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al1947:
One minor, but annoying, difference is that the Windows version ships with a large assortment of pre-made smartlists, while the Mac version only comes with just over a half dozen. Don't see any reason other than laxity that the same bundle doesn't come with the Mac version. I spent a fair amount of time searching for guidance on Interact to find instructions for creating my own smartlists that are just variants of the prefab Windows ones.
Another problem is with some Android-based media players, notably Astell and Kern. That's on A&K (iRiver), not JRiver.
While Windows will mount A&K memory as drives, Mac does not. Unlike Pono, which bundles a MC20 variant with its player for smooth syncing, A&K leaves its Mac customers with only a mediocre Android File Transfer utility that cannot link up with MC20. So the Windows version of MC20 will sync with A&K players but the Mac version does not.
blgentry:
--- Quote from: al1947 on July 13, 2015, 12:18:52 pm ---One minor, but annoying, difference is that the Windows version ships with a large assortment of pre-made smartlists, while the Mac version only comes with just over a half dozen.
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I believe the Mac version ships with a large number of stock smartlists. I deleted mine when I first got JRiver and later regretted doing so because I wanted to see what they all did. Luckily, you can recreate the 50 or so stock smartlists very easily.
Just right click on Playlists in the left navigation pane. Then select "Add Stock Smartlists". That should give you all of them.
Brian.
al1947:
--- Quote ---Just right click on Playlists in the left navigation pane. Then select "Add Stock Smartlists". That should give you all of them.
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Doh! I have been using Media Center for two years and never saw that. Thanks.
However, my installation experience has been that the stock lists are automatically installed on Windows, but not on Macs. Not sure why that is.
danfl75:
This list is very helpful and ought to be officially maintained and kept up to date. Someone in a doc thread said it's too hard to maintain a complete user manual. I accept that, but I think we need a complete and up to date, basic user manual. This community spends a lot of time answering basic questions.
shAf:
--- Quote from: danfl75 on July 26, 2015, 09:53:02 pm ---This list is very helpful and ought to be officially maintained and kept up to date. Someone in a doc thread said it's too hard to maintain a complete user manual. I accept that, but I think we need a complete and up to date, basic user manual. This community spends a lot of time answering basic questions.
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I agree ... Along side features development, the wiki should be kept up to date :)
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