Squish – File Manager for MP3 Players

Ever since the hearing in my right ear went a bit funny six months back I’ve been looking for a decent MP3 player that has balance control. And works with iTunes. Apple’s iPod has no balance control and I suspect never will. Requests for it are no doubt few and far between, and probably fall on deaf ears

So, I’ve not found a Mac-compatible MP3 player with a desktop companion. Instead, one has to fiddle with folders and such, sticking track numbers in front of filenames etc. But this application has a nice interface which allows you to pick and choose albums to put on your MP3 player. It also keeps track of what’s on the player so you can move things off and on as required. It can also transcode on-the-fly to other bitrates (or indeed AAC -> MP3) via LAME, which is installed as part of Squish.

Now. if I can persuade my mate Mark to try it with his MP3 player, I might move away from iPods.