Best Alternative to iTunes, WOW!

Ive tried at least 10 music players in the effort to find a better alternative to iTunes*. Enqueue is fantastic. Its lightweight, speedy, allows for quick tag editing, and it syncs the changes back to iTunes (but you have to refresh your iTunes library by changing the media folder). Its great to be able to click an album, an artist, a genre, etc and quickly change the meta tags. Unlike iTunes, Enqueue doesnt have a tedious process to change the metadata. The new tags stick to the songs because they are part of the file. iTunes has a pesky habit of overwriting your new tags, especially when swapping computers. I use multiple laptops throughout the day, swapping one for another as their battery power declines. Since my 160gB music collection is stored in Dropbox, the changes are immediately visible. That means I can change the tag on a song and it will upload to the cloud immediately. This is incredible compared to iTunes. Even with iCloud, the changes dont convey over the cloud immediately. Plus, I dont have to deal with refreshing my iTunes library every time I open it.

Enqueue has a speedy interface that is intuitive and easy to use. Its exactly what iTunes used to be, if you stripped out all the bloated advertisements. Data that was added via iTunes, such as album artwork didnt always convey over, but thats understandable. That data is connected to iCloud and iTunes Match--not directly to the data file.

Unfortunately Enqueue doesnt provide iPod support. However, if youre successful in syncing the iTunes library with your Enqueue changes, this really doesnt pose a major problem. I would still like to see iPod device support in the future Enqueu updates though. The other con is that there is not any documentation or user guide. I had to figure out how to accomplish some more advanced changes to the music on my own. Perhaps in time it will though. Its still a baby as far as growth goes. Good things will come. Enqueue is well worth the small investment. Best few bucks Ive spent on a music player. I wish they offered a demo version, as it would encourage more users to test it out.

*Besides the fact that iTunes doesnt support FLAC, its super slow. When I try to run it conjunctively with Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, MAMP & etc, it causes my computer to run super slow. Turn iTunes off and its lightening fast. Exchange iTunes for Enqueue, and theres no decline in performance. Also, the tag info for the songs is readily available in Enqueue. You dont even have to right-click on a song to find it. This makes tweaking your music library a breeze. GREAT music player.

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