrates with a variety of online services, play music from everywhere. Sometimes you can not guess, where does the next selected Tomahawk composition - from the local audio library or from web subsoil.

The player plays music from YouTube, Jamendo, Bandcamp, Spotify, Google Play Music, Rhapsody, Tidal, Amazon Music or OwnCloud. However, in many services, you must first sign in. More Tomahawk is able to make the charts, selecting the most popular music from iTunes, Billboard or Metacritic. Smart playlists, too.

Upgrade your player, you can use the plug-ins. There was even a plugin for "VKontakte", while the social network does not block access to your recordings. But still supported Tomahawk services very much.

The player has a version for Android devices and can synchronize it to your music collection. In addition, Tomahawk, users can recommend music to each other, and create custom radio stations.

The lack of player that he is most actively developed under Linux, but the Windows version and Mac kept pace with some delay. Therefore, it works well it is on Linux, and Mac version brakes the search for files on the web. The developers promise to fix it, so it pays to look at this player.

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5. Musique

Musique is not able to connect to strimingovym services, synchronized with music devices or carefully organize your collection. But it consumes few resources and good plays music.

The application can display information about the artist and album covers to download, look for the lyrics and scrobble at Last.fm. This is a simple, but very handy player.

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6. Audirvana Plus

The developers call their creation the player for audiophiles. Indeed, the sound of Audirvana very good. A plethora of options will delight especially discerning music lovers. However, the full potential of the player will be revealed only on the really good equipment.

The player is able to play music from storage Qobuz, Tidal and HighResAudio VirtualVault, supports intelligent playlists and integration with media library iTunes. There are applications to remotely control playback with iPhone and iPad. In Audirvana have advanced tag editor and a wide variety of ways to display your collection.

For the player will have to pay $ 74. However, the buyer will get three more months of free access to the Tidal month and use Qobuz.

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iTunes has long ceased to be just a music player. Apple countries to do with his creation, forcing him to perform many functions simultaneously. If you need an application that just plays music and sorts, one of these would be an excellent choice.