Is there an alternative to the official last.fm desktop application for scrobbling tracks to iTunes?

October 6, 2009 4:16 PM

Is there an alternative to the official last.fm desktop application for scrobbling tracks to iTunes?

I've just discovered that the last.fm scrobbling application is responsible for my iTunes' recent excruciating slowness. Awesome, except I miss keeping track of all of the songs I play. Is there an alternative application that will do the same thing? I'm on Snow Leopard, using iTunes 9. Bonus points for Growl compatibility.

posted by cosmic osmo to computers & internet (8 comments total)

I use iscrobbler. I'm not totally sure what the last.fm client is, but I've been using this for years.
posted by jessamyn at 4:28 PM on October 6 [1 favorite]

Coversutra, costs money though.
posted by handabear at 4:42 PM on October 6

Here's an incomplete list. I'm using bowtie.
posted by adamrice at 4:52 PM on October 6

Another recommendation for iscrobbler, which is indeed Growl compatible. I've also been using it for years, ever since I got fed up with the official application. It's a mess.
posted by alynnk at 5:06 PM on October 6

I've been using SweetFM
posted by ijaaz at 6:28 PM on October 6

Thirding iScrobbler. I've been using it since the Audioscrobbler days and never "upgraded" to the last.fm application.
posted by immlass at 6:29 PM on October 6

Fourthing iScrobbler. I've never looked at any other option in years. I often forget that I een have it running for weeks at a time.
posted by Magnakai at 7:23 PM on October 6

Thanks all! I was using iScrobbler awhile ago, but I'm pretty at some point I was prompted to switch" to the official client (I think by iScrobbler, strangely enough)? So I assumed it no longer existed. It is working perfectly, no slowdowns, Growl compatible.
posted by cosmic osmo at 12:33 PM on October 7