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Usher for Mac

Manage and watch your collection of videos (Beta).

$25.00
In English
Version 4520
3.3
Based on 24 user rates

Usher overview

Note: After many long conversations, we have decided to retire Usher, our media management app: Effective March 1st, 2017, Usher will no longer be available for purchase. We will update it to fix issues that arise, but no further development will occur. If you’ve always wanted to own Usher, you’ve got about two weeks left to make the purchase. (It’s not being abandoned, we’re just retiring it from active development, so you will be supported. However, please read the Q&A before you decide to purchase Usher.) So what does this mean for you as an Usher user? We figure you might have questions, so we’re going to do our best to answer them here. Anything we don’t address, please feel free to bring it up in the comments, or by emailing us directly.

Usher (was yFlicks) is the ultimate tool for managing and watching your collection of videos. View your library in four view modes; watch movies in three ways. You can even use your Apple hardware remote to control playback and choose movies.

Tags and properties let you add metadata, and you can even download cast, director, etc. directly from Amazon.

What’s new in version 4520

Version 2.0 Beta (4520):

Note: Staying on Usher 1.1.17, or any version older than that, is only an option if you don't plan on upgrading to macOS 10.15 Catalina. Those older Ushers are 32-bit apps, and they will not run on macOS 10.15 Catalina.

  • Fixed a bug where smart playlist subdivisions could show duplicate files under rare conditions.
  • Fixed a thumbnail drawing glitch.
  • Added some blurry eye candy, some of which also happens to improve legibility.

Usher for Mac

$25.00
In English
Version 4520
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3.3

(96 Reviews of Usher)

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GeogProf
GeogProf
Jan 24 2014
1.1.8
0.5
Jan 24 2014
0.5
Version: 1.1.8
Switched to OS 10.7 minimum requirements but doesn’t take the time to offer a download link for the last 10.6.8-capable version either here or on their own freakin’ website. Lame, developer. Is my license worth nothing to you? Fine, then I’ll trash your product every chance I get in every forum I can think of.
DanH1826
DanH1826
Dec 5 2013
1.1.7
1.5
Dec 5 2013
1.5
Version: 1.1.7
Seems extremely slow with a large library! I have around 3000 movies on my NAS, and Usher is so slow it's almost unresponsive! Am waiting to hear some feedback from the developer.
Helmo-Hass
Helmo-Hass
May 10 2013
1.1.6
0.0
May 10 2013
0.0
Version: 1.1.6
Unfortunately even if it seems a very nice and useful application alike all the others similar, it does't have any support for mkv which in my case makes this (and the others too, obviously) useless
snickers2k
snickers2k
Nov 12 2012
1.1.6
0.0
Nov 12 2012
0.0
Version: 1.1.6
my movie collection is on a NAS and for me usher is not working well. it keeps crashing most of the time
GeogProf
GeogProf
Nov 6 2012
1.1.6
0.5
Nov 6 2012
0.5
Version: 1.1.6
Nice, but I can’t find a preference to always open movies in fullscreen — a glaring omission and deal breaker.
stevenzli
stevenzli
May 15 2018
4.0
May 15 2018
4.0
Version: null
PhantomReaper
PhantomReaper
Jul 23 2016
2.0
Jul 23 2016
2.0
Version: null
GeogProf
GeogProf
Jan 24 2014
0.5
Jan 24 2014
0.5
Version: null
DanH1826
DanH1826
Dec 5 2013
1.5
Dec 5 2013
1.5
Version: null
Mark-Glandon
Mark-Glandon
Feb 24 2013
1.5
Feb 24 2013
1.5
Version: null
glengarry
glengarry
Oct 5 2012
3.0
Oct 5 2012
3.0
Version: null
rramito
rramito
Apr 20 2012
4.5
Apr 20 2012
4.5
Version: null
StrictlyBagel
StrictlyBagel
Sep 7 2011
4.0
Sep 7 2011
4.0
Version: null
Steppke
Steppke
Jun 19 2011
1.0
Jun 19 2011
1.0
Version: null
Arjuna
Arjuna
May 22 2011
4.0
May 22 2011
4.0
Version: null
glinner
glinner
May 10 2011
5.0
May 10 2011
5.0
Version: null
Takn
Takn
Mar 1 2011
5.0
Mar 1 2011
5.0
Version: null
Thethinslice
Thethinslice
Feb 5 2011
5.0
Feb 5 2011
5.0
Version: null
SetRen68
SetRen68
Jan 12 2011
3.5
Jan 12 2011
3.5
Version: null
Alessandro82
Alessandro82
Dec 3 2010
1.5
Dec 3 2010
1.5
Version: null
LeMerlot
LeMerlot
Oct 17 2010
5.0
Oct 17 2010
5.0
Version: null
Sum-Yung-Guy
Sum-Yung-Guy
Mar 15 2010
2.0
Mar 15 2010
2.0
Version: null
SanjayMehta
SanjayMehta
Dec 31 2009
3.0
Dec 31 2009
3.0
Version: null
Neal
Neal
Jun 20 2008
4.0
Jun 20 2008
4.0
Version: null
TSMelo
TSMelo
May 18 2008
2.0
May 18 2008
2.0
Version: null
Steeple
Steeple
Mar 21 2008
5.0
Mar 21 2008
5.0
Version: null
Tdp
Tdp
Nov 20 2007
4.0
Nov 20 2007
4.0
Version: null
oldrh
oldrh
Aug 29 2007
5.0
Aug 29 2007
5.0
Version: null
Portkins
Portkins
Aug 24 2007
2.0
Aug 24 2007
2.0
Version: null