Starting with beaTunes 4.0.2, you can initiate database recovery (repair) from the Tools menu of beaTunes.
Reviews of beatunes update#
This maintenance update fixes a couple of minor issues. It was constantly trying to sync with iTunes, which caused frequent slowdowns. The process is pretty much self-explanatory. Just note that repair differs from recreation in that repair attempts to save all data that's in your database, while recreation just re-builds the database from scratch using your media files. The most notable of which is probably beaTunes' capability to automatically find and reassociate renamed files with the correct metadata in the database, if there is a valid file id available and if the file is still in the same folder (applies only to folder-based libraries).
Reviews of beatunes full#
If you've got a huge iTunes library full of conflicts, you may find BeaTunes to be the fastest way to get your library in order quickly.
Reviews of beatunes for mac#
However, the program can slow your computer down and is a little confusing when you use it for the first time.Įditors' note: This is a review of the trial version of BeaTunes for Mac 4.0.10.BeaTunes is one of the best complements available to be used together with iTunes, as it offers us the possibility to fill in details about each track.
The program makes use of several sites to show the proper name of the artist or song or to detect the tone or the rhythm of each track, among many other things. The application will carry out an in-depth analysis of your library and, depending on the options that you have activated, it will start to complete data about each of the tracks that form part of it. BeaTunes is approachable as a general music playback app while remaining a robust and novel DJ library management utility that is initially unassuming for the novice but still expansive and delightful for the veteran. The process can take quite a long time (it all depends on the amount of albums you have stored in your library), but it is justified due to the good results that it offers.Īs well as properly filling in the tag data, it is also capable of importing the lyrics of the songs, detecting tracks that are missing from an album, detecting the BPM of each track or searching for the clef used to compose a song. Its interface has a distinctly Apple vibe with its familiar 3-pane setup making it easy to navigate, but it’s dotted. In plain English this means, that if you are using NTFS for your music files and a beaTunes folder-based collections, beaTunes should not loose track of your files, even when you rename them or move them to another folder, if that folder is still within the collections root folder. The interface of beaTunes is clear and we won't have any problems handling the application if we are used to using iTunes.