Files that you add to the Vox Playlist remain there for later playback.Īnother couple of important features of Vox is its integration with Last.fm and, most importantly, its ability to stream thousands of online radio stations, although this last feature comes as a paid option at a very reasonable $0.99. You can add files to Vox’s Playlist from either displayed albums or any of your iTunes playlists and other sources. This makes it quite convenient, since you just have to toggle Notification Center to see what is currently playing. Playback itself is quite neat on Vox, which not only gives you the option to display the current album artwork on the app’s icon on the task switcher, but also integrates with Notification Center, something that even iTunes -inexplicably- does not do. You can drop files from iTunes right into the app or have it load your iTunes library, although I was sad to see it does not yet support iTunes Match, so if you have the service, you will have to download all the songs you want to listen to to your iTunes library first. Vox also allows you to play music from a few sources, like iTunes itself. One of the most interesting of these is its support for a variety of formats, including for FLAC, CUE, WMA and OGG files, which are not supported by Apple’s native music player. Yet, while minimal, Vox is anything but lacking and instead packs quite an extensive set of features that even Apple’s own iTunes doesn’t offer. It is quite obvious that the app is focused on remaining very streamlined. The moment you open Vox on your Mac, you will notice that it has a minimal design and a simple interface. ![]() Read on to see if it measures up to the challenge. This time, the free music player Vox takes the stage to try to become a suitable alternative to iTunes. So, when a capable Mac music player hits the market that does things differently, we’re bound to get interested. Be it its interface or its lack of certain features, there is no denying that iTunes is far from perfect. ![]() ![]() While iTunes is definitely a great music player, a lot of Mac users simply can’t deal with it due to one or another reason.
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