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PandoraJam enables you to enjoy the popular Pandora.com radio service on your Mac desktop. Easily stream music wirelessly, record audio for playback on iPods, and submit tracks to Last.fm. Desktop integration via Growl notifications, instant messenger updates and keyboard shortcuts.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.4b292:
  • Fixed Apple Remote support for Mac OS X 10.6.2
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Bitcartel Software
Downloads:7,776
  - Version d/l:537
Multimedia & Design:Audio
License:Shareware
Date:15 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$15.00

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Oct 9 2009

SSNICKERER  Anyone else having trouble hiding PandoraJam? I press cmd-H, the window becomes inactive, the application "next in line" becomes active, but the window simply does not go away.

Else, PJ = teh awesome!  
(Version 1.4b291)

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Oct 15 2009

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Yeah, me too, SSNICKERER. Good catch. I usually don't mind that bug though because I'm almost always running Think to focus on just one or two apps anyway.  
(Version 1.4b291)

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Oct 7 2009

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Bug: Tag recordings with album artwork implants album art even if this option is turned off.  
(Version 1.4b291)

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Oct 7 2009

MODERN-BRIDE  I can't wait to try this out!  
(Version 1.4b291)

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Oct 6 2009
****.

DR. GIRLFRIEND  When it's working, PandoraJam is fantastic. It's paid for itself many times over in my mind, by helping me discover new music and turning me on to new bands without the added burden of having to run a browser in order to use the Pandora.com service.

That being said, there are some quirks that you should be made aware of:

-Not compatible with ClickToFlash

-BetterPrivacy (Firefox addon) needs to be carefully configured to keep PandoraJam running smoothly.

-Flash Player's Settings Manager needs to be carefully configured to keep PandoraJam running smoothly.

-Little Snitch needs to be carefully configured to keep PandoraJam running smoothly.

If you're the least bit privacy conscious and feel the need to clean your system's cache, you're going to notice some weirdness as far as PJ is concerned. Tips:

-ClickToFlash. Turn it off while PJ is running; it's too much trouble to run simultaneously.

-In BetterPrivacy, make sure you protect the pandora.com folders and the settings.sol folder. Unfortunately, you'll also have to allow clearspring super cookies for the PJ app to run.

-Go to the Flash Player Settings Manager here:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html

Follow these tips here:

https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcs4kx8q_21dtz8dt

http://blog.pandora.com/faq/

-In Little Snitch, Allow TCP connections (for PandoraJam) through ports 443 and 80 on everything PJ asks to connect to except: google-analytics, onestat, doubleclick, and beacon.

4 out of 5 stars because the dev is not very responsive to support questions. Nevertheless, Enjoy!  
(Version 1.4b290)

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Oct 7 2009

STEVEN GOODHEART  Dr. Girlfriend, your post so kicks bootay! Thanks for the great tips. I have found your posts to be so helpful and insightful, time after time. (I own and use Little Snitch, so great help there.) I too *love* PandoraJam, and like you have learned about so much new good music -- AND, that has led me to purchase *way* more music than I would have otherwise, had I not been able to catch some samples this way.  
(Version 1.4b291)

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Oct 8 2009

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Thanks, Steven. The feeling is definitely mutual. I've noticed your posts also and admire the way you review and comment: you are relentlessly positive and helpful. And your criticisms are always constructive, not mean-spirited. All MacUpdate reviewers (myself included) should all take a page from your book. You're a classy guy.  
(Version 1.4b291)

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Oct 8 2009

STEVEN GOODHEART  Gosh, well, thanks! See you around the forum! Steve  
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Sep 26 2009

ROBK  If you are not a Pandora One subscriber, Pandora streams the music in AAC+ (or HE-AAC) format. The NEW iTunes 9 is supposed to be able to play the new AAC+ (or HE-AAC) format.

But for some reason the AAC+ tracks recorded by PandoraJam do NOT play back as AAC+ (or HE-AAC) tracks in iTunes 9 or 9.0.1. According to iTunes, the sample rate of these trcaks is 22050 Hz (not the 44100 Hz it should be). In other words, all the high notes are lost.

I am not sure whether this is a bug in iTunes or Pandorajam. But I do hope the developers of Pandorjam find a fix or workaround.  
(Version 1.4b290)

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Sep 26 2009

ROBK  Here are the release notes:

Version 1.4 (build 290)

What's new:

Fixed issue where on launch, loading the music player could take a long time

Workaround a Snow Leopard issue where closing or hiding the window results in stream of error messages logged with system.  
(Version 1.4b290)

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Sep 25 2009

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Thanks for the update, Bitcartel, but the issue still persists: if "Tag recording with album artwork" is NOT selected, the artist and song title is added to iTunes under the same field (Name). Also, the album title is not tagged at all.

Workaround for users who prefer to apply their own higher quality album art is to keep "tag recording with album artwork" selected in PandoraJam, then manually remove the PJ applied coverart while in iTunes, and reapply higher quality album art with iTunes or the tagging app of your choice.

Still no 64bit love either :(  
(Version 1.4b290)

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Sep 25 2009

DR. GIRLFRIEND  When "Tag recording with album artwork" is NOT selected, the artist and song title is added to iTunes under the same field (Name). Also, the album title is not tagged at all.

Anyone else having this issue?  
(Version 1.4b288)

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Aug 3 2009

STILL_SPARKLING  After months of flawless performance, PandoraJam is giving me problems.

1. Does not auto load my user account and stations unless I specifically open Pandora.com via my browser (Firefox or Safari) and sign into the pandora.com website first. I then have to close the browser and re-open PJ. If I don't login via the browser first, PJ stays in the "new user" state and doesn't respond to attempts to login from within the program. Very annoying!

2. Song and artist info are garbled together in the “Song” field in iTunes; this makes it necessary to manually edit each recorded item and separately download cover art too. Ugh!

3. Sometime iTunes will not auto open even if the songs from PJ are set to auto record.

4. App does not respond to clicks on the menu (i.e. thumbs up, thumbs down, skip song, etc.).

5. Tons of errors in Console (but that’s nothing new; previously I just ignored them because the app worked fine). Ex. 8/3/09 2:49:52 PM PandoraJam[5113] *** -[WebHTMLView sendNullEvent]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xd849db0 or 8/3/09 3:01:09 PM [0x0-0x24d24d].com.bitcartel.pandorajam[5248] AtomicParsley: option `--genre' requires an argument.

All of these things used to work properly prior to this version. I do not have a PandoraOne account and wonder if these bugs are due to the implementation of new features for PandoraOne users.

I wish I’d kept my previous version. Does anyone know where to download the older, more stable versions?  
(Version 1.3b256)

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Jul 11 2009

LVWOLFMAN  Contrary to a comment below about Pandora using AAC+ and crappy sound... I just recorded a song using the trial version of PandoraJam.

The file it left in my iTunes folder is a 192kbps standard MP3 file encoded with Lame 3.96.

I didn't change anything in the program's preferences, nor even looked for them. I AM a Pandora subscriber though, which is why I get 192kbps.  
(Version 1.3b256)

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Jul 11 2009

LVWOLFMAN  Ok, dummy me didn't read the changes...

I'm getting the mp3's BECAUSE I'm a Pandora One subscriber. OTH, if you're going to rip their music you should be a subscriber. ;-)

This thing rocks!  
(Version 1.3b256)

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