Free MP3 Cutter Joiner for Mac

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• Does the job. Barely

  Jeff MarkNovember 10, 2014

  Pros

  Does what it's supposed to do. It's free.

  Cons

  Horribly clumsy, un-Mac-like interface.

  Summary

  Joining MP3s isn't something I do a lot, but I was in a situation where I needed to do a small job, joining 20 or so MP3s, three or four of such groups. I could have opened Audacity or one of my other light audio editors, and just pasted one segment onto another, but I thought I might find something quick and simple, and free. Found this, took a shot. Like I said, it did the job, quickly and cleanly. My single biggest complaint is that you can add files to join only one at a time. My initial impression was to select the 20 files I wanted to join, and drag them into the application "list window", where one identified the files to be joined and in what order, expecting them to appear in the window. But only one was added. Using the "add" button opens a normal "open" window, but I could not select more than one file to add at a time. Easiest thing was to drag the files one at a time from the Finder window to the list window. In addition, the list window was not resizable, and the key combo for quit was ?-S, not ?-Q (?!) It required an installer, and admin authentication, to install (why?) rather than a drag-install. And this is version 2.0! It's as if these folks have no understanding of the Apple interface guidelines - or maybe they just don't care, this is a quick port from Windows. In the end, it wasn't really any quicker, and only a bit more convenient, than repeatedly pasting the clips in an audio editor. But in the words of Elwood Blues, "What do you want for nothing, rubber biscuit?"

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