Very important remark: turn off any media storage management. Remember if you downgrade iTunes thel collection is NOT downgraded so unreadable to the lower version (the other way around works flawless. Google the package manager named 'pacifist' that is what I use to downgrade. Yes that still works on High Sierra tho some trickery involved to get it installed. if you stick with version 11 it has a decent small footprint and is reasonably fast.I can use my own scripts for things like duplicate removal, track storage in specific locations and for instance assigning star ratings, which I just made available through TCK see my other post about iTunes star ratings to Traktor.This stuff is impossible to do with any other collection manager. Long story short I do my collection management only once in iTunes and import it from there into all other platforms. Things get a bit more tricky with Denon's Engine Prime because it's iTunes integration is not flawless, but I've fixed that with yet another app I wrote: the Denon Conversion Utility which can recreate any desired combination of iTunes folder/playlist structures in Engine Prime. The iTunes integration of Rekordbox (thru it's sync manager) ensures that the converted data shows up in the correct playlists. There is a feature request pending with Native Instruments to enable the import of folders (including their containing playlists) from iTunes to the Traktor Playlist.īy using iTunes I can limit the amount of tracks being converted to only the tracks I actually added/did edit in Traktor. But lacks when you want to import more complex iTunes structures such as multiple playlists or folders. Traktor's iTunes integration works perfect if you stick to it's iTunes pane. Traktor is my "DJ preparation platform of choice" I convert my cues, loops etc to the other platforms from Traktor using the DJ Conversion Utility. I work on a lot of different DJ platforms (Rekordbox for Pioneer, Denon Prime etc). Every audio program dealing with collection management on MacOS can read from it including most likely any future apps. ![]() You appear to be making a great start, your hardware is older but it will still give you many years reliable service. Meta tags and artwork retrieval are much easer and the “Grid Mode” format is also much better than iTunes, it’s missing the clutter and iTune App store garbage. It is an iTune replacement but does not get in iTunes way. iTunes from the server is shared to all.įor playback software I rip with iTunes but prefer “Swainian”. We have 3 TV’s in the house, each has an older Mac attached, some dating back to 2007. These days I have a 75” monitor on the mini along with a simple Network Assisted Server that is used for whole house back-ups and also ripped DVD movies. Note, I have used an external and currently use an internal with the only difference being a slight bit of speed accessing files, but has never playback is not affected. Also the concert videos on Youtube are very cool. I am 64 and renting music is just not my thing. Free Youtube music videos! I get to listen to all types of music, if I like I buy it. ![]() The monitor opened up a whole new World of music. Later I did something I said I would never do, and that was to add a Monitor. ![]() I’ve been using a Mac Mini for years in various configurations: Headless with shared screen to MBP but used daily with an iPad with remote app but the set-up needed a monitor for configuration related issues.
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