@bunkhouse I also have my music organized in folders. Each "Artist" has its own folder. Contained in the Artist's folder there is a folder for each album by that artist. In the "album folders" are all the album tracks, each as either an mp3 or flac file.

I came to Strawberry from MusicBee (Windows only) which organized based on "album name" in the tracks' metadata.

Unfortunately I am running Strawberry on a new MacOS laptop which has the new Apple M1 chipset. I am not sure if the problems I'm having are due to my inexperience with Strawberry, MacOS or Strawberry not liking the M1 chip.

@jonas I'm new to MacOS and somehow managed to install the current version of Strawberry on my new Macbook Air with the M1 chip. I am having some trouble where I copy new folders (albums) of mp3's or flac's into the folder :"Strawberry Tracks" which Strawberry monitors, re-start Strawberry and sometimes the new tracks show up in the library. sometimes not. I'm new to MacOS snd haven't been able to figure out if my problems are due to Strawberry not liking the M1 chip, or what.

@jonas
Hi Jonas - I am wondering most about the reason for the fork. Like I said I really enjoy the enthusiasm I feel around Strawberry, and I did see comments at Clementine about the amount of time that passes between updates.

For anyone else interested I did find this two-year old Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/anp6r2/strawberry_music_player_a_fork_of_clementine_i/) discussing the fork to Strawberry.

for myself, I am going to jump onto Strawberry. My short term interests are having a music organizer that will replace MusicBee running in Windows 10 and then carry me over as I transfer to MacOS.

Hi All - I'm a newbie here. I've been happily using MusicBee for a few years. And, now I know I will leaving Windows behind and going to MacOS. I started researching what the music organizer alternatives were and stumbled onto Clementine. That quickly led me here to Strawberry.

I like the energy I feel surrounding Strawberry. I am hoping someone here will explain to me in not-too-tech terms what the "fork" from Clementine is all about. I am enjoying moving in.