Weekend Project
Get to grips with some serious tech tinkering to
boost your computer andother devices
58 10 - 23 July 2019
said that, there are a numberof excellent
alt ernatives you can use instead. Here
ar e a few of our favourites, along with
some tips on how to use them.MusicBee
getmusicbee.com
MusicBeehelpsyou find,organiseand
play songson your computer, andcan
importtracksdirectlyfrom iTunesor a
musicfolderof your choice. You canalsoHowto
... Create and manage a
digital music collection
Spotifyisn’tfor everyone, especiallyif you have a hugeCD collection.
Wayne Williamsexplainshow to organiseandplay your music
THE BEST iTUNES
ALTERNATIVESApple’s iTunes has attracted its share of
criticismover the years – particularlythe
PC version, which is often viewed as
slow, bloated and hard to use. However,
it’s actuallya very powerful piece of
software that’s packed with features,
even if you don’t need them all. Having
S
potify, Apple Music andother
streaming services may have
declared themselves to be
the future of music, but there are
still plenty of peoplewho prefer
to own their music rather than
stream it.At its recent Worldwide Developer
Conference, Apple announced that it
intends to kill off iTunes on macOS,
replacing it with three new apps:
Apple Music, Apple TV andApple
Podcasts. The technology giant
hasn’t pulled the plugon theWindows version of its software just
yet, but it’s surely only a matter of
time. With that in mind, we’ve
devoted this Weekend Project to
guiding you through the best tools
you can use to rip, organise andplay
your music collection on your PC.set it to watch foldersso that any new
tracksyou addare imported to your
library automatically.
You canuse the program to rip and
burnCDs,manageduplicates, convert
tracksfrom oneformat to another, create
partyplaylists, stream songsfrom
popularweb-radiostationsandtag your
tracksautomaticallyto helpyou organise
your musiclibrary (althoughmanual
taggingis alsoavailable).M T W T F S S