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Gear Player for Mac

Music player for Google Music and YouTube.

$5.99
In English
Version 2.2.38
3.4
Based on 7 user rates

Gear Player overview

Gear Player allows you to connect to your existing Google Play Music and YouTube account without confining yourself to a Web browser or Flash player. The interface aims to be simple and intuitive, just does what it has to. Users can upload up to 20,000 of their songs to the Google Play service. And you can now search for songs on YouTube and manage your playlists and favorites library with Gear.

Features
  • Full Google Music All Access* support: Search and Radio
  • Search for songs on YouTube and add them to your favourites collection or your library
  • Save Google Music songs for later offline listening
  • Create instant mixes (if you don't have All Access)
  • Manage playlists, library
  • Album, artist, and genre views
  • High-resolution album art via Last.fm
  • Graphic equalizer
  • "Modern Dark" and "Cocoa" visual themes
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Select audio output device (including AirPlay on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later, and ChromeCast, or even multiple devices at the same time**)
  • An editable queue where you can see and manage what's coming next
  • Create radios or instant mixes based on song, album, or artist (right click on song)
  • 'I'm Feeling Lucky' radio
  • Search for songs on All Access, and add to library or playlist
  • Edit song metadata
  • Delete songs from library (right-click on song)
  • Compatible with Nicecast
  • Post songs to Notification Center (OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later)
  • Can sit in menu bar instead of Dock
  • Display album art for currently played song
  • Previous, Play, and Next buttons in OS X status bar (can be turned off in settings if not desired)
  • Gapless playback
  • Apple keyboard Previous, Play, and Next buttons (may require external preference pane***). Gear itself can also be launched if it's not running.
  • Apple Remote and Apple headphones play/pause button support (requires external preference pane, and please note that Apple Remote is a physical remote, not to be confused with the iOS app called 'Remote')
  • Pause/play song by pressing Space
  • Pause playback if Mac goes to sleep
  • Filter your songs
  • Shuffle, repeat
  • Rate your songs, with optional 5 star ratings
  • Auto playlists (Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, Recently Added, the meaning of the latter is configurable)
  • Proper sorting by international characters
  • Full-screen support
  • 2-factor Google authentication
  • Post currently played song via Twitter or Facebook (on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later)
  • Fully Retina compatible

What’s new in version 2.2.38

Version 2.2.38:
  • Fixed issue with YouTube playback

Gear Player for Mac

$5.99
In English
Version 2.2.38
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3.4

(5 Reviews of Gear Player)

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  • User Ratings

DKENT213
DKENT213
Apr 11 2018
2.2.34
2.5
Apr 11 2018
2.5
Version: 2.2.34
Too many bugs/annoyances.
polocanada
polocanada
May 5 2015
2.1.0
2.5
May 5 2015
2.5
Version: 2.1.0
I was hoping it would support multiple Google user accounts. Without this there is less of a motivation to use this software over Google web version.
Prince-Isaac
Prince-Isaac
Aug 29 2013
1.5.12
0.0
Aug 29 2013
0.0
Version: 1.5.12
The MacUpdate lists are near overflowing with Google-this, Google-that, Chrome, Nextus Brinsky, GummyTeethPages... Note to MacUpdate: How about starting a new site called 'Googleupdate" and move all things goole over there. :-)
anonymous-dingo-653
anonymous-dingo-653
May 14 2012
1.0
0.0
May 14 2012
0.0
Version: 1.0
I don't see the point. One has to upload one's music collection in order to play it locally? Forget it, since I can grab whatever I want from device to device even directly over the internet without using yet another so-cloud. And the app isn't that special, nor worth even the cheap price, since it doesn't do half of what other full media players (let alone real "managers") can do... for free.
Merlin748
Merlin748
Apr 16 2012
1.0
4.5
Apr 16 2012
4.5
Version: 1.0
I'm big fan of Google Music, it's free and plays on any device. This app plays my google music much better like in a web browser, i love it.
DKENT213
DKENT213
Apr 11 2018
2.5
Apr 11 2018
2.5
Version: null
polocanada
polocanada
May 5 2015
2.5
May 5 2015
2.5
Version: null
js615
js615
Dec 12 2014
4.0
Dec 12 2014
4.0
Version: null
deputat
deputat
Oct 26 2013
4.0
Oct 26 2013
4.0
Version: null
slade-3eb72a73
slade-3eb72a73
May 5 2013
4.0
May 5 2013
4.0
Version: null
NathanielMoraca9031
NathanielMoraca9031
Mar 30 2013
2.0
Mar 30 2013
2.0
Version: null
Merlin748
Merlin748
Apr 16 2012
4.5
Apr 16 2012
4.5
Version: null