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dAlen

dAlen

Tinkerer

44 posts

ok... the new update to uncheck relevance was kind of cool - It allowed my songs to play in order...

However, when I search for ABBA I get one Abba album at the top followed by tons of kABBAlah material then more ABBA. [even putting a space after ABBA keeps the kabbalah material before most of it.]

The only work around is to check relevance again...

Is there not a way to just have it search by how it is grouped?
ie. Abba is all together and not separate - yes relevance, but in the same token not to have it play most played songs first, but the order I have them put in.

Anyway, if that could be addressed it would really be great! smile

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dAlen

March 6, 2010 11:55 am
rmallen

rmallen

Tinkerer

11 posts

rambaldi

Thanks for the update! Only thing is, it's now sorting alphabetically wink

I think what's more useful is the album order, as opposed to alpha order. I listen to pretty much all my music in the order it appears when I use iTunes to sort by album.

This is still incredibly useful though, and I appreciate the attention concerns/suggestions have been given already! Impressive smile

March 6, 2010 3:03 pm
Ten

Ten

Gearhead

65 posts

I love Tracks! トラックは、非常に実用的なソフトウェアです。あなたMacHeistありがとうございます!

March 6, 2010 3:08 pm
Ritchie_13

Ritchie_13

Urchin

from United Kingdom
8 posts

Will Tracks scrobble songs that I've played on my iPod when I sync it with iTunes?

March 6, 2010 3:59 pm
rmallen

rmallen

Tinkerer

11 posts

Using the new update:

I'm having this weird issues where I select a song, and unlike others where it just stops when the track is done, it acts like I put iTunes on shuffle, even now that I've turned shuffle on, and it should be on "play to end of current list."

I've tried it with sort by relevance checked and without it checked. Tracks seems to be stuck on shuffle.

edit: it's a weird shuffle though, as it'll often choose 2 or 3 songs from the same artist/album in a row and then move to something else. Not always, but fairly frequently. I can't seem to see the pattern in its choices though...

March 6, 2010 4:14 pm
gnurf

gnurf

Tinkerer

20 posts

The update is sweet, and now I see all album tracks in the order the tag says is correct. But it's using over 130MB, which seems a bit much. I have the memory, but Scrivener is using less than a sixth of that, with my massive output in memory all the time wink

March 6, 2010 9:39 pm
caldaean

caldaean

Gearhead

from Lund, Sweden
51 posts

painttheskygrey wrote:
sonicsoul wrote:

Really stupid question, but how do I get Tracks to continue playing songs after selecting one?  It just plays the one tracks and then stops.

This.

Have to agree with this one as well. Like the app otherwise, but this was pretty annoying. If I've searched on an artist, and the app shows me albums and I select a song on one of them, I pretty much expect it to continue playinhg the song after that one I selected as well.

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March 7, 2010 1:43 pm
Sulcalibur

Sulcalibur

Automaton Tech

from London, United Kingdom
358 posts

This app is VERY cool! Kudos to the developers!

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March 7, 2010 1:54 pm
JollyBass

JollyBass

Tinkerer

16 posts

Barmi wrote:

I'm very grateful for the app and credit the developers for creating something so streamlined... though I must ask if it's something to draw me away from CoverSutra? I'm not asking out of malice, but out of genuine naïve curiosity... because I don't have a great track record of spotting things that aren't obvious at first sight.

Does anyone have an answer to this?  I have coversutra from a previous MH, and it works fine, but since I now have a licence for tracks I was wondering if there was any reason to switch?

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March 7, 2010 3:33 pm
iDarbert

iDarbert

Big Game Hunter

from Lost Town
700 posts

JollyBass wrote:
Barmi wrote:

I'm very grateful for the app and credit the developers for creating something so streamlined... though I must ask if it's something to draw me away from CoverSutra? I'm not asking out of malice, but out of genuine naïve curiosity... because I don't have a great track record of spotting things that aren't obvious at first sight.

Does anyone have an answer to this?  I have coversutra from a previous MH, and it works fine, but since I now have a licence for tracks I was wondering if there was any reason to switch?

Tracks works like this: press keyboard shortcut (alt-escape by default), start typing the name of a song you want to play, press return to play it.

I don't remember how CoverSutra's workflow looks like, but you are currently using it so I think you can mentally compare the two and realize if it's worth switching for you smile

March 7, 2010 4:21 pm
JollyBass

JollyBass

Tinkerer

16 posts

iDarbert wrote:

I don't remember how CoverSutra's workflow looks like, but you are currently using it so I think you can mentally compare the two and realize if it's worth switching for you smile

Did that, but couldn’t see anything worth switching for. I guess I was hoping there was some killer feature I had overlooked before consigning it to wire basket 'archive'.

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March 7, 2010 4:50 pm
btester92

btester92

Big Game Hunter

from USA
944 posts

JollyBass wrote:
iDarbert wrote:

I don't remember how CoverSutra's workflow looks like, but you are currently using it so I think you can mentally compare the two and realize if it's worth switching for you smile

Did that, but couldn’t see anything worth switching for. I guess I was hoping there was some killer feature I had overlooked before consigning it to wire basket 'archive'.

Tracks can also search the iTunes Music Store, which Coversutra doesn't do. Other than that, they are identical in terms of features. Tracks seems to be a bit snappier for me, but it also uses up more memory.

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March 7, 2010 5:06 pm
DanyWho

DanyWho

Automaton Tech

from Germany
105 posts

I tried it but it really annoys me that it opens up iTunes when I select a song.I rather continue using Quicksilver.That works without the need to have iTunes open.

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March 7, 2010 6:50 pm
NeostarNeko

NeostarNeko

Tinkerer

14 posts

I was using TunesArt but after giving Tracks a whirl I think I prefer it. I love the search feature it's awesome big_smile

March 7, 2010 7:12 pm
iDarbert

iDarbert

Big Game Hunter

from Lost Town
700 posts

JollyBass wrote:
iDarbert wrote:

I don't remember how CoverSutra's workflow looks like, but you are currently using it so I think you can mentally compare the two and realize if it's worth switching for you smile

Did that, but couldn’t see anything worth switching for. I guess I was hoping there was some killer feature I had overlooked before consigning it to wire basket 'archive'.

Oh, then I guess I never actually used CoverSutra that much.. I liked Tracks' minimalistic approach to the task, no jewel case, no HUD with controls, just the search field.
But as far as features are concerned there seems to be nothing else so I think you are right.

March 7, 2010 7:33 pm

thebanite

Tinkerer

13 posts

Has anyone had conflicts with Tracks and the iPod Shuffle? My shuffle is acting up and I am troubleshooting. I don't know that Tracks is the problem, but I'm trying to eliminate it. Sometimes, only when Tracks is running, iTunes appears twice in PathFinder, which stops happening when I turn of Tracks and restart PathFinder. My Shuffle also appears twice in iTunes and when I turn off Tracks and restart iTunes it appears only once. I still have iPod issues w/out Tracks running, however, but this duplication makes me wonder. Ideas?

March 7, 2010 9:33 pm
painttheskygrey

painttheskygrey

Automaton Tech

from Atlanta
199 posts

caldaean wrote:
painttheskygrey wrote:
sonicsoul wrote:

Really stupid question, but how do I get Tracks to continue playing songs after selecting one?  It just plays the one tracks and then stops.

This.

Have to agree with this one as well. Like the app otherwise, but this was pretty annoying. If I've searched on an artist, and the app shows me albums and I select a song on one of them, I pretty much expect it to continue playinhg the song after that one I selected as well.

I just figured out the issue (at least with me). If a song was playing (ie paused) when you started to use Tracks, it will only play the song you choose from Tracks and stop. If you clear that paused song (by going to the iTunes store, for example), it will then play the rest of the songs. Perhaps this is a bug the devs can fix?

March 7, 2010 9:41 pm

maicki

Urchin

1 posts

I don't know if this is a problem, but I can't play any podcast files, but I see the files in the search result. Can tracks play Podcast files normally?

March 8, 2010 3:46 pm

esoso

Tinkerer

10 posts

I'm currently using Mousqueak for similar tasks. There's a Mousqueak plugin which lets you explore your library in a similar way, plus it seems to have much more features (next-previous track, pause, change volume, always using a small sidebar). I think Tracks is nice but I don't think it's worth switching, unless I'm missing some killer features (besides iTunes Music Store search)

March 8, 2010 3:53 pm

sme

Urchin

3 posts

chavanak wrote:

Err.. when I click on the link to register, I get an error message saying
"The serial number you tried to activate seems to be malformed. Please make sure you're using the original purchase receipt or contact our technical support."

Has anyone else encountered this ?

same here. still no serial at my receipt. :-(

March 8, 2010 6:08 pm
anosou

anosou

Tinkerer

from Sweden
31 posts

esoso wrote:

I'm currently using Mousqueak for similar tasks. There's a Mousqueak plugin which lets you explore your library in a similar way, plus it seems to have much more features (next-previous track, pause, change volume, always using a small sidebar). I think Tracks is nice but I don't think it's worth switching, unless I'm missing some killer features (besides iTunes Music Store search)

Tracks can do next/previous, pause, change volume with keystrokes. That's 123081 times better than a sidebar smile

March 8, 2010 7:15 pm

mmartial

Urchin

1 posts

A question I have is that I have my music on Network Drive with an iTunes server. Even with the drive mounted, I can not access the files on the drive (not part of the main iTunes library I guess). Is there a way for me to take advantage of "Tracks" for this ?

March 8, 2010 9:06 pm

esoso

Tinkerer

10 posts

anosou wrote:
esoso wrote:

I'm currently using Mousqueak for similar tasks. There's a Mousqueak plugin which lets you explore your library in a similar way, plus it seems to have much more features (next-previous track, pause, change volume, always using a small sidebar). I think Tracks is nice but I don't think it's worth switching, unless I'm missing some killer features (besides iTunes Music Store search)

Tracks can do next/previous, pause, change volume with keystrokes. That's 123081 times better than a sidebar smile

I'll have to look into that then. Thanks very much.

March 8, 2010 9:44 pm

thebanite

Tinkerer

13 posts

Well, I've had no luck with the thing. After the first time I ran it it failed to play anything at all. I'm still getting double instances of iTunes only when it runs. Any suggestions?

March 8, 2010 11:50 pm
cooper_mac

cooper_mac

Tinkerer

from houston
31 posts

sme wrote:
chavanak wrote:

Err.. when I click on the link to register, I get an error message saying
"The serial number you tried to activate seems to be malformed. Please make sure you're using the original purchase receipt or contact our technical support."

Has anyone else encountered this ?

same here. still no serial at my receipt. :-(

ditto. i wrote support yesterday (Sunday) morning, that bounced (bizarrely, the support button on the error message opens an email message addressed to support@conceited.net!), re-sent my message to support@conceitedsoftware.com and all i hear since then is the wind whistling across the lonesome coastal prairie. At the least this delay's given me an opportunity to re-experience CoverSutra, which i've now exhumed from near-oblivion in my Applications folder, and gee it's not bad at all.

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March 9, 2010 1:17 am
shaggy16

shaggy16

Tinkerer

16 posts

I have entered my last.fm details but it won't scrobble the songs.

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March 9, 2010 2:35 am
drudge

drudge

Developer

26 posts

For those of you experiencing issues activating your licenses (such as "The serial number you tried to activate seems to be malformed. Please make sure you're using the original purchase receipt or contact our technical support."
), please head over to http://www.macheist.com/support/new/ and file a request with MacHeist.

March 9, 2010 4:05 pm
thisaac

thisaac

Urchin

2 posts

Can anyone do me a favor and load up tracks preferences and tell me what the default shortcut is for "show/hide Tracks"? Accidentally cleared it out. Thanks

March 10, 2010 2:07 am
Handyman

Handyman

Tinkerer

from WA
48 posts

Ok, this was fantastic (NOT!). I registered my copy and Conceited verified it, then my computer wasn't connected to the internet for a couple days, so now Tracks goes into Trial Expired mode sad

I think I'm going to have to uninstall this app now too sad

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March 10, 2010 3:10 am
iDarbert

iDarbert

Big Game Hunter

from Lost Town
700 posts

Handyman wrote:

Ok, this was fantastic (NOT!). I registered my copy and Conceited verified it, then my computer wasn't connected to the internet for a couple days, so now Tracks goes into Trial Expired mode sad

I think I'm going to have to uninstall this app now too sad

Really? I wonder if it's just a coincidence or that's supposed to happen.

March 10, 2010 8:46 am

tg1189

Urchin

1 posts

chavanak wrote:

Err.. when I click on the link to register, I get an error message saying
"The serial number you tried to activate seems to be malformed. Please make sure you're using the original purchase receipt or contact our technical support."

Has anyone else encountered this ?

Same problem here, says malformed serial so cant activate sad

March 10, 2010 5:24 pm
buzzasus

buzzasus

Automaton Tech

from FL
186 posts

thisaac wrote:

Can anyone do me a favor and load up tracks preferences and tell me what the default shortcut is for "show/hide Tracks"? Accidentally cleared it out. Thanks

I show the default key combo for "show/hide Tracks" to be Option + Escape.

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March 10, 2010 9:11 pm
thisaac

thisaac

Urchin

2 posts

buzzasus wrote:

I show the default key combo for "show/hide Tracks" to be Option + Escape.

Thanks a ton buzzasaus!

March 11, 2010 7:16 pm
dustmoo

dustmoo

Tinkerer

19 posts

I have emailed the dev about this. The fact that I basically have to be connected to the internet in order to have clips and tracks activated really sucks. I travel tons for work, and don't always have access to the internet.

Having my apps kick in and out of registered just because they can't access the activation server falls under too stringent anti piracy security.

March 18, 2010 4:02 pm
johnnybdot

johnnybdot

Gearhead

77 posts

same here, had it blocked with Little Snitch after activation (just in case, I don't use the last.fm feature, I would if it allowed streaming of songs, but that's another story) and today it went into Expired mode ("couldn't check on trial period duration" or something it said)...
Apart from the fact that the registration still seems valid, I would hate to see this pop up every time I start Tracks (every time I start the computer)...

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March 18, 2010 5:04 pm
VelvetRose

VelvetRose

Automaton Tech

from Beyond Wonderland
215 posts

drudge wrote:

For those of you experiencing issues activating your licenses (such as "The serial number you tried to activate seems to be malformed. Please make sure you're using the original purchase receipt or contact our technical support."
), please head over to http://www.macheist.com/support/new/ and file a request with MacHeist.

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March 18, 2010 5:22 pm
johnnybdot

johnnybdot

Gearhead

77 posts

ok, Activation expired still pops up on launch, disabled autostart and quit... wtf you guys already know I'm a legitimate user upon first activation, why check that all the time?

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March 19, 2010 9:57 am

dblevin

Urchin

1 posts

Love Tracks so far! But... as there is room for improvement in everything, a few feature that would make it really excellent:

- Addition of a button/keyboard shortcut to create a genius playlist from the currently playing track.
- Option to have albums display in track order when an artist name is entered.
- Warning pop-up if the official last.fm app is running while Tracks is running with last.fm scrobbling enabled (to avoid double-scrobbling).
- iPod scrobblling supprort

Keep up the good work!

March 19, 2010 4:29 pm

TeenOnDaRise

Urchin

2 posts

Tracks isn't working. I downloaded it and it was perfect at first. Now whenever i open it i get the beachball and it quits. Anyone else have the same problem?
Anyone can help?

March 21, 2010 9:47 pm
anosou

anosou

Tinkerer

from Sweden
31 posts

Still using Tracks daily. Could use some more functionality like specifying what field your searching (as of now you still can't search genre for example). The dev's quick with additions though (I actually made them add the option to not sort by relevance) so I have high hopes. E-mail them smile

March 21, 2010 10:06 pm

jozzscott

Urchin

1 posts

maicki wrote:

I don't know if this is a problem, but I can't play any podcast files, but I see the files in the search result. Can tracks play Podcast files normally?

I'm experiencing exactly the same problem. I can search podcasts but can not play them using Tracks. Other songs work as expected.

March 23, 2010 11:07 pm
rhinolith

rhinolith

Urchin

from Singapore
5 posts

Well... I installed it, used it, and don't see the point of it. Sent it away with AppDelete.

March 31, 2010 2:53 pm
choma

choma

Automaton Tech

from uk
496 posts

I've always found minimising itunes into the little mini player OK for everything I need, an extra utility would have to offer a lot more than tracks to make it worthwhile. Tracks went the way of iclips and coverscout....

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March 31, 2010 3:29 pm

patski

Urchin

1 posts

I just can't get it to work. Installed and registered but can't type anything in the menubar. Version 1.5.1

April 13, 2010 6:48 pm

dirkwalker

Urchin

1 posts

A few days ago, I got a pop-up message saying my version of Tracks had expired and I need to connect to the internet to activate the full version. Even when I am connected to the internet, I can't get rid of the message or get to any place where I can enter my serial number. Anyone else have this problem?

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