Updates on the MAC OS Version

[sterlingm]

Perhaps MM should post a survey link to this post, or send out an email to all registered users and ask if a MAC version is wanted and if so why, how likely you are to purchase, etc. etc. I'm sure they can come up with a good 5 question survey for people.

Gauging interest in a forum is one thing, but a proper survey would be very helpful.

-Sterling

[goke313]

MediaMonkey Mac is necessary. I check the forum every few months/years just for it

Searched google, reddit, and apple forums.
There is not 1 audio player on the MacOS that has a folder/tree directory view, where a use can play play files, add to queue from a folder view/layout.

in 2026, this is crazy. For most music players on the Mac, I have to creat some dummy/holding playlist, drag and drop my files.

[sterlingm]

Most of the music players I've tested have significant problems with curating and managing your files in a coherent and useful way. Some even can't do smart playlists, or playlists at all without a lot of work on the user's part. And when importing your existing files, they leave out metadata, most notably Apple Music doesn't import the ratings of the mp3s. They import other metadata but not the ratings. What's up with that? I'm not re-rating 15 years worth of songs.

Winamp is now only for mobile and has leaned into the streaming artist. I suppose this is fine, but I don't care about any of that. I just want to play my own music, that I have locally, and use the ratings, genre, tempo, mood, etc to create a playlist. If I want to explore new artists, there are methods for that.

But that is what I am after. I want Winamp back. Most of the winamp projects have been abandoned or just aren't mature, even for basic playlists.

It's a shame we are resting all our hopes on MediaMonkey. Even though MM has drifted into streaming, and video, and all that other stuff, I really just like the way the music libraries give power to the user. If a company could do that, they'd crack this MacOS market.

Oh look, ChatGPT 5.3 is now live with CodeX for MacOS. MM may want to look into this as a fast track to conversion.
-Sterling

[PetrCBR]

At the moment, we are fixing several discovered bugs and we hope to release an alpha version to the public soon. There will certainly still be a lot of work ahead, but please believe that we are working hard to present it to the public.

[gms]

Just as an addition, I see that CD burning and audio CD reading are part of the current issues to be fixed, and honestly it's not that they aren't nice to have, but are now somewhat niche features even in the Windows day and age.

From a customer's perspective, I would rather have a version shipped that can match playback and library management capabilities of the Windows version first. Even the standard version features will be enough to be competitive in that landscape in my opinion.

[PetrCBR]

CD functionality isn't a priority for us for OSX version.

Just as an addition, I see that CD burning and audio CD reading are part of the current issues to be fixed, and honestly it's not that they aren't nice to have, but are now somewhat niche features even in the Windows day and age.

From a customer's perspective, I would rather have a version shipped that can match playback and library management capabilities of the Windows version first. Even the standard version features will be enough to be competitive in that landscape in my opinion.

[ll124]

At the moment, we are fixing several discovered bugs and we hope to release an alpha version to the public soon. There will certainly still be a lot of work ahead, but please believe that we are working hard to present it to the public.

One year ago you said the same.

Why do you not release any version?

when its an alpha everybody knows its not ready then its fine if it has bugr

just freaking release it!!!!!

You did the same with the windows version release 5 as an alpha had bugs no one cared.

Why do you not want to do the same for the mac version I dont get it!!!

[bloomer]

just freaking release it!!!!!

There is no justification for being so damn rude to the developers. Just because you want something doesn't mean you get to be offensive.

Although the developers can defend themselves if they want, I just felt it time to say as a user that while many of us are waiting for this exciting eventual release, the developers have shown themselves over the years to be careful and thoughtful. A damn sight smarter than users who have no understanding of the stupidity of careless alpha or beta releases, and the reputational risks of releasing a bad product.