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Tiny Player for Mac

• First and obvious choice
• Free

Vox

• Subscription based, from $4.99 / month
• Cloud storage service

Swinsian

• $19.95

Tomahawk

• Hub for online sources

Audio Playr

• $8.99

Cog

• Open source

VLC

• Primarily a video player, but has a playlist and handles audio as well

Bahamut

• Open source

jmc

• Open source, media manager

Plexamp

• Electron based
• Requires Plex server

Webamp

• Winamp in Javascript

Nighthawk

• Electron based
• Open source
• Drag & drop breaks it

foobar2000 for Mac

Doppler

• iPhone and Mac apps
• Sync support
• Artwork search
• Organization helpers
• One time purchase

Petrichor

• wide variety of audio file formats
• library view
• lyrics, playlists
• free

Radiccio

• multiple sources, including local files, Apple Music, Plex, and Jellyfin
• paid subscription called Radiccio Plus!
• "librarian" feature for larger collections
• pins, favorites, auto skip, journal
• available on Mac App Store

Tiny Player for Mac version 1.2.3 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• Fix file associations
• Add new playback mode: single track
• Press ⌘L to cycle playback modes
• Press ⇧⌘← and → to seek within current track by +/- 15 seconds
• Basic accessibility labels
• Ignore keyboard shortcuts when window is out of focus

Tiny Player version 1.0.8 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• Repeat mode menu
• New repeat mode: Play single track

Repro version 1.5 is out now.

The most important addition is the online gallery. Now it’s really easy to share your before-and-after photos, directly from the app.

There’s a nice interactive slider on the page that allows people to switch between the two pictures.

Tiny Player version 1.0.7 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• New web interface with a nice directory browser
• Enable iTunes Document Sharing

Tiny Player version 1.0.6 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• Support seeking from Command Center • Improved seeking precision • Enable remote playback controls • Add way to download music back to your computer • Upload widget now accepts AIFF files

Repro version 1.3 is out now.

• New “flickering” mode for photo overlay • Support taking photos using Volume Down button • Slightly updated user interface

Tiny Player for Mac version 1.2.2 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• New track info window with cover artwork - press ⌘I
• Hide artist/album playlist columns when resized to minimum width
• Improved support for AIFF files
• Small bugfixes and improvements

 

Tiny Player for Mac version 1.2 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• Support for M3U playlists
• File → Open dialog ⌘O
• Window →  Always on Top
• Resize to minimum  → snap into "Compact mode" with no playlist
• Improved handling of file associations
• Various small fixes & optimizations

Tiny Player for Mac version 1.1 is out now. This update brings the following improvements:

• Track metadata such as title/album/artist info is now cached so loading tracks the second time or after a restart should be much quicker.
• Starting with this version, Tiny Player will internally keep history of all played tracks. The records are not used yet but a future version could upload them to Last.FM or show some interesting statistics.
• Quite a few issues have been fixed.