e12 – Music on the Classic Mac

Before streaming, we listened to music on our Macs from CDs and low-quality MP3s found in shady corners of the Internet. This episode, Ed and Brian tell the Audion story, declare themselves children of the filesystem generation, and struggle to pronounce the word "earbuds".

Before streaming, we listened to music on our Macs from CDs and low-quality MP3s found in shady corners of the Internet. This episode, Ed and Brian tell the Audion story, declare themselves children of the filesystem generation, and struggle to pronounce the word "earbuds".

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followupApple ID password resetConnected 1 on the history of the iPodaborted home folder on iPod featurepre-iPod music playersBrian's CD player: Panasonic SL-S360Brian's wall of CD coversjukeboxbehind-the-neck headphonesAppleCD Audio PlayerEd's Sharp 722 MiniDisc playerMP3 CDDiamond Rio

 

Mac music softwareMacAMP (aka Macast)Winamp – "It really whips the llama's ass!"MP3.comAudionavailable on the Panic software archivethe true story of audion.faces [WayBack Machine]SmoothfaceBrian's favorite: some_bhodinut_presetEd's favorite: Reintegrationfive flavors "Yum!" iMacs

Ed's ~/Music Hazel rulesMacworld review of Audion 2.5Roxio ToastiPod storage hierarchySoundJam MP by Casady & GreeneMusic Player.appDVD PlayerSpeakable Items"Rip. Mix. Burn." promothe iPod eraour first iPods: 3rd generationBrian's favorite: 1st generation ShuffleautofillEd's favorite: 2nd generation Nanocassete tape adapterGriffin iTrip

 

how we listen nowiTunes 12Pandora OneRdioSpotifyiTunes MatchBrian's 10 years of iTunes dataAudioScrobbler / last.fm"upgrading" music with iTunes Match