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iPod Alternatives for Mac OS X?
pazu13 writes "I had a first-generation iPod which treated me badly and finally died, after roughly two years of use. I bought another one last year, but after a battery failure several months ago and a sad iPod icon this morning, I think it's time to take my business elsewhere. However, I own a Mac (which has treated me well), and Apple's market dominance seems to have driven most competitors from their own platform. XNJB appears to provide Mac-users more freedom of choice, but outside of this does anyone have a good recommendation for a non-Apple Mac OS X-compatible MP3 player?"
If you just want something you can use with a Mac, that's easy: get any music player that supports being mounted as a removable disk and having music added to it via the Finder (or other filesystem utility).
If, on the other hand, you want a player that syncs with iTunes like an iPod does... that's probably harder to find.
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Maybe what we need is an open source MP3 player. Any takers?
So you had a 1st generation ipod, and it died. So then you bought another 1st gen ipod, and it too died. Gee, ya think maybe it's time to upgrade to a 5th gen??
Unfortunately, between "Date Modified: September 26, 2005" and the speed at which 3rd party MP3 players have been improving, that's not as helpful as one might like.
Not bad, huh?
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